Applications Engineer - Typescript
Company Background
Luxor is a global leader in Bitcoin mining solutions, offering a suite of services such as a Mining Pool, ASIC firmware via LuxOS, an ASIC brokerage desk, Hashrate Derivatives markets, and a cutting-edge data platform, Hashrate Index.
Role Overview
- This is a fully remote position with occasional travel requirements, reporting directly to our Applications Team Engineering Manager. The role involves hands-on and remote technical work and customer interaction to ensure the effective implementation and optimization of Luxor’s Mining Pool, Hardware, and Derivatives applications.
Responsibilities:
- Actively participate during the product design phases, analyzing requirements, and proposing innovative and alternative solutions.
- Collaborate on architecture definitions, always thinking of solutions that are scalable and secure.
- Develop quality code, with emphasis on correctness of the implementation.
- Collaborate in the evolutionary maintenance of the product.
- Design, document, automate and execute test plans.
- Participate in the process of generating and analyzing features.
- Develop, test, and maintain high-quality, performant, and scalable web applications using TypeScript, React, and other relevant technologies.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define, design, and launch new features and products.
- Create and maintain API integrations using Fastify, tRPC, GraphQL, gRPC, and REST to support application functionality.
- Ensure code quality through thorough testing, peer code review, and adherence to development best practices.
- Monitor application performance and proactively identify and address potential bottlenecks or issues.
- Write comprehensive technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, API documentation, and internal procedures.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, such as sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives, to ensure smooth and efficient development processes.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of the team's processes, tools, and overall technical architecture.
Basic Requirements:
- Proficient or familiar in TypeScript, NextJS, Fastify, tRPC, Drizzle, REST, and Postgres technologies.
- Experience with modern NodeJS libraries and frameworks, specifically with building Typescript backend microservices.
- Strong knowledge of server-side technologies and API development, including Fastify, tRPC, Drizzle, gRPC, and REST.
- Familiarity with Postgres for database management and query optimization.
- Understanding of best practices for code quality, testing, and performance optimization.
- Bachelor's degree (or its foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline or equivalent experience.
- English language proficiency.
- 4+ years of working experience in relevant Software Engineering field.
- Experience with Agile development methodology.
- Experience delivering and owning web-scale systems in production.
The Ideal Candidate:
- Passionate about building innovative and scalable products for a growing startup.
- Has an interest in creating user-friendly and accessible interfaces for a diverse audience.
- Enjoys writing clean, modular, and maintainable code that adheres to best practices.
- Can efficiently collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and launch new features and products.
- Brings enthusiasm to the team and enjoys tackling complex challenges to push the boundaries of what has been done so far.
At Luxor we believe that meaningful contributions can be made by anyone. Each of us has a responsibility to drive Equality in our communities and workplaces. We are committed to creating a workforce that reflects society through inclusive programs and initiatives such as equal pay, employee resource groups, inclusive benefits, and more. Luxor is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employers. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Luxor welcomes all!
Luxor does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Luxor will not pay any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Luxor.
