Backend Developer

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Backend Developer

Engineering

Remote

Full-time

About us

Forta is a leading threat prevention network, leveraging advanced AI and machine learning to proactively detect and prevent threats. Spun off from Open Zeppelin in 2021, Forta has top tier backers such as a16z, Blockchain Capital, and Coinbase Ventures, and is securing some of the top projects in crypto.

What you'll be doing

In this role, you will play an essential part in building new components, communicating with our users to gather feedback, and working collaboratively with the rest of the team to make sure we solve important problems and provide a great user experience.

Specifically, you will

Lead critical projects end-to-end: design docs, implementation in Go/Solidity, reviews, rollouts, and post-mortems.

Build sequencer-adjacent services: screening APIs, proxies, attestations, and chain integrations (OP Stack/Arbitrum).

Deep dive on performance: profiling, load tests, flamegraphs, cache/queue tuning, and data-path optimizations.

Security first: threat modeling, key/secret management, IAM, least-privilege, audit/readiness practices.

Operational excellence: on-call participation, incident response, blameless retros, runbooks.

Mentor & multiply: guide teammates through designs, reviews, testing standards, and best practices.

Ecosystem awareness: track EVM/OP/Arbitrum changes, block building patterns, and bring actionable insights.

You should apply if you have

5+ years of experience in software development

Knowledgeable about Ethereum and EVM

Experience with Go and Solidity

Experience with AWS services such as Cloudwatch, DynamoDB, ECS

Experience with Docker, ECS and Terraform

Experience with OP Stack and Arbitrum works is preferred

Desire to work with Rust

Strong desire to further your education about Ethereum and contribute to the blockchain space

Prior experience working remotely: strong personal organizational skills, a love for self-time management, and ability to work collaboratively with a team

Advanced English communication skills — all of our internal and external communication is in English

Bonus if Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field

Benefits

Medical Insurance: Top quality insurance options for you

Paid leave for new parents

Team Events: Company retreats in different locations around the world

At Forta, we are an equal opportunity employer and we value different perspectives. We are committed to building a diverse workforce. This includes but is not limited to gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, national origin and other characteristics that make each one of us unique. In this uniqueness, we find the most value. Come join us!

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