Senior Software Engineer, Foundations

About Us

Chainlink Labs is the primary contributing developer of Chainlink, the decentralized computing platform powering the verifiable web. Chainlink is the industry-standard platform for providing access to real-world data, offchain computation, and secure cross-chain interoperability across any blockchain. Chainlink Labs helps power verifiable applications for banking, DeFi, global trade, and gaming by collaborating with some of the world’s largest financial institutions, notably Swift, DTCC, and ANZ. Chainlink Labs also works with top Web3 teams, including Aave, Compound, GMX, Maker, and Synthetix. Chainlink Labs was ranked in Newsweek’s 100 Most Loved Workplaces 2023 in both the United States and United Kingdom.

About The Role

The Foundations Team is building a unified platform for all Chainlink products, and as a Senior Engineer, you will be key in launching this platform. Your focus will be on scalability, automation, and security to support seamless product onboarding.

You will design and implement a robust system, automating node deployments to improve efficiency while working closely with the security team to mitigate risks as the platform opens to third-party developers. Collaboration across teams will be essential to ensure smooth cross-product integration with minimal disruption.

Your Impact

• Lead the platform expansion, ensuring reliability and scalability
• Collaborate with the architecture team to design and implement solutions that optimize platform performance, security, and scalability.
• Drive automation of node deployments, eliminating manual processes to enhance horizontal scalability.
• Gain a deep understanding of each Chainlink product’s operational needs and translate them into a scalable platform architecture.
• Focus on measurable outcomes, ensuring platform improvements align with business priorities and deliver real impact.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional software development experience
• Advanced ability with Golang or other strongly-typed programming language
• Experience with platform development + distributed systems
• Experience developing production APIs with several stakeholders

Preferred Requirements

• Experience with establishing and building towards SLOs/SLIs for a production platform
• Experience developing in Typescript or Solidity
• Strong interest in blockchain and web3 technologies
• Experience with dApp development or financial infrastructure

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