Senior Software Engineer, Backend Engineering

Job Description: Chainlink Labs

Salary: Not Specified Employment Type: Full-Time Location Type: Remote

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 as one of the Global Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces by Newsweek 2025.

About The Role

Our Engineering team is building a unified platform for all Chainlink products, and as an engineer joining the team, 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

• 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

• 4+ years of professional software development experience with Go
• 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

Work Location & Hours

• All roles with Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based.
• Unless otherwise stated, we ask that you try to overlap some working hours with Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Application Process

• We carefully review all applications and aim to provide a response to every candidate within two weeks after the job posting closes.
• The closing date is listed on the job advert, so we encourage you to take the time to thoughtfully prepare your application.
• We want to fully consider your experience and skills, and you will hear from us regarding the status of your application shortly after the closing date.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

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