Principal Software Engineer, Backend
AlchemyBucharest, Romania
Posted October 31, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Alchemy is a developer platform that empowers companies to build scalable and reliable decentralized applications without managing blockchain infrastructure. It offers faster, more reliable, and scalable solutions compared to existing options, with seamless integration capabilities. Led by top engineers from prestigious institutions and backed by A-list investors, Alchemy supports numerous high-profile projects and currently hires across engineering and go-to-market roles.
Job Description
Alchemy is a developer platform for building onchain products, serving over 100 million users and being used by top web3 brands and major global companies. The Principal Software Engineer, Backend role focuses on architecting and building scalable, reliable, and high-performance backend systems to support the developer platform and APIs. The role requires a background in complex systems, scalability, and problem-solving.
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant industry experience
- BS/BA degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining core backend software components (API platforms a plus)
- Ability to solve complex design, scaling, latency, or performance problems
- Production experience with Java, Golang, or C++
- Experience in Cloud Native environments, particularly in AWS
- Experience with managed Kubernetes layers like AWS EKS a plus
