PIP Labs · 1 day ago
Senior Backend Engineer
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expPIP Labs is the team behind Story, a purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain designed specifically for intellectual property. They are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to own and maintain Story’s backend systems, including the Story API and supporting cloud infrastructure, while collaborating with a highly technical team.
Information Technology & Services
Responsibilities
Maintain and extend the Story API, indexing systems, and backend services
Write high-quality Go code and improve the performance and reliability of distributed services
Support day-to-day infrastructure needs, including deployments, monitoring, and cloud operations
Contribute to the GCP to AWS migration and help stand up self-hosted Temporal
Debug issues across the stack and own services from design through deployment
Collaborate with backend, infra, and protocol engineers on architecture, reviews, and best practices
Take on maintenance and optimization work left by recent team transitions and help re-establish backend coverage for Story
Design and implement new backend systems and services from the ground up, shaping core platform capabilities as Story evolves
Qualification
Required
5 to 8+ years of software engineering experience, with strong backend focus
Proficiency with Go (Golang) in production environments
Strong understanding of distributed systems, APIs, microservices, and concurrency
Hands-on experience with AWS or other major cloud providers
Experience deploying, maintaining, and debugging production services
Ability to operate in a fast-moving, high-ownership startup environment
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Based in the Bay Area and comfortable with a hybrid work model
Preferred
Experience with infrastructure tools such as Terraform, Kubernetes, or CI/CD
Familiarity with Temporal, workflow systems, or distributed task orchestration
Experience self-hosting cloud or open-source infrastructure components
Background with blockchain or decentralized systems (not required)
Contributions to open-source projects
Familiarity with Rust or TypeScript microservices
Company
PIP Labs
PIP Labs is a research and engineering company focused on decentralized technologies, intellectual property (IP), and artificial intelligence (AI).
51-200 employees
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Current Stage
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