Senior Software Engineer, DEX Routing

About the position

At 0x, our mission is to 'Create a Tokenized World Where All Forms of Value Can Flow Freely'. We deliver this to web3 builders with a delightfully simple suite of developer APIs that provide faster trading, better prices, and superior user experience. Founded in 2017, we’ve processed over 78M+ transactions and $140B+ in trading volume from users trading on Matcha, Coinbase Wallet, Robinhood Wallet, Phantom, Rainbow, DefiLlama, MetaMask, Zerion, Zapper, and many more. Our investors include Greylock Partners, Pantera Capital, and Jump Crypto. When you join 0x, you’ll become part of a veteran team of crypto builders who know the importance of code quality, team cohesion, and a culture of learning.

Responsibilities

• Be an individual contributor on projects as well as lead technical projects of moderate to high complexity
• Offer valuable insights as a peer when reviewing designs and performing code reviews
• Design, build and maintain systems like blockchain event streaming and indexing services
• Leading edge DEX routing algorithms and models
• AMM liquidity intelligence services
• Create high quality, secure, clean code
• Launch new features on a regular basis
• Improve the way we build and deliver software
• Coach and mentor other engineers and generally up-level the team
• Empathize with our customers and users

Requirements

• A software engineer with 7+ years of experience solving complex distributed computing problems
• A generalist who can design and build a system from the ground up which could include relational or key value data stores, distributed event driven architectures, cloud-based deployment (preferably AWS), and external facing REST/HTTP APIs
• Have lead small to medium sized projects as a tech lead with 2-4 other engineers
• Can take big problems, research the current state of the art, and apply technology appropriately knowing how to take proper tradeoffs
• Are driven by shipping code of high quality with a focus on providing maximum user and business value
• Has been part of teams that maintain business critical, high volume, customer-facing system where performance, scalability, and reliability matter
• Up to date on emerging threats and trends in application security
• Has a passion for DeFi and how it can improve peoples lives

Nice-to-haves

• You have a solid understanding of blockchains (Specifically EVM chains and/or Solana)
• Experience working with JSON-RPC APIs to interact with blockchain nodes for tasks like querying blockchain data, sending transactions, or monitoring events
• Experience with Web3 libraries (e.g., Alloy, Web3.js, ethers.js, ether-rs, viem) to build and test blockchain integrations

Benefits

• The base salary range for this position is USD $95,000 - $230,000 + equity + ZRX tokens + benefits
• Comprehensive insurance (medical/dental/vision/life/disability) for U.S.-based employees — 100% of base plan covered for you and dependents
• 401k and FSA for U.S.-based employees
• Monthly mobile phone bill, wellness, and pre-tax transportation expense
• Covered mental health benefits (included professional therapy sessions)
• A supportive remote environment
• Lunch reimbursement for all employees across the globe!
• Stipend for your ideal remote / WFH set-up: headphones, and any other work gear you may need
• 12-week paid parental leave
• Great office conveniently located in the SF Financial District for those in the region!
• Flexible vacation: Take time when you need it (and we really mean it!)
• Multiple annual in-person team meet-ups around the globe