Senior Software Engineer Backend Platform (Datalake)
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
10-11-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Consensys is the leading blockchain and web3 software company founded by Joe Lubin CEO of Consensys and Co-Founder of Ethereum. Since 2014 Consensys has been at the forefront of innovation pioneering technological developments within the web3 ecosystem.
Through our product suite including the MetaMask platform Infura Linea Diligence and our NFT toolkit Phosphor we have become the trusted collaborator for users creators and developers on their path to build and belong in the world they want to see.
Whether building a dapp an NFT collection a portfolio or a better future the instinct to build is universal. Consensys inspires and champions the builder instinct in everyone by making web3 universally easy to use and develop on.
Our mission is to unlock the collaborative power of communities by making the decentralized web universally easy to access use and build on.
Youll get to work on the tools infrastructure and apps that scale these platforms to onboard one billion participants and 5 million developers. Youll be constantly exposed to new concepts ideas and frameworks from your peers and as you work on different projects challenging you to stay at the top of your game. Youll join a network of builders that reaches the edge of our ecosystem. Consensys alumni have moved on to become tech entrepreneurs CEOs and team leads at tech companies.
About MetaMask
MetaMask aims to create a thriving engineering organization that supports the well-being of our engineers while empowering them to do work they are proud of and enjoy. We strive for an environment that gives our people high trust and autonomy while also facilitating collaboration communication and camaraderie among teams and teammates. We aspire to build a diverse engineering team inclusive to people from all backgrounds and demographics. It is also of great importance to us that working at MetaMask is an experience that catalyzes career growth and learning.
What youll do
As a senior engineer you will:
- Build and enhance MetaMasks backend data indexing services to enable broad and fast data coverage across blockchain network data (account balances activity and token price)
- Design and implement performant solutions to be used in MetaMask Clients including Extension Mobile and Web
- Collaborate with backend API engineers to ensure MetaMask client requirements are met.
- Collaborate with product managers DevSecOps SRE and other engineers to deliver high-quality features
- Ensure performance and stability of existing and new services
- Participate in code reviews and help maintain high code quality standards
- Participate in on-call rotations to support our production services
Requirements:
- 3 years working with backend technologies on production applications
- Strong knowledge of Golang SQL data warehousing messaging systems (Nats Kafka)
- Familiarity with blockchain fundamentals client implementations of EVM and EVM equivalent networks and indexing blockchain data.
- Experience building highly performant APIs and serving data at scale
- Good knowledge of implementing observability metrics (Prometheus Grafana)
- Experience in Production grade cloud deployment and AWS tooling
- Experience working in an agile development team
- Experience developing applications with clean code practices testing and adherence to coding standards
Bonus Points:
- Experience with non-EVM blockchains
- In-depth knowledge of Ethereum execution clients and smart contract standards
- Interest in blockchain technologies and Web3 infrastructure
- Basic understanding of cryptography principles
- Experience working in distributed teams
- Previous experience working in Web3
- Familiarity with the Web3 ecosystem
Other skills to demonstrate:
- Good verbal and written communication in English
- Teamwork flexibility and organization
- Eagerness to learn and grow your technical skills
- Self-motivated and autonomous in your execution of tasks
- Ability to balance technical quality with business needs and user experience
Dont meet all the requirements Dont sweat it. Were passionate about building a diverse team of humans and as such if you think youve got what it takes for our chaotic-but-fun remote-friendly start-up environmentapply anyway detailing your relevant transferable skills in your cover letter. While we have a pretty good idea of what we need were ready for you to challenge our thinking on who needs to be in this role.
It is a requirement of employment in this position that applicants will be required to submit to background checks including but not limited to employment education and criminal record checks. Further details will be provided to applicants that successfully meet the criteria for the position as determined by the company in its sole discretion. By submitting an application for employment you are acknowledging and consenting to this requirement.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- AWS
- Data Structures
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Build next-generation apps, launch blockchain-based financial infrastructure, and access the decentralized web with ConsenSys' Ethereum product suite.
