Protocol Engineer
Alchemy · New York City, NY · Engineering
About this role
Alchemy is hiring a mid-level Backend Engineer in the software engineering function based in New York City, NY. The posting calls out experience with Security, Testing. Compensation is listed at $200,000–$240,000 per year.
- Role
- Backend Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- New York City, NY
- Department
- Engineering
- Posted
- Apr 20, 2026
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Job description
from Alchemy careersThe Role
Alchemy is building out distributed protocols to augment our developer platform. You will be architecting and building those protocols, and setting the bar for highly readable, optimized, and secure code backed by a comprehensive test suite. You'll be responsible for bringing the same level of security, speed, and stability as our existing platform to our distributed efforts. As they augment our existing developer platform, the contracts you build will quickly become a platform for thousands of teams and millions of users globally.
What You'll Do:
Architecture and design of distributed protocols with an emphasis on security, performance, and scalability
Write, deploy, and test smart contracts and maintain them in production
Develop and own best practices for protocol upgrades and versioning across different networks
Collaborate with engineering, product, and design on the user-facing applications built around our smart contract protocols
Mentor other engineers in in-depth Solidity/EVM topics and best practices
Stay up to date with the latest Solidity releases, developer tooling, and exploits
What We're Looking For:
6+ years of relevant industry experience
2+ years of smart contract development including production deployments of original, non-trivial protocols and related security audits
BS/BA in Computer Science
Extreme proficiency with Solidity and the EVM
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