Estes Group has partnered with a Web3 Technology company looking to hire a Principal Backend Engineer. This role is full-time, and the candidate is ideally located in Los Angeles or San Francisco, CA. The role does not offer sponsorship.
In this role, you will drive the design of scalable, reliable, and secure backend solutions that power the user-facing applications, including a Web2/Web3-compatible registrar. The ideal candidate will have expertise in event-driven architectures and a proven track record of building scalable and fault-tolerant distributed systems.
What you will be doing:
Design, implement, and maintain backend services to support the development of new features for our ICANN-accredited Registrar platform.
Design and implement backend services to support the integration of the Protocol for tokenizing domains onto various blockchains.
Develop backend features to support Web2/Web3 domain marketplaces
Build robust systems for payment processing, integrating both fiat and cryptocurrency payment gateways.
What you should bring:
8+ years of experience designing, developing, and deploying highly scalable, distributed backend systems in production environments.
Expertise in building and maintaining event-driven architectures and asynchronous processing using tools like Kafka, RabbitMQ, or equivalent messaging systems.
Minimum 5 years of professional experience in backend development using Node.js and MySQL/Postgres.
Basic understanding of blockchain architecture and the ability to interact with smart contracts using tools like Web3.js, Ethers.js, or similar libraries.