Staff Backend Engineer

Uniswap Labs is a core contributor to the Uniswap Protocol, the world's largest DEX, with over $4 trillion in volume across 17 chains. It builds products that help millions access the protocol, including the Uniswap Web App, Wallet, and Trading API. Uniswap Labs is also the primary technical provider for Unichain, a DeFi-native Ethereum Layer 2 built to be the home for liquidity across chains.

As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the architecture and strategy of our systems. This is a unique opportunity to lead technical initiatives, drive innovation, and ensure Uniswap remains at the forefront of crypto. This role has the option to be partially or fully remote.

Responsibilities

Drive end to end execution of technical projects, from ideation and design to deployment.

Design and build resilient, large-scale systems from the ground up with a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance.

Write high quality and well tested code, and review code from other team members.

Provide thought leadership and guide peers in navigating complex architectural and coding decisions.

Champion best practices and technical excellence across the engineering organization.

Spearhead strategic technical initiatives that impact multiple engineering pods and deliver organization-wide improvements.

Requirements

10+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining large-scale, production-level systems.

Experience as a Technical Lead or in a similar leadership capacity.

Exceptional coding skills, with expertise in cloud architecture, distributed systems, and algorithms.

Proven ability to independently lead projects including requirement gathering, system design, implementation, testing, and deployment.

A track record of mentoring and guiding engineers to achieve their potential.

A 0→1 mindset with the ability to build systems and processes from scratch.

Deep interest in modern development practices and a passion for shaping the future of crypto technology.

Nice to have: Prior work with time-series based monitoring and observability systems. Knowledge of TypeScript, Go, GraphQL, and AWS. Degree in Computer Science.

Benefits: Company-paid medical, dental, & vision, Equinox Fitness partnership, 401(k) with 4% employer match, $1,500 annual education stipend, unlimited PTO, up to 16 weeks paid parental leave, home office setup stipend, daily lunches at NY HQ, tokens eligibility.

Qualifications

10+ years experience, Staff level, Technical Lead experience, Hybrid, Remote optional, Backend engineering, Large-scale systems, Cloud architecture, Distributed systems, Algorithms, Reliability, Scalability, Performance, High-quality code, Code review, Technical leadership, Mentorship, 0-to-1 mindset, Project leadership, Requirement gathering, System design, Implementation, Testing, Deployment, Best practices, Strategic initiatives, TypeScript, Go, GraphQL, AWS, Time-series monitoring, Observability, Computer Science degree, Crypto, DeFi