Senior Software Engineer - Go

About the role

As a Senior Go Engineer on the RPC Platform team, you will design, build, and scale critical infrastructure that powers high-performance blockchain RPC services. This role focuses on distributed systems and Web3 infrastructure, requiring deep technical ownership and a strong bias toward execution.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize high-throughput, low-latency backend services in Go.
• Architect distributed systems.
• Own end-to-end delivery from design through production.
• Improve uptime and reduce latency across services.
• Collaborate with Product, Infrastructure, and DevEx teams.
• Debug and resolve complex production issues.
• Drive engineering standards and best practices.

Required skills

• Go
• Distributed systems
• Backend development
• API platforms
• Data streaming

Nice to have

• Web3
• Blockchain infrastructure
• RPC services

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of experience building and operating backend or distributed systems in high-scale production environments

About the Company

Quicknode is a cloud-based infrastructure company that powers the blockchain ecosystem, serving billions of requests daily. The company is backed by investors including Tiger Global, Y Combinator, SoftBank, and the Seven Seven Six Fund.