Backend Engineer - EU Remote (UTC+1)

About the company: Time zones: Eastern (UTC -05:00) and Central European UTC (+1:00) Fractional provides ownership of the world’s most sought-after NFTs! Working as Fractional, you will be building on the cutting edge of art, finance, and blockchain technology to help shape the future of digital collecting experiences. You will get to work, learn and grow with an experienced team supported by incredible partnerships and committed investments from developers, collectors, investors, and thought leaders deeply passionate about the decentralization ecosystem. You can read more from our medium posts here: https://medium.com/fractional-art About the role: We are looking for an exceptional backend engineer to join our team and work closely with our CTO and web stack developers to build a scalable backend infrastructure including database schema decisions and API development as we build our product foundation for rapid growth and continued innovation in this exciting space! Our Evolving Tech Stack Frontend: HTML, CSS, JS, Vue.js Backend: Redis, MySQL, Node.js Infrastructure: AWS (S3), Cloudfront Automated testing: Cypress Web3: Solidity / Ethereum Integrations: Various APIs, browser-based crypto wallets (e.g., MetaMask) etc. What to expect Make a HUGE impact by helping to bring ideas to reality as a core member of a lean, passionate, and friendly team An entry-point to learn highly valuable, and complex concepts related to art, finance, and technology in a full-time role in an industry growing exponentially, on a team with some of the leading NFT influencers Work within a dynamic team, that challenges the status quo and champions agile working plus the continuous improvement What we’re looking for Minimum 3 years of professional software development experience in backend engineering and javascript Extensive experience with Git & Github Strong knowledge of Node.js Experience in working with Express js Strong expertise in JavaScript/ES6 Good understanding of the HTTP stack Experience designing, building, extending, and implementing APIs Strong experience in MySql, SQL, and writing stored procedures and optimized queries Familiarity with cloud services, job queues, message brokers, container technologies and microservice architectures Demonstrated ability to take ownership of an area of code Fluency with Linux command line tools Strong experience with testing (unit, integration, and end-to-end) Strong technical and non-technical communication abilities, both verbal and written (English) Bonus points for BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field Previous experience in a start-up environment Familiar with blockchain and working with NFT metadata Experience using CI/CD | Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment systems Previous experience in a highly scaled, major tech company DevOps / DevSecOps experience Experience working with and building structures to extract, transform, and load blockchain transaction data Understanding of various DeFi and NFT platforms Experience with writing ETL processes What we're offering Competitive salary (and equity) in an exciting space driving disruptive innovation The opportunity to accelerate our growing organization A remote work environment with competitive benefits and holidays Crypto native colleagues that want to change the world! 7 additional company holidays, including all-company week-long winter break Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance for US-based employees Agile working environment with flexible working hours and location, career advancement, and competitive compensation package We arrange social activities to help our employees become familiar with each other and our culture