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# Staff Backend Engineer

- **Company:** Uniswap Labs
- **Location:** New York, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $207,000.0 - $259,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Cloud Engineering, Code Review, Distributed Systems, Monitoring of Systems, TypeScript, Build Management, Information Technology, Build Tools, Graphql, Software Coding, Golang
- **Published:** July 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/381d42b6-0625-4150-9281-cef209a68c43

## About the Role

* 10+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining large-scale, production-level systems.
 * Experience as a Technical Lead or in a similar leadership capacity.
 * Exceptional coding skills, with expertise in cloud architecture, distributed systems, and algorithms.
 * Proven ability to independently lead projects, including requirement gathering, system design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
 * A track record of mentoring and guiding engineers to achieve their potential.
 * A 0 1 mindset with the ability to build systems and processes from scratch.
 * Deep interest in modern development practices and a passion for shaping the future of crypto technology.

Nice to Have

 * Prior work with time-series based monitoring and observability systems.
 * Knowledge of TypeScript, Go, GraphQL, and AWS
 * A degree in Computer Science or a related field.
 * A love for unicorns

## Description

* 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.


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