--- title: 'Senior Data Engineer at Alchemy' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-data-engineer-alchemy-new-york-bh2d1gkrgac0' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-27' --- # Senior Data Engineer at Alchemy - **Company:** Alchemy - **Location:** New York, NY - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-10-13 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-27 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/alchemy/37fa4765-8e1d-4c61-ba52-071e2d6bead0 ## Job description ## About Alchemy Alchemy is the Web3 infrastructure and developer platform that powers millions of users and the world’s most innovative blockchain applications. From enabling $1+ trillion in financial transactions worldwide to scaling L2s and enabling DeFi, Alchemy provides the infrastructure and tools developers need to build reliable, scalable, and accessible experiences. Trusted by companies like JPMorgan, Stripe, Visa, Franklin Templeton, Nike, and backed by a16z, Coatue, Silver Lake, Lightspeed, and Stanford University, Alchemy is building the foundational layer for a decentralized and AI-enabled Web3 ecosystem. For more information, visit [alchemy.com](http://alchemy.com). ## The Role Build and run the internal data platform that helps Alchemy understand product usage, revenue, and the cost of serving customers. The existing Data Engineer intake centers on ingestion, Snowflake operations, workflow orchestration, data quality, and collaboration with analytics partners. You will own ingestion, schema changes, and checks that show whether shared datasets are current and correct. You will work with analytics engineers and data scientists to define those datasets for reporting, analysis, and AI-assisted tools. ## What You Will Do - Build batch and streaming pipelines that connect operational databases, product events, billing systems, and external sources to the internal data platform. - Make ingestion recoverable through change-data capture, schema-change handling, idempotent processing, and safe backfills. - Operate and improve Snowflake, including access controls, workload management, query performance, and compute and storage costs. - Improve orchestration and deployment workflows so engineers can test, ship, and debug pipelines safely. - Build data-quality checks that detect stale, missing, duplicated, or inconsistent records before they reach downstream consumers. - Work with analytics partners on shared data models, source definitions, and documentation. Make dataset ownership and upstream dependencies clear. - Reduce recurring manual work and build reusable tools for self-service data access. - Participate in production support and incident response for pipelines and the data platform. Restore data flow, reconcile affected datasets, and fix the causes of recurring failures. ## What We Are Looking For - Experience independently building and operating production data pipelines and the infrastructure around them. - Strong SQL and Python skills, including testing, debugging, and maintainable software design. - Experience with Snowflake or a comparable warehouse, including performance tuning and access management. - Experience with workflow orchestration and transformation tools such as Airflow and dbt, or equivalent systems. - Understanding of data modeling, incremental processing, schema evolution, and data-quality testing. - The ability to trace a data discrepancy from a downstream report back to its source, explain the cause, and fix it. - Good judgment about stakeholder needs: turn recurring requests into reusable datasets or tooling, and make trade-offs clear. Blockchain experience is not required. Helpful Experience - Kafka, database replication, or change-data-capture systems. - Apache Iceberg, Spark, Trino, or other lakehouse and query technologies. - Infrastructure as code, data observability, lineage, and disaster recovery. - Usage metering, billing and revenue data, or semantic layers for self-service analytics. What Success Looks Like Within three months: - You own a production pipeline and have shipped an improvement to its freshness, reliability, or operating cost. - Downstream users can see whether its data is current, recovery procedures have been tested, and a recurring manual request has become a reusable dataset or tool. ## Benefits & Perks 🏥 Private Health Insurance 💪 Gym Reimbursement 🚅 Commuter Benefits 🌴 Flexible Time Off 🥙 In-Office Group Meals 🧠 Learning & Development Stipend 🌎 Company Sponsored Conferences & Events 🎧 Books & Audiobook subscription with [Bookster](https://landing.bookster.ro/) ## About Alchemy ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Alchemy is the leading web3 development platform providing the infrastructure, APIs, and tools developers need to build and scale blockchain applications. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series C1 at $10.2B valuation, Feb 2022) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States (also offices in New York and Bucharest) - **Founded**: 2017 - **Founders**: Nikil Viswanathan (CEO) and Joseph Lau (President) ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: Blockchain infrastructure / Web3 developer platform - **Target Customers**: B2B – developers, fintechs, enterprises, and blockchain-native companies (e.g., JP Morgan, Robinhood, Visa, Stripe, Polymarket) - **Mission/Purpose**: “To bring blockchain to a billion people” by providing the foundational building blocks for creating the future of technology [alchemy.com/company](https://www.alchemy.com/company) ## Products & Services - **Node RPC API**: Real-time, block-perfect data access to major blockchain networks (Ethereum, Solana, etc.) with 99.99% uptime, powered by the Cortex engine (13x more throughput, 5x more reliability). - **Rollups**: Launch a custom, high-performance blockchain (Layer 2/rollup-as-a-service) for scaling applications. - **Data APIs**: - *Token APIs* – Real-time price data for any token. - *Portfolio APIs* – Query transaction history and asset balances. - *Webhooks* – Stream push notifications for on-chain events. - **AI Agents Tooling**: CLI, MCP server, and skills enabling AI agents to read onchain state, send transactions, and ship apps end‑to‑end. - **Move Money**: Swap, mint, and stake with no gas fees or multi-step approvals (smart wallet & gasless transactions). All products are delivered as SaaS/API services, targeting both backend and frontend developers. [alchemy.com](https://www.alchemy.com/) ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: $10.2 billion (Series C1, February 2022 – TechCrunch) - **Key Metric**: Over $105 billion in total transaction volume processed; serving tens of millions of users across 197+ countries (99% of countries worldwide). The platform also reports $1T+ in annual transaction volume and over 100M transactions annually. