Staff Backend Engineer

Department: Anagram

Location: Anywhere

Employment Type: FullTime

Who is Anagram?

Anagram is a digital assets holding company focused on building and incubating innovative crypto projects. Our mission is to accelerate the development of decentralized technology that transforms economies into communities of distributed and individual ownership. At Anagram, we believe in playing, building, and winning as a team, with a focus on radical thinking, creativity, and a commitment to excellence. We are passionate entrepreneurs, committed to reordering the world through sincere open-mindedness, curiosity, and radical transparency.

What is Glider?

Glider.fi is a groundbreaking product in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, designed to offer innovative solutions that have never been attempted on-chain before. Glider enables users to build, test, and automate non-custodial trading strategies on-chain. We are at the forefront of crypto trading development: intents, chain abstraction, verification, solvers, etc.

What are we hiring for?

We are seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to join our team and play a crucial role in the development of Glider.fi, one of our most ambitious projects. As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will be responsible for building novel data models for crypto trading, working with cutting-edge technology, and contributing to a product that uses every piece of the crypto/DeFi stack.

Key Responsibilities:

• Backend Development: Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems using Node.js (TypeScript), MySQL/Drizzle, Axiom, and Sentry to support the evolving needs of Glider’s platform.

• Data-Driven Decision Making: Help structure and optimize Glider’s data models while contributing to liquidity analysis, PNL optimization, and performance monitoring.

• Time-Series Monitoring: Implement and maintain time-series-based monitoring systems to track and analyze trading strategies, performance, and liquidity.

• Dive Deep into Solvers: Work closely with python-based solvers and verifier networks to enhance strategy execution and ensure safe, efficient rebalancing of portfolios.

• Problem-Solving and Innovation: Solve complex technical challenges in a fast-paced, innovative environment while continuously pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in DeFi.

Qualifications:

• Experience: 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering with a strong understanding of data systems, crypto trading, and performance monitoring.

• Tech Stack Proficiency:

  • Strong expertise in Node.js (TypeScript), MySQL, Python

  • Experience with time-series-based monitoring, liquidity analysis, and PNL optimization

  • Familiarity with Verifier Networks like Eigenlayer

  • Proficient in data modeling within the trading domain (ie schemas for Glider’s block strategies)

  • Proven ability to design and implement novel solutions in a dynamic and rapidly evolving environment.

• Data Expertise: A strong believer in data-based decision-making, with the ability to structure and analyze complex data models.

• Passion for Crypto: A deep interest in the cryptocurrency and decentralized finance ecosystem, with a desire to explore and expand what is possible on-chain.

Why Join Glider?

• Innovate in DeFi: Work on a product that is transforming decentralized finance with innovative and data-driven solutions.

• Hands-On Exposure: Be deeply involved in all aspects of crypto and DeFi development, building and using novel infrastructure

• Collaborative Environment: Join a passionate and innovative team where radical thinking and open-mindedness drive success.

• Extensive Benefits:

  • Health/Dental/Vision Insurance

  • Unlimited PTO

  • Home Office Stipend

  • Monthly Wifi + Cell + ChatGPT Stipend

This is your chance to be part of an industry-defining project at the intersection of cryptocurrency, blockchain data, and financial technology.