Backend Engineer - Unichain
Job Description
Unichain is Uniswap Labs' L2 chain purpose-built for liquidity and DeFi. The team is growing to tackle infrastructure challenges around performance, capability expansion and reliability at scale. This Backend Engineer role owns projects end-to-end, working on hard problems in blockchain infrastructure and distributed systems.
Responsibilities
- Own projects end-to-end: scope, design, implement and monitor in production
- Write clean, well-tested Rust code and conduct thoughtful code reviews
- Build and maintain infrastructure keeping Unichain reliable, performant and available 24/7
- Proactively identify system gaps and propose practical solutions
- Participate in on-call rotations for chain stability and incident response
- Turn ambiguous problems into clear technical plans cross-functionally
What we are looking for
- 5+ years backend engineering experience with production systems shipped
- Experience building and operating distributed systems or blockchain infrastructure
- Comfort with ambiguity and 0→1 system building
- Solid understanding of cloud architectures and debugging at scale
- Genuine interest in Web3; Rust proficiency and OP Stack/Reth/Kona experience a plus
Additional Information
Disclosed $210k-$232k salary plus equity/tokens continues Uniswap Labs' pattern of voluntary compensation transparency, this time for infrastructure work on Unichain, its purpose-built L2 for DeFi liquidity.
Perks and Benefits
- Company-paid medical, dental and vision for employees and dependents
- 401(k) with 4% employer match
- Unlimited and encouraged time off, up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
- Annual $1,500 education stipend, home office stipend for remote staff
Keywords: Rust, distributed systems, OP Stack/Optimism rollups, blockchain infrastructure, AWS, Go/TypeScript (nice-to-have)
Uniswap Labs
📍 New York, NY / RemoteVisit Company WebsiteUniswap Labs is the team behind the Uniswap Protocol, the largest decentralized exchange on Ethereum. The protocol enables trustless, automated token swaps using smart contracts and has processed trillions of dollars in trading volume. Uniswap Labs builds and maintains the open-source protocol and interfaces, including the web app and developer APIs.
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