Backend Engineer at Agora Finance

About Agora Agora is on a mission to build a more financially inclusive future by making the power and utility of the US Dollar accessible across the globe. AUSD is the first fully collateralized, freely tradable digital dollar that is partner-focused, open, scalable, and dependable: a currency that works, wherever you are. Our goal is to create a more stable and accessible cryptocurrency that empowers individuals and businesses. We leverage cutting-edge technology to deliver secure and efficient financial solutions to our partners around the world.

What we’re building First and foremost, we’re building an engineering organization dedicated to producing the best. We are building a culture where we work as a team, operate as a unit, and trust each other to produce the best code and culture we can. Agora’s first product — a fully collateralized, freely tradeable USD stablecoin — will be launched in the year ahead. It will compete directly with the heavyweight stables in the market today but will differentiate materially in terms of its value proposition, resource allocation, and go-to-market strategy. The stable’s collateral will be managed by VanEck, one of the world’s largest asset managers and ETF issuers (~$80B AUM).

Who you are:

• Capable of moving fast while prioritizing code quality and maintainability
• Fast-learner: you are proactive and able to pick up new things quickly
• Experience architecting applications from scratch
• You take extreme pride in building the best

Responsibilities:

• Architect, develop and maintain the server-side logic, databases, APIs, and other backend processes to meet application requirements
• Develop a high-trust high-quality engineering culture
• Collaborate closely with our CTO and CEO to directly impact product roadmap
• Collaborate with frontend developers to ensure seamless integration of user-facing elements.
• Engage in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding, debugging, and deploying with an emphasis on high quality, scalable code.
• Develop and maintain our database layer, APIs, and other web services
• Develop and maintain a backend worker-queue system to engage in blockchain analytics and monitoring
• Hire, Teach, and Mentor junior engineers

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of backend development
• Strong expertise in Typescript, Rust and Golang
• Proficiency in both SQL and NoSQL databases, understanding of ACID properties, and knowledge of distributed database architectures
• Proficient in RESTful API development, with a deep understanding of OpenAPI/Swagger documentation
• Experience interfacing with Web3 infrastructure including RPCs
• Proven experience working on large projects with long-term impact on a single system or team
• Experience leading the development of distributed systems and micro-service architecture
• Ability to handle unexpected challenges, perhaps even those that fall outside strict backend development
• Must be open to learning new technologies, methodologies, and moving between different tasks
• Must be able to articulate complex technical issues to non-technical stakeholders

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience in high security or financial applications, especially payments
• Basic knowledge of Front End Development and Devops
• Experience interacting with blockchains