Principal Software Engineer, Backend
Alchemy - Bucharest | Hybrid | Remote
Posted Jun 7, 2026
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Market context
- U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)
- $116,543 U.S. median for this role
- Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)
- +9.8% - Much faster than average
Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.
Role
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- Engineering Verified - from the job posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
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- Hybrid Inferred - source not recordedchecked Jun 20, 2026
- In-office days
- 2 days Inferred - source not recordedchecked Jun 20, 2026
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About this role
Principal Software Engineer, Backend Bucharest | Hybrid | Remote The Role Infrastructure is our bread and butter at Alchemy. As an engineer focused on infrastructure and backend systems at Alchemy, you'll be working with one of the most sophisticated and high-throughput distributed systems in the blockchain world. You'll focus on architecting and building new systems as well as improving existing ones for a platform that supports millions of users globally. What You'll Do: - Define the vision for the backend infrastructure that supports our developer platform and APIs, and guide the team in executing against that vision - Design, build and maintain highly scalable and reliable infrastructure, APIs, and services - Contribute and lead system design discussions, stand-up meetings, and code reviews - Develop and own best practices for backend infrastructure with a focus on high throughput, high reliability, and low latency - Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack - Collaborate with other engineers, technical leaders, product managers, and designers What We're Looking For: - 10 + years of relevant industry experience - BS/BA degree in Computer Science or equivalent - Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining core backend software components (experience with API platforms a plus) - Ability to solve complex design, scaling, latency, or performance problems in high-throughput, low-latency systems in production - Production experience with Java, Golang, or C++ - Experience in Cloud Native environments, particularly in AWS - Experience with managed Kubernetes layers like AWS EKS a plus - Self-starter attitude
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