Full-Time

Senior Backend Engineer at Center.app

Posted on 4/4/2025

Center.app

Center.app

1-10 employees

NFT API infrastructure for multi-chain indexing

Compensation Overview

$100k - $220k/yr

+ Equity

Palo Alto, CA, USA

Hybrid

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Datadog
Postgres
TypeScript
DevOps
Requirements
  • 6+ years of backend development experience in a professional setting.
  • Experience shipping production apps using TypeScript and Node.js
  • Experience with distributed systems and task scheduling systems.
  • Strong understanding of PostgreSQL, with experience in query optimization and handling complex database interactions.
  • Familiarity with Inversify for dependency injection, session management, and IoC containers.
  • Familiarity with creating and maintaining APIs, handling authentication, and securing data flows.
Responsibilities
  • Architect, build, and maintain backend services with an emphasis on scalability, performance, and reliability.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (frontend, product, design) to develop and launch new features.
  • Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code, maintaining high testing coverage.
  • Partner with DevOps to optimize infrastructure, manage costs, and improve system monitoring and alerting (e.g., Datadog experience).
  • Design and implement APIs and integrations to ensure secure and robust data flows across the system.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with Kubernetes and horizontally scaling applications to ensure high availability.
  • Familiar with DevOps and monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog) to ensure system performance and reliability.
  • Experience with Remix for backend API development.
  • Prior experience in a startup or fast-paced environment is a plus.
  • Knowledge of the web3 ecosystem or a strong interest in learning about blockchain technology.

Center.dev provides an API-based infrastructure for the NFT market. It offers a multi-chain service that renders and indexes NFTs across 12 blockchain networks, giving clients a single interface to search and access NFT data. The product works through a subscription-based API that popular crypto and blockchain companies use to manage NFT information, with endpoints for rendering, indexing, and searching across networks. The company differentiates itself with very high uptime (99.999%) and broad multi-chain support, aiming to give clients reliable, scalable access to NFT data and rendering capabilities. The goal is to be a trusted infrastructure provider that enables businesses to load, display, and query NFT information across multiple chains without downtime or fragmentation.

Company Size

1-10

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$11M

Headquarters

Palo Alto, California

Founded

2021

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • NFTs evolve into infrastructure for AI agents and gaming economies.
  • Recent APIs added market data, Friend.Tech support, V2 trading volume endpoints.
  • Raised $11M from Thrive Capital and Founders Fund in 2022.

What critics are saying

  • NFT volumes crashed 90% since 2021, triggering client cancellations now.
  • Alchemy's free tier on 15 chains steals 60% market share in 6 months.
  • QuickNode's AI rendering API poaches OpenSea in 12 months.

What makes Center.app unique

  • Center indexes 395 million NFTs across 13 blockchains with 99.999% uptime.
  • One-line NFT rendering API simplifies embedding across Ethereum, Polygon, Solana.
  • Embedded search API powers apps for clients like 0x Labs and Astaria.

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Oct 26th, 2023
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