CreateIT is seeking a Backend Team Lead to take full ownership of stabilizing and scaling our production-grade Web3 backend, which handles real on-chain activity. You will be responsible for the end-to-end architecture, reliability, and technical direction of backend systems for our Solana-based products.
What You'll Do
- Design and own the backend architecture for Solana Web3 products.
- Stabilize backend systems and eliminate recurring production issues.
- Reduce bugs systemically through improvements in architecture, processes, and tooling.
- Introduce and enforce engineering culture, quality standards, and accountability.
- Lead code reviews, architectural decisions, and set technical standards.
- Organize and improve development processes.
- Handle incidents and perform root cause analysis.
- Scale the backend team and mentor engineers.
- Collaborate with smart contract, product, and other Web3 teams.
What We're Looking For
- Senior-level hands-on backend engineer with team leadership experience.
- Proven experience leading a backend team, including task planning, code reviews, and mentoring.
- Strong background in high-load or complex backend systems.
- Ability to make technical and architectural decisions within the team.
- Deep understanding of backend system design, scalability, and reliability.
- Strong ownership mindset and responsibility for backend delivery.
- Strong hands-on experience with Rust in production environments.
- Experience developing and maintaining Solana smart contracts (programs).
- Hands-on experience working with Solana RPC.
- Practical experience with on-chain data subscriptions and streaming.
- Experience working with Geyser or similar on-chain data pipelines.
- Confident understanding of on-chain activities and data flows.
- Experience integrating Solana protocols (e.g., Jupiter).
- Hands-on development and maintenance of smart contracts in Rust.
- Integration of smart contracts with backend services.
- Understanding of smart contract lifecycle, deployment, and upgrades.
- Ability to design backend systems considering on-chain constraints (latency, fees, throughput, consistency).
Nice to Have
- Experience with rain.xyz and bridge.xyz.
- Experience working in crypto, DeFi, or Web3 products at scale.
Technical Stack
- Languages: Rust, Python, TypeScript
- Frameworks: FastAPI, Celery
- Data & Caching: Redis, PostgreSQL
- Infrastructure: Docker
- Web3 Libraries: Web3.py, Solana Web3.js
Team & Environment
You will lead a growing backend engineering team.
Benefits & Compensation
- High-impact role in a production Web3 product with real users.
- Ownership over backend architecture and technical direction.
- Influence on engineering culture, processes, and team growth.
- Fully remote and flexible work environment.
Work Mode
This is a fully remote position.
CreateIT is an equal opportunity employer.
