Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

About us

At Lightcurve, we’re on a mission to ignite financial freedom and true ownership for people everywhere. Each member of our team takes ownership and contributes a unique piece to our journey into the exciting realm of web3. Together, we craft more than just meaningful products and services—we create a lasting tangible impact in the real world.

We want you to join our search for greatness at the edge of what is technologically possible. Are you tired of the ordinary? Crave a challenge that sparks passion and purpose? We’d love to have you apply!

Our Team Values

• We value iterative learning
• We value taking ownership and leading by example
• We value creating an environment where everyone can unleash their true potential

The role you’re applying for

We are cooking up several big new initiatives, one of which is a suite of products that will revolutionize how people experience and engage with web3.

We’re on the lookout for a Senior Software Engineer with a knack for steering projects from inception to scale-up. If you thrive on delivering impactful products and possess a solid foundation in constructing scalable distributed systems, we’d love to have you on board. Bring your expertise to the table and join us in leveraging cutting-edge web3 technology to tackle real-world consumer challenges effectively.

Joining in the early stages, you’ll play an active role in crafting a truly innovative product and bringing it to market. Collaboration is essential in this position, as a team we can build impactful products.

What you’ll be doing

• Design, Develop and Maintain event driven micro services, creating robust APIs and middleware which facilitate secure and efficient interactions across blockchains
• Optimize blockchain data processing, implementing efficient methods for ingesting, storing, and querying on-chain data to support real-time analytics and user-facing applications
• Collaborate on cross functional autonomous squads, working closely with front-end developers and product teams to deliver quality features in timely manner
• Contributing to application architecture that supports the product teams aspirational goals by considering performance, privacy, security, and maintainability
• Foster a collaborative and communicative environment where everyone is inspired to solve problems, and achieve shared goals

What we’re looking for

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, especially written
• Senior Software Engineer with 8+ years of professional hands-on experience
• Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• Strong experience with building and maintaining scalable microservices systems
• Strong knowledge of event driven development and functional programming
• Strong knowledge of Node.js
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (i.e TypeScript, Go)
• Proficiency in one or more Web3 libraries (i.e Web3.js or Ethers.js or Viem)
• Proficiency in crafting high-quality tests that enhance system functionality and reliability

Bonus Skills

• Experience in integrating Web3 Infrastructure Solutions (i.e Moralis, Alchemy, Biconomy, Turnkey)
• Experience with building aggregation pipelines and indexing, utilizing various data sources (for example, external APIs, Web3 Providers, Smart contract events)
• Working knowledge of microserices frameworks (i.e Moleculer, NestJS)
• Deep interest in software, desire to understand the why and the how of everything you work on
• Experience with agile development methodologies

Don’t think you match all of the above criteria exactly? No worries! We need exceptional souls with diverse backgrounds to make our vision a reality—we want to hear your story!

We got you covered

This position can be based out of our Berlin office or fully remote, but you should be available during European working hours.

Join our team and pursue your passions on your own terms, while we provide you with learning and development budgets, personal development plans and team retreats to fuel your web3 curiosity.