Backend Typescript Developer (Remote)

Fully Remote - Overlap with CST working hours