Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Crypto
Lazer is a world-class digital product studio composed of 180+ senior engineers and designers with backgrounds from companies like Apple, Google, Coinbase, and more. With our product experience, we have designed, engineered, and grown products from $0 to $200M in revenue.
Clients seek out our help because we have the talent to deeply understand their needs and provide industry, technical, or product insights that are uniquely valuable to their efforts. Our clients range from early-stage startups and venture studios to recognizable retail brands and exciting enterprises. Some of our notable clients include Google, Shopify, Coinbase, Alchemy, Hinge, OVO, Polymarket, and more.
We are a remote-first organization headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, with employees worldwide. We believe in providing the best experience possible for all Lazerites by fostering a strong community through regular events, company vacations, competitive compensation, unlimited PTO, and more!
Join Lazer and help us solve problems and build the next generation of products!
Lazer Crypto is a specialized team within Lazer, comprising more than 30 full stack, web3 native engineers dedicated to building modern dApps and web3 solutions. This team helps founders and growing teams accelerate their product launches across various blockchain ecosystems. Our notable web3 clients include Berachain, Base, Privy, Polymarket, Uniswap, Alchemy, and others.
Who You Are:
5-7+ years of infrastructure engineering experience with proven expertise building and operating systems at scale: data stores (PostgreSQL, Redis, DynamoDB), data pipelines, cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure), DevOps tooling, and IaC (Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation)
Track record working with high-volume, mission-critical systems such as websocket feeds, real-time data flows, payment rails, or distributed architectures handling millions of transactions
Actively uses AI tooling to inform architecture decisions, enhance observability, and accelerate debugging workflows; strong experience with monitoring stacks (Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and modern CI/CD pipelines
Proven consulting/contracting experience with strong client management skills and excellent communication abilities for explaining technical tradeoffs and infrastructure decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
FinTech experience strongly preferred; crypto/web3 experience is a plus but not required. Self-sufficient professional who thrives with autonomy while managing client expectations and project timelines
What You'll Do:
Embed with client teams to advise and architect scalable infrastructure solutions for high-growth crypto and FinTech applications, leading strategy discussions and managing project timelines for complex system migrations and scaling initiatives
Design and implement robust data pipelines, real-time streaming architectures, and distributed systems that handle demanding workloads across web3 applications and protocols
Build and optimize cloud infrastructure with comprehensive observability solutions to ensure system reliability, performance, and rapid incident response
Architect solutions that bridge traditional FinTech infrastructure with web3 systems - handling blockchain node management, indexing pipelines, high-frequency data feeds, and unique crypto-native requirements
Uplevel client engineering teams through mentorship, improved DevOps practices, enhanced platform reliability, and help grow our team's capabilities by experimenting with cutting-edge infrastructure tools
Nice to Have:
The following would be bonus experience to have, though highlight any additional experience or skills you may have. We like working with people with varied backgrounds and experiences.
Experience running blockchain nodes (Ethereum, Solana, or other chains), managing blockchain data infrastructure, or working with indexing solutions (The Graph, custom indexers, RPC infrastructure)
Background with payment processing systems, ledger architecture, financial transaction systems, or security and compliance requirements in regulated environments
Experience with event-driven architectures and message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS)
Knowledge of database optimization for high-write workloads and time-series data
Relevant industry certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, CKA, etc.) or technical publications
Why Work With Us
🚀 Accelerate Your Growth: Work across multiple industries and cutting-edge projects with a team that ships fast.
💥 Maximum Impact: Shape the future of the tech industry by helping ambitious projects reach their potential.
🏅 True Ownership: Everyone ships code and has real autonomy with minimal meetings.
💡 Continuous Learning: Be part of a team of senior engineers and designers who love learning and knowledge sharing.
Why This Might Not Be For You
🤖 You Resist Modern Tools: We leverage AI and cutting-edge technology to build rapidly and focus our energy on solving the most complex, high-impact challenges for our clients.
🏗️ You Crave High Structure: We thrive in an autonomous, fast-moving environment, which means you need to be comfortable with some ambiguity.
😴 You Prefer Conventional Careers: Our consulting approach involves varied projects and direct client interaction — it's not for everyone.
1️⃣ You Like Staying in One Lane: Our projects require adapting to different tech stacks and modern tooling quickly.
Benefits & Perks
🌐 Work From Anywhere: Choose your workspace — all you need is strong wifi and a passion for building!
🧘♂️ Work / Life Balance: We believe in our team’s ability to have it all; a great career, and time to unplug and live…you know...life.
🩺 Employee Care: We provide full benefits (healthcare, dental, vision) for our employees (401k for our US employees)
🏖️ Unlimited PTO: Everyone needs a break. Take at least 15 days off a year, and more if you need—just be cool about it and keep the team in mind.
🎉 Regular Team Retreat: Join us for a week of team bonding at amazing destinations. Recent trips include the Dominican Republic, Cancun, and Hawaii — plus ones welcome.