Backend Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a skilled Backend Engineer with deep expertise in distributed systems to design and implement reliable and scalable blockchain automation, relaying, and indexing services. In this role, you will develop backend applications that facilitate cross-chain protocol workflows, such as asset transfer and generalized message passing, while ensuring that our systems are fault-tolerant and highly available.

Your responsibilities

• Network Liveness: Our team builds and operates the execution layer of the Axelar Network - we are responsible for ensuring every transaction on the network is delivered quickly and reliably.
• System Design & Implementation: Design and build highly reliable and scalable backend systems for blockchain indexing and cross-chain protocols. Develop microservices that operate across diverse execution environments, including Kubernetes and AWS Lambdas.
• SDK Development: Build and maintain SDKs that enable developers to seamlessly plug-and-play new blockchains and applications into the Axelar Network.
• Protocol Development: improve and extend the on and off-chain design and implementation of Axelar Network interoperability protocols such as GMP
• Distributed Systems: Leverage your expertise in distributed systems to ensure fault tolerance, graceful failure handling, and transparent recovery across our services.

Your profile

• Strong experience working with distributed systems at scale.
• Deep knowledge of fault tolerance in distributed systems and building software that fails gracefully and recovers transparently.
• Experience working with distributed messaging frameworks (RabbitMQ, AMPQ, or similar) and message driven applications.
• Experience building and orchestrating microservices running in different execution environments like Kubernetes and AWS lambdas.
• We use GoLang, Typescript, Terraform, AWS in our day-to-day work. You may not be an expert with all of these technologies, but we are looking for somebody with strong skills with some of them or with transferable experience.

Why us?

• Autonomous, distributed environment with the opportunity to work collaboratively in a diverse team across the world.
• The scope to contribute to high impact work and really make a difference in a decentralized protocol.
• The chance to challenge yourself whilst learning heaps of stuff in the process.
• Unlimited time off throughout the year to rest and recharge.
• Competitive compensation with stock options, experiencing growth from the initial phase.

About us

Interop Labs builds interoperability technology.

Interoperability between blockchains is crucial technology infrastructure for the growth of Web3 and the advancement of internet technology as a whole. Interop Labs is the initial developer of Axelar Network - the programmable Web3 interoperability platform, scaling the next generation of internet applications to billions of users. Axelar network’s key attributes are programmability, security and scalability.