Backend Engineer, Product
About Us Zora is a new kind of on-chain social network where you can express yourself freely, connect with others, and discover the value of your imagination. We believe that by using crypto, we can enable a more equitable system for creators, fundamentally rediscovering the power of the internet. We’re working tirelessly to make Zora available to as many people as possible with a simple, fun, and rewarding consumer app. Our mission is to make creating on the internet free and valuable. Back-End Engineer, Product About the Role We’re looking for a back-end engineer to join one of our core product engineering teams, responsible for shipping our protocol, API, and web and mobile apps. Your work will directly impact millions of users interacting with our products. Responsibilities • Work with team to build out new features in the product • Build and maintain an API used by the product as well as external partners • Communicate status, updates, blockers, etc., to cross-functional stakeholders • Respond to incidents as part of an on-call rotation • Participate in RFC and code review What Makes You a Fit • 3+ years of experience as an engineer • Strong technical background building APIs at scale • Proven track record of contributing effectively to projects • Good communication and prioritization skills • EU or U.S. (ET) time zone Strong Candidates May Have… • Prior experience building on top of blockchains • Technical background in Python, GraphQL, and MongoDB • Comfort moving across the stack when needed (TypeScript/React/Next and Solidity) • Experience operating within high-ambiguity startup environments • Good product intuition and understanding of user needs Benefits ZORA provides top quality medical, dental, and vision insurance, with a flexible time-off policy and a new Macbook Pro for full-time employees. Employees also receive equity. Location ZORA is international. Our headquarters are the internet and we have employees all over the world. We’re currently in the United States, Canada, Germany, Portugal, Poland, Australia, and India. Apply tot his job