The Role

As a Software Engineer Backend on the Platform Team at Magic, you will play a pivotal role in building platforms from the ground up, launching core features for our consumers (end-users and developers alike), as well as scaling our existing systems. You will act as a key player on the Magic engineering team to help build and ship features that support authentication and wallet service flows that help to onboard the next billion users to web3.

This position is based in either our New York City (NYC) office or remote within Canada.

You will:

• Work on the Platform Engineering team. Platform Engineering provides stable, scalable blockchain, key management, platform and data services to support Magic experiences. This includes out patented technology DKMS along with future innovations in KMS, Blockchain, NFT minting services and data pipeline work
• Work with engineers, product managers, designers, and stakeholders across the company to bring new features and products to Magic users.
• Build software that impacts every Magic user, whether they’re an end-user, developer, or partner. Key projects include Blockchain, our patented Delegated Key Management System (DKMS) and future innovations, NFT minting, and data pipelines.
• Collaborate with backend and frontend developers to deliver new features and improve existing features.
• Implement best practices and create and update documentation to help improve your peers’ development experience.
• Recognize impediments to our efficiency as a team ("technical debt"), propose and implement solutions.
• Help debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack.

You have: 

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science.
• A strong technical background, with 4+ years of experience in backend and API development. 
• Experience working with MySQL and Python in production. 
• Excitement about building the future of web3 and democratizing access to a user-centered web. 
• A collaborative and motivated mindset, with a drive to build in a fast-paced, startup environment.
• A strong sense of ownership and anything can be done attitude.
• The ability to listen well and collaborate with other team members to make the team more efficient.

Benefits:

• Fully remote team and flexible working hours
• Competitive salary and stock options
• Unlimited paid time off
• Health, Vision, and Dental insurance
• 401(k) program
• Top of the line equipment
• $300 monthly budget for home office needs and professional development
• Annual team meetups

Salary: $140K-$190K CAD