--- title: 'Senior Software Engineer, Data Services at Alchemy' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-software-engineer-data-services-alchemy-san-francisco-9g3wd1v2ayxv' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-27' --- # Senior Software Engineer, Data Services at Alchemy - **Company:** Alchemy - **Location:** San Francisco, CA - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-10-13 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-27 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/alchemy/bca25725-dbdf-4786-9af9-aa793766d2b5 ## 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 the systems that turn blockchain activity into data developers can use. Alchemy’s Data Services work includes token, portfolio, and transfer APIs, with streaming in the updated roadmap. You will own backend projects from ingestion through serving, making data correct, fresh, and fast to query. You will work with Product and customer-facing teams to understand what developers need, then ship improvements and measure their effect on reliability, performance, and cost. ## What You Will Do - Build and operate blockchain ingestion, indexing, storage, and API-serving systems. - Handle reorganizations, retries, duplicate events, and historical backfills without silently losing or corrupting data. - Improve query performance and data freshness. Make those properties observable to the team and understandable to customers. - Extend API capabilities and chain coverage, with tests for differences in chain behavior and data semantics. - Develop streaming and event-delivery capabilities with explicit guarantees for ordering, replay, and failure recovery. - Reduce the cost of storing, processing, and serving data through measured changes to architecture and query execution. - Participate in production support and incident response for the systems you own. Maintain monitoring, runbooks, safe rollouts, and fixes that prevent recurrence. ## What We Are Looking For - A track record of independently designing, shipping, and operating production backend or distributed data systems. - Strong programming skills in a production backend language, plus experience with databases, indexing, and query performance. - Experience reasoning about consistency, partitioning, asynchronous processing, and failure recovery. - Evidence that you can diagnose a production problem and improve the system beyond the immediate fix. - Sound API design judgment, including compatibility, pagination, error handling, and data contracts. - Clear communication and the ability to turn an ambiguous customer problem into a scoped engineering project. Blockchain experience is helpful, but not required. You should be interested in learning how chain behavior affects data correctness. Helpful Experience - ClickHouse or other analytical databases; Kafka or similar streaming systems. - Blockchain indexers, EVM logs and traces, finality, or non-EVM data models. - Developer-facing data APIs, real-time delivery, or large historical datasets. - Storage migrations and performance or cost optimization under production traffic. What Success Looks Like Within three months: - You have shipped a customer-facing improvement and can show its effect on data quality, freshness, latency, or cost. - You own a production component, have tested its recovery behavior, and have proposed the next improvement using operational evidence and developer feedback. ## 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 Data Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-data-engineer-alchemy-new-york-bh2d1gkrgac0) — New York, NY - [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