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Lightspeed, Silver Lake, a16z, Coatue, Addition, Stanford University, Coinbase, the Chairman of Google, Charles Schwab, and founders/executives of leading organizations. - **Growth Signals**: - Expanding into AI agents with dedicated tooling. - Building Cortex, the blockchain engine that claims 13x throughput improvement. - Continued hiring across engineering, sales, and design roles (17+ open positions in mid‑2026). ## Competitive Advantages - **Developer Experience**: “Dead simple” APIs and SDKs that eliminate blockchain complexity – developers can be production‑ready in minutes. - **Scale & Reliability**: 99.99% uptime, $105 billion+ processed, trusted by top financial institutions and fintechs. - **Cortex Engine**: Proprietary infrastructure layer delivering 13x more throughput and 5x more reliability than competitors. - **Comprehensive Platform**: Single integrated suite for node access, data indexing, AI agents, and payment rails – unlike point solutions. - **Talent & Team**: Leadership from Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Stanford, and MIT; deep expertise in massively scalable infrastructure. ## Strategic Focus - **Onboard a Billion Users**: Continue lowering barriers to blockchain adoption, particularly in fintech and financial services. - **AI + Blockchain**: Enable AI agents to seamlessly interact with on‑chain data and transactions. - **Enterprise Adoption**: Work with global institutions on next‑generation payment and settlement rails (focus area of President Joe Lau). - **Global Scaling**: Offices in San Francisco, New York, and Bucharest to attract top talent across time zones. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: “Think Big. Move Fast. Own It.” – extreme ownership, customer obsession, fast execution, play to win, and a “kid at heart” spirit. [alchemy.com/careers](https://www.alchemy.com/careers) - **Values**: Extreme ownership, customer obsession, speed, winning mindset, and crypto enthusiasm. - **Work Policy**: Hybrid/office‑based roles in San Francisco, New York, and Bucharest. Some roles appear to be on‑site with flexibility mentioned for commuting benefits. - **Benefits & Perks** (as listed on careers page): - Medical, dental, and vision insurance - HSA & FSA plans - 401k plan - Flexible time off - Gym reimbursement & wellbeing perks - Home office build‑out budget & commuting benefits - Relocation bonus - Paid parental leave - Learning & development stipend - Company retreats (yearly offsites including Chesapeake Bay, Deer Valley, Austin, Cabo, Napa, New York, Playa del Carmen) - Conferences and events - **Engineering Culture**: Emphasis on solving complex problems in distributed systems, AI, and infrastructure; teams are lean and empowered. - **Growth Opportunity**: High‑leverage roles in a well‑funded, high‑growth company at the intersection of blockchain and AI. ## Sources 1. [alchemy.com](https://www.alchemy.com/) – Product overview, platform features, and value proposition. 2. [alchemy.com/company](https://www.alchemy.com/company) – Mission, founders, and investor information. 3. [alchemy.com/careers](https://www.alchemy.com/careers) – Culture, values, benefits, and open roles. 4. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/alchemy](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/alchemy) – Job descriptions (Technical Recruiter, Revenue Operations Lead) with details on mission, transaction volume, and investor list (citing TechCrunch). 5. [linkedin.com/company/alchemyinc](https://www.linkedin.com/company/alchemyinc) – Company page with employee count and location data. ## Other roles at Alchemy - [Senior Blockchain Engineer, Moonshot](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-blockchain-engineer-moonshot-alchemy-3r6691s1nxf8) - [Senior Software Engineer, Data Services](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-software-engineer-data-services-alchemy-san-francisco-9g3wd1v2ayxv) — San Francisco, CA - [Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-software-engineer-developer-experience-alchemy-san-francisco-3qghpp2sncqp) — San Francisco, CA - [Customer Product Engineer, EMEA](https://feeny.ai/job/customer-product-engineer-emea-alchemy-bucharest-ekhv4wwy0g9w) — Bucharest, Romania - [Accounts Payable Specialist](https://feeny.ai/job/accounts-payable-specialist-alchemy-san-francisco-epqcg126ph1a) — San Francisco, CA - [Product Marketing Manager, Platform](https://feeny.ai/job/product-marketing-manager-platform-alchemy-san-francisco-4q674zt2qk95) — San Francisco, CA - [Growth Marketing Lead](https://feeny.ai/job/growth-marketing-lead-alchemy-san-francisco-mw4jj2br6y8a) — San Francisco, CA - [Senior Product Manager - Developer Platform](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-product-manager-developer-platform-alchemy-san-francisco-5zp3tdpzz323) — San Francisco, CA - [Senior Product Manager - Ecosystem](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-product-manager-ecosystem-alchemy-san-francisco-23ez61bfbm5w) — San Francisco, CA - [Product Lead, Developer Experience](https://feeny.ai/job/product-lead-developer-experience-alchemy-san-francisco-gndwmzwq9sfm) — San Francisco, CA