Senior Data Engineer (Solana)

Join Blockworks as a Senior Data Engineer, where you'll lead the creation and execution of data models and strategies that drive our product. You'll collaborate with the engineering team to design, develop, implement, and evolve our data pipeline. Your responsibilities will include owning data sourcing pipelines, designing and implementing ETL solutions, providing technical leadership, driving operational efficiency, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Enjoy benefits such as health insurance, parental leave, a 401(k) plan, learning and development opportunities, a flexible working space, and a commuter stipend.

• Lead the creation and execution of data models and strategies that feed the product, and work collaboratively with the engineering team to design, develop, implement, and evolve the data pipeline.
• Architect the data warehousing, ingestion, and sourcing strategy, and implement the overall ETL approach, including accessing and setting up blockchain nodes to pull from.
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and assistance to the team in the implementation of established architectures and designs, and drive operational efficiency by looking for opportunities to improve data workflows.
• We are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team and encourage everyone to apply if your experience is close to what we are looking for
• We’re especially interested in candidates who can pair technical depth with an ability to thrive in high-growth, fast-paced settings
• For this role, first and foremost, you must have significant knowledge of the crypto industry; interest in crypto is not enough, we’re looking for someone who considers themself crypto native
• Experimentation is frequent at Blockworks. Comfortability with being uncomfortable is a must
• You love moving quickly in a fast-paced start-up, but you also bring intentionality, sustainability and scalability to your approach as an engineer
• What will truly make you stand out is hands-on experience with Solana
• You have at least 4 (but ideally more) years of hands-on experience with data modeling, schema design, data operations, and data warehousing
• Experience and demonstrated success in crypto, web3, startup, or incubator environments will move you to the top of the list
• You are a player-coach and someone who understands the technical and human elements that go into great software design
• You're excited at the possibility of helping design and develop our data pipelines as well as leading leading our Solana data-related projects and strategies
• You're an ace at Typescript, Go, and/or Python, and you bring incredibly strong expertise in SQL (ideally Postgres, dbt, and Hypertables)
• You have a results-oriented attitude and a passion for delivering flawless releases and developing digital data pipelines
• You have a proven track record facilitating engineering teams to increase productivity and quality
• You have deep experience creating data warehouses using Timescale, Snowflake, and/or BigQuery, and you also bring experience using DevOps tools and solutions like Docker, CI/CD, and AWS
• During that time, you've personally built backend systems at scale with a focus on data processing and ingestion
• Software engineering is your passion and you have special talents focused on data architecture, design and infrastructure
• A background in designing, building, and managing microservices will also set you apart, especially if you bring expertise in security, privacy, and scalability
• If you’ve built and operated Solana ingestion pipelines using RPC, Websocket, or Geyser with resilience to forks and automated backfills, you’ll be a huge asset to our team
• We’re looking for engineers who can decode transactions, instructions, and events, and ship modeled data into Postgres, Clickhouse, or Parquet with speed and accuracy
• Fluency in decoding native programs such as System, Stake, SPL Token, Token2022, and Memo, along with Anchor programs, while managing IDLs, Borsh layouts, and maintaining an internal decoder registry, would set you apart as a Solana expert