Senior Backend Engineer

Build the API backbone powering 50,000+ blockchain developers across 15+ chains.

About the role

You'll build and scale the API infrastructure that powers 50,000+ developers building on blockchain. At Tokra, backend engineers own critical systems handling millions of requests daily across 15+ blockchains, directly impacting the reliability of Web3 applications worldwide.

What you’ll be doing

  • Design and implement high-performance API endpoints serving multi-chain data to thousands of concurrent users

  • Build and optimize node infrastructure for Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, and other EVM chains

  • Own reliability and uptime for production systems processing 100M+ requests per month

  • Implement rate limiting, caching, and load balancing strategies for blockchain RPC endpoints

  • Debug and resolve complex infrastructure issues across distributed systems

  • Collaborate with product to design new developer-facing APIs and features

  • Participate in on-call rotation and incident response

About you

  • 5+ years backend engineering experience with production systems at scale

  • Expert in Golang and distributed systems architecture

  • Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP)

  • Familiar with blockchain nodes (Geth, Erigon) and RPC protocols

  • Strong understanding of API design, caching strategies, and performance optimization

  • You ship fast, debug efficiently, and own your systems end-to-end

  • Comfortable working async in a remote environment

Benefits

  • $160k-$220k + significant equity (we're Series A)

  • Fully remote - work from anywhere with good internet

  • $3k/year learning budget for courses, conferences, books

  • Top-tier health, dental, vision insurance (US employees)

  • 4 weeks PTO + company shutdown between Christmas and New Year

  • Latest MacBook Pro + $1k home office setup budget

  • Work directly with founders and shape core product decisions

Engineering

San Francisco

Remote

Full-time

$160k - $220k

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