Senior Backend / API Engineer

We are hiring for this role in-person in San Francisco - this is not a remote position

Responsibilities:

• Own, build and scale the API infrastructure serving data from the SimpleHash platform
• Implement optimizations designed to improve the response time of our API endpoints for our users
• Work hand in hand with our CTO to thoughtfully design and implement core models and primitives underpinning our indexing and database setup
• Own and build the full testing and documentation setup for the SimpleHash API

Requirements:

• 5+ years working on building and scaling API-centered products and services
• Experience with designing REST-based APIs
• Deep knowledge of relational databases and SQL, specifically on optimizing query and index performance
• Experience improving the response times of API services, including using caching systems and other optimizations

Nice to haves:

• Experience defining SLOs and implementing monitoring, alerting, and logging systems
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Experience using Docker and CI/CD flows

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Excitement about working at an early-stage startup, and the opportunity to have an outsized influence on the trajectory of the company
• High standards, for themself and others, and attention to detail
• Pride in owning projects end to end and driving them to successful completion
• A strong sense of urgency and a bias to action
• Open communication skills — asks questions, assumes good intentions, and defaults to transparency
• Curiosity about web3 / crypto - prior experience not needed, but we hope you’re excited about the space