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Reserve · 2 months ago

Tech Lead, DeFi Engineering

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$200K/yr - $250K/yr

Reserve is building the future of financial freedom by creating stable, decentralized, and accessible financial tools. They are seeking an experienced engineer to join their protocol engineering team, focusing on building and maintaining a scalable backend while ensuring a reliable and seamless DeFi experience for users.

Retail

Responsibilities

Provision, setup, and secure linux servers (preferably via automation)

Manage blockchain nodes for maximum uptime

Deploy and configure metrics tooling like Prometheus & Grafana

Load test to triangulate and fix bottlenecks in our API

Manage fleets of docker containers with Dokploy / Swarm / Kubernetes / etc

Help architect solutions and set team priorities to achieve the necessary scaling goals

Track the critical integration points between the API team and the Frontend and Protocol teams

Qualification

TypescriptRustBlockchain nodes managementDockerLinuxSecurity mindsetEnglish proficiencyTeam leadership

Required

Familiarity with running blockchain nodes and backend services that include and revolve around said nodes

Production-level experience at a DeFi startup, or deep immersion as an end user

A security-first mindset; our security standards are extreme

A strong command of the English language

A schedule that can accommodate being online for most of a typical US workday - we are flexible on the location but do have a preference for in-person in our San Francisco office on Union Street

Senior-level ability to write well-tested and performant code in Typescript and/or Rust