What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Backend Engineer position at Uniswap Labs?
The Uniswap Labs team is building products to unlock value through universal exchange. We envision a future where digital economies flourish, and markets are transparent, global, and equitable.
Our products - the Uniswap Interface, the Uniswap Mobile App, and the Uniswap Extension - are powered by the Uniswap Protocol. The protocol is the largest onchain marketplace, with billions of dollars in weekly volume across thousands of tokens on Ethereum and 8 additional chains.
When you join Uniswap, you become part of a team that's reshaping the way value flows on the internet.
As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the architecture and strategy of our systems. This is a unique opportunity to lead technical initiatives, drive innovation, and ensure Uniswap remains at the forefront of crypto.
We are headquartered in SoHo in New York City, and this role has the option to be partially or fully remote.
What You'll Do
- Drive end to end execution of technical projects, from ideation and design to deployment.
- Design and build resilient, large-scale systems from the ground up with a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance.
- Write high quality and well tested code, and review code from other team members.
- Provide thought leadership and guide peers in navigating complex architectural and coding decisions.
- Champion best practices and technical excellence across the engineering organization.
- Spearhead strategic technical initiatives that impact multiple engineering pods and deliver organization-wide improvements.
What You'll Bring
Nice to Have
Minimum full-time salary of $240,000-$270,000. Disclosure in accordance with New York City's Pay Transparency Law. Full Time employees at Uniswap Labs are also eligible for other compensation elements, including equity, tokens, and benefits, dependent on the position type.
Uniswap Labs' Full-Time employee benefits include company-paid medical, dental, & vision for you and your dependents, gym subsidy, 401(k) with 4% employer contribution, annual $1,500 education stipend, unlimited and encouraged time off, up to 16 weeks paid parental leave, home office setup stipend for remote employees and daily lunches at NY headquarters (all benefits are subject to applicable taxes and based on eligibility).
Uniswap Labs is committed to diversity in our workforce and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). We provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability (including gender dysphoria and similar gender-related conditions), sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation (including actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, and asexuality), veteran status, military status, domestic violence victim status, reproductive health decision making or any other protected category. In addition, Uniswap Labs participates in E-Verify. You can view the E-Verify poster here and the Right to Work poster here.
Salary : $240,000 - $270,000
