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Sr. Software Engineer, Platform

Hiro builds infrastructure that powers the Stacks layer and connects developers to Bitcoin, providing APIs, indexing services, and the public Testnet to enable reliable blockchain development. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Platform team to design, build, and scale backend services (including Chainhook-2.0), optimize performance and reliability, and help shape the developer experience for Bitcoin and Stacks.

Skills

  • Strong proficiency in TypeScript/Node.js and/or Rust
  • Experience designing and scaling web APIs or microservices
  • Hands-on PostgreSQL experience: modeling, querying, and optimization
  • Familiarity with cloud and container infrastructure (GCP, Kubernetes, Docker)
  • Experience with testing and CI/CD automation (GitHub Actions, k6, Playwright)
  • Observability and monitoring knowledge (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki)
  • Ability to work autonomously in a distributed, remote team with strong communication
  • Product-minded approach to engineering and developer experience

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs for blockchain data, token metadata, ordinals, and developer-facing endpoints.
  • Develop and improve Chainhook-2.0, a reorg-aware, high-performance transaction indexer for Bitcoin and Stacks.
  • Optimize API performance, database queries, caching, and data pipelines for low latency and high uptime.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, frontend engineers, and DevOps to deliver end-to-end features.
  • Write and automate unit, integration, and performance tests (e.g., k6, Playwright) and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
  • Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and advocate engineering best practices.
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production incidents; improve observability and reliability tooling.
  • Occasionally contribute to frontend code or internal tools to deliver complete product solutions.

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • Experience working in remote or distributed teams

Benefits

  • Salary range $150,000 - $200,000 (annual, location-agnostic)
  • Company equity and Stacks (STX) tokens
  • $500/month co-working space reimbursement
  • $1,200/year learning & development stipend
  • $1,000/year charity donation matching
  • Daily lunch reimbursement (remote-friendly)
  • Open vacation policy
  • Family-friendly health benefits; free life and disability insurance
  • Health and dependent care FSA
  • Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits and 401(k) with 3% match
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