Backend Engineer
As a Backend Engineer at Privy, you will take on large areas of ownership in Privy’s product, architecture, and infrastructure. Because we build a developer tool, engineering and product are inextricably connected. We value intuitive interfaces, simplicity, and rapid iteration. Above all, we are building a company together to ship products that users love.
What you'll doBuild core Privy features and infrastructure that advance our security posture and safeguard data and assets for tens of millions of users
Design and implement product features end-to-end, driven by user needs
Build service infrastructure to support a fast-growing product and user-base and invest in our internal developer experience
Advocate for usability and interface coherence across our team and product
Experience building and maintaining a production system at scale
An understanding of modern API development best practices and design
Experience in building data models, managing database migrations and best practices, and infrastructure configuration
Experience writing delightful developer documentation
Experience with React, Typescript, Next.js, AWS/Terraform, Vercel
Written open-source developer tooling
Published about your work (open source code, internal or external presentations, blog posts, etc.)
Past experience working in authentication or security
Engineering at Privy is not just about writing world-class code. We create software that turns complex technical systems into delightful developer tools. We assemble tried-and-true primitives into intuitive, responsive APIs and beautiful interfaces. We believe in open-source work and transparency with our teammates and users. We encourage each other to think big, run experiments and follow our curiosity so we can build better tooling that lets developers shine and empowers their users.
Privy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of background, identity, or status.
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