Backend Developer - Remote

Overview

Forta is a leading threat prevention network, leveraging advanced AI and machine learning to proactively detect and prevent threats. Spun off from Open Zeppelin in 2021, Forta has top tier backers such as a16z, Blockchain Capital, and Coinbase Ventures, and is securing some of the top projects in crypto.

In Short

• Lead critical projects end-to-end: design docs, implementation in Go/Solidity, reviews, rollouts, and post-mortems.
• Build sequencer-adjacent services: screening APIs, proxies, attestations, and chain integrations (OP Stack/Arbitrum).
• Deep dive on performance: profiling, load tests, flamegraphs, cache/queue tuning, and data-path optimizations.
• Security first: threat modeling, key/secret management, IAM, least-privilege, audit/readiness practices.
• Operational excellence: on-call participation, incident response, blameless retros, runbooks.
• Mentor & multiply: guide teammates through designs, reviews, testing standards, and best practices.
• Ecosystem awareness: track EVM/OP/Arbitrum changes, block building patterns, and bring actionable insights.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software development.
• Knowledgeable about Ethereum and EVM.
• Experience with Go and Solidity.
• Experience with AWS services such as Cloudwatch, DynamoDB, ECS.
• Experience with Docker, ECS and Terraform.
• Experience with OP Stack and Arbitrum works is preferred.
• Desire to work with Rust.
• Strong desire to further your education about Ethereum and contribute to the blockchain space.
• Prior experience working remotely: strong personal organizational skills, a love for self-time management, and ability to work collaboratively with a team.
• Advanced English communication skills — all of our internal and external communication is in English.
• Bonus if Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance: Top quality insurance options for you.
• Paid leave for new parents.
• Team Events: Company retreats in different locations around the world.