Chainlink Labs · 8 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer, Payments
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior LevelChainlink Labs is the industry-standard oracle platform bringing the capital markets onchain and powering the majority of decentralized finance (DeFi). The role involves designing and operating scalable backend services that support critical payments, billing, and account systems, while ensuring high reliability and operational excellence.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, and operate scalable backend services in Go that support mission-critical payments, billing, and account systems
Own one or more core services end-to-end, ensuring high reliability, strong observability, and clear operational ownership
Deliver meaningful system improvements (e.g., new services, major refactors, or performance enhancements) that increase scalability, correctness, and developer velocity
Strengthen service health by reducing operational risk, technical debt, and incident frequency through proactive reliability and architecture improvements
Lead and contribute to design and code reviews, raising the quality bar for service architecture, testing, and production readiness
Partner cross-functionally with product and engineering teams to make complex backend systems understandable and usable
Ensure backend services integrate securely and effectively with smart contracts and on-chain systems
Qualification
Required
Proven experience designing, building, and operating scalable backend services, with strong proficiency in Go
Strong understanding of smart contracts and blockchain fundamentals, including how off-chain services interact with on-chain systems
Demonstrated experience designing and evolving complex microservices architectures supporting cross-functional and mission-critical systems
Experience building and operating production systems with strong operational excellence, including reliability, observability, monitoring, and incident response
Ability to take ownership of services across the full lifecycle: design, implementation, deployment, and iteration
Clear written and verbal communication skills, including leading design reviews and documenting architectural decisions
Strong software engineering fundamentals, including testing strategy, performance considerations, and code quality practices
Preferred
Passion for the Web3 ecosystem and participation in open-source or community-driven projects
Experience working in globally distributed teams
Familiarity with backend or blockchain-integrated security considerations, including reviewing designs for potential risks and vulnerabilities
Experience using AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery and improve code quality
Company
Chainlink Labs
Chainlink Labs provides open-source blockchain oracle solutions and specializes in the development and integration of chainlink.
Founded in 2014
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$32M2017-09-20Initial Coin Offering· $32M
2017-01-01Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Kemal El Moujahid
Advisor
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