--- title: 'Backend Engineer at Whetstone Research' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/backend-engineer-whetstone-research-global-g405mpfq2vch' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-16' --- # Backend Engineer at Whetstone Research - **Company:** Whetstone Research - **Location:** Global - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2025-08-25 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-16 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/whetstoneresearch/56521f37-6217-4711-b0d0-ce18a2511aa5 ## Job description ## About the role This role is going to be working on the open source Doppler SDK and Indexer. ## Responsibilities - Implementing - new SDK and Indexer features - Testing - automate backend testing alongside a release pipeline - Support - helping applications and protocols integrate the SDK and Indexer - Shipping - overseeing successful production releases with release notes and versioning ## What we're looking for Ideally are experienced implementing and delivering highly reliable and scalable backend data services. You are deeply familiar with TypeScript and GraphQL. You have an understanding of the blockchain industry and the difficulties of managing multichain indexer deployments. You know that testnet faucets are frustrating to deal with and have clever solutions for testing across all various configurations that users may end up deploying. You have experience contributing to and managing open source software projects external teams rely on in production. You like helping others solve their problems with novel solutions and are a great communicator. ## About Whetstone Research Whetstone Research is focused on designing and building new protocols that accelerate the future of onchain markets. The team is less than 10 people with deep hands on experience in the blockchain industry; previously at Uniswap, Primitive, Aztec, and numerous others. We are working on Doppler, a hyper-efficient price discovery and liquidity bootstrapping Protocol built on the EVM, used by Zora and others. Learn more about Whetstone on our [website](http://whetstone.cc) or read our [blog](https://paragraph.com/@whetstone). ## About Whetstone Research ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Whetstone Research is building the future of onchain markets, with its first product being Doppler, a hyper-efficient price discovery and liquidity bootstrapping protocol. - **Entity Type**: Private (Startup) - **Headquarters**: Remote (United States, with team members across 7 locations) - **Founded**: 2024 - **Founders**: Austin Adams (Former Protocols at Uniswap), Matt Czernik (Former Protocols at Primitive), Clement Lakhal (Former Protocols at Primitive), Cooper Kunz (Former Product at Aztec) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Blockchain Infrastructure, Onchain Markets - **Target customers**: B2B & B2C – Liquidity providers, traders, DeFi protocols, and institutional market participants - **Mission or purpose statement**: "Building the future of onchain markets" – focused on creating hyper-efficient price discovery and liquidity bootstrapping for blockchain-based assets. ## Products & Services - **Doppler Protocol**: A hyper-efficient price discovery and liquidity bootstrapping protocol. It is the company’s flagship product, designed to improve how new tokens are priced and launched onchain. - **Doppler SDK (TypeScript)**: A software development kit for developers to interact with and integrate the Doppler protocol into their own applications. - **Doppler v3/v4 Mini Apps**: Reference implementations and interfaces built on top of the Doppler protocol, serving as examples for frontend development. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private startup) - **Key Metric**: Total Funding – Not publicly disclosed; the company is early-stage (founded 2024) with a small team (approximately 12 employees as of latest data). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed, but the founding team hails from leading DeFi protocols: **Uniswap** (Austin Adams), **Primitive** (Matt Czernik, Clement Lakhal), and **Aztec** (Cooper Kunz). - **Growth Signals**: - Active development with 18 public GitHub repositories and multiple active codebases (Doppler core, SDKs, mini apps). - Doppler core contracts have garnered 98 stars on GitHub, indicating community interest. - Hiring for key roles (Frontend Engineer, Backend Engineer, Marketing Lead, Head of Institutional Growth) suggests scaling ambitions. - Remote-first with a distributed team across 7 locations in the United States. ## Competitive Advantages - **Founding Team’s Deep DeFi Expertise**: The team has direct experience building at Uniswap (the largest DEX), Primitive (a pioneering AMM protocol), and Aztec (a privacy-focused zk-rollup), giving them unique insight into onchain market mechanics. - **First-Mover in Hyper-Efficient Price Discovery**: Doppler targets a specific pain point in DeFi – inefficient price discovery and liquidity bootstrapping for new tokens – an area where existing solutions (like traditional bonding curves) have limitations. - **Open-Source, Community-Driven Approach**: The company publishes its core contracts, SDKs, and reference implementations publicly on GitHub, fostering developer trust and ecosystem adoption. ## Strategic Focus - **Current priorities**: Launching and refining the Doppler protocol, growing the developer ecosystem around Doppler SDKs, and expanding institutional adoption (as evidenced by the "Head of Institutional Growth" role). - **Direction for growth**: Scaling from a research-driven team to a full product organization, expanding the team across engineering, marketing, and institutional sales, and establishing Doppler as the standard for onchain price discovery. ## Why Work Here - **Culture highlights**: Deeply technical, research-driven environment focused on cutting-edge DeFi/blockchain problems. The team is small (~12 people), offering high ownership and impact. - **Remote/hybrid/office policy**: Fully remote-first, with team members distributed across 7 US locations. Employees work remotely, with no central office. - **Notable perks or engineering culture**: - Work with a founding team from Uniswap, Primitive, and Aztec – top-tier DeFi protocols. - Opportunity to shape the future of onchain markets from the ground up. - Open-source culture – all core work is public, encouraging transparency and collaboration. - Roles include both engineering (Frontend, Backend) and non-engineering (Marketing, Institutional Growth), catering to diverse skill sets. ## Sources 1. [whetstone.cc](https://whetstone.cc/) 2. [whetstone.cc/team](https://whetstone.cc/team.html) 3. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/whetstoneresearch](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/whetstoneresearch) 4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/whetstone-research) 5. 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