Tech Lead, Infra

About the team:

The Backend Infrastructure Team at Fireblocks plays a crucial role in shaping the platform's core. By seamlessly blending TypeScript and Python frameworks with self-serve operations capabilities, we support our R&D organization and ensure our platform is performant and reliable, adapting to the growing demands for our product in the digital asset space. This makes it an ideal place for those who thrive on innovation and aim to make a large-scale impact.

What You'll Do:

• Creating and deploying core software infrastructure components at scale.
• Maintaining and enhancing our internal Typescript frameworks, tools, and platforms essential for product engineering teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Introducing self-service deployment capabilities to empower R&D teams.
• Advocating for and enforcing standards and best practices.
• Leading and educating through knowledge sharing via documentation, knowledge-base articles, blogs, forums and presentations.
• Addressing complex production issues and developing long-term solutions.
• Contributing to the engineering and standardization of our CI/CD infrastructure.
• Working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the targeted availability, reliability, scalability, throughput and performance of our infrastructure while adhering to industry best practices and standards.

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
• 7+ years of experience working as a backend engineer with a focus on infrastructure development.
• Proficiency in NodeJS/Python, with a strong understanding of their respective ecosystems and best practices.
• Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable and reliable infrastructure components in a production environment.
• Solid understanding of cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD concepts and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD) and experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• Experience with blockchain or cryptocurrency - Advantage.
• Experience with NestJS - Advantage.