About the job
Our Mission
At Alchemy, we strive to empower developers to bring web3 to life for a billion users, providing them with the essential tools to craft outstanding on-chain products. As the premier developer platform, we deliver robust APIs, SDKs, and tools that enable the creation and scaling of exceptional on-chain applications and rollups.
Our infrastructure fuels 70% of the leading web3 teams, over 90% of web2 companies venturing into web3, and serves more than 100 million end users. Notable clients include top web3 brands like Polymarket, OpenSea, Circle, WorldCoin, as well as global giants like Shopify and Adobe.
The Alchemy team is composed of experts with decades of experience in scalable infrastructure, AI, and blockchain technology, hailing from prestigious organizations and universities such as Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Stanford, and MIT.
We are proudly backed by some of the world's foremost venture capital firms and institutions, including Lightspeed, Silver Lake, a16z, Coatue, Pantera, Addition, Stanford University, Coinbase, and Charles Schwab, among others.
The Role
As a Principal Software Engineer specializing in backend systems at Alchemy, you will collaborate on one of the most advanced and high-throughput distributed systems within the blockchain landscape. Your role will involve architecting and developing new systems, as well as enhancing existing ones, for a platform that supports millions of users worldwide.
What You’ll Do:
- Establish the vision for the backend infrastructure that underpins our developer platform and APIs, leading the team in the successful execution of that vision.
- Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable and reliable infrastructure, APIs, and services.
- Lead system design discussions, facilitate stand-up meetings, and conduct code reviews.
- Develop and implement best practices for backend infrastructure focusing on high throughput, reliability, and low latency.
- Troubleshoot production issues across various services and levels of the stack.
- Work collaboratively with fellow engineers, technical leads, product managers, and designers.
What We’re Looking For:
- 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Proven experience in designing, building, scaling, and maintaining core backend software components (experience with API platforms is a plus).
- Strong problem-solving skills for complex design, scaling, latency, and performance challenges in high-throughput, low-latency production systems.

