Applications Engineer - Typescript

Overview

Remote
Depends on Experience
Full Time
10% Travel
Able to Provide Sponsorship

Skills

Typescript
React
Postgres
Kafka
gRPC
REST

Job Details

Company Background

The Luxor team has built a range of solutions for Bitcoin mining and compute power, including a globally distributed mining pool, firmware, an ASIC brokerage desk, a data website and a Hashrate derivatives market. Our product suite is growing rapidly and as such we are looking to expand our product team. We fundamentally believe compute is going to be the world s most important commodity, and are building the infrastructure to support this new market.

Role Overview

This is a fully remote position with occasional travel requirements, reporting directly to our Applications Team Engineering Manager. The role involves hands-on and remote technical work and customer interaction to ensure the effective implementation and optimization of Luxor s Mining Pool, Hardware, and Derivatives applications.

Responsibilities

  • Actively participate during the product design phases, analyzing requirements, and proposing innovative and alternative solutions.

  • Collaborate on architecture definitions, always thinking of solutions that are scalable and secure.

  • Develop quality code, with emphasis on correctness of the implementation.

  • Collaborate in the evolutionary maintenance of the product.

  • Design, document, automate and execute test plans.

  • Participate in the process of generating and analyzing features.

  • Develop, test, and maintain high-quality, performant, and scalable web applications using TypeScript, React, and other relevant technologies.

  • Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define, design, and launch new features and products.

  • Create and maintain API integrations using Fastify, tRPC, GraphQL, gRPC, and REST to support application functionality.

  • Ensure code quality through thorough testing, peer code review, and adherence to development best practices.

  • Monitor application performance and proactively identify and address potential bottlenecks or issues.

  • Write comprehensive technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, API documentation, and internal procedures.

  • Participate in Agile ceremonies, such as sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives, to ensure smooth and efficient development processes.

  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of the team's processes, tools, and overall technical architecture.

Basic Requirements

  • Proficient or familiar with TypeScript, NextJS, Fastify, tRPC, Drizzle, REST, and Postgres technologies.

  • Experience with modern NodeJS libraries and frameworks, specifically with building Typescript backend microservices.

  • Strong knowledge of server-side technologies and API development, including Fastify, tRPC, Drizzle, gRPC, and REST.

  • Familiarity with Postgres for database management and query optimization.

  • Understanding of best practices for code quality, testing, and performance optimization.

  • Bachelor's degree (or its foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline or equivalent experience.

  • English language proficiency.

  • 4+ years of working experience in relevant Software Engineering field.

  • Experience with Agile development methodology.

  • Experience delivering and owning web-scale systems in production.

The Ideal Candidate:

  • Passionate about building innovative and scalable products for a growing startup.

  • Has an interest in creating user-friendly and accessible interfaces for a diverse audience.

  • Enjoys writing clean, modular, and maintainable code that adheres to best practices.

  • Can efficiently collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and launch new features and products.

  • Brings enthusiasm to the team and enjoys tackling complex challenges to push the boundaries of what has been done so far.

  • Embodies citizenship in the organization, proactively addressing issues that improve team operations.

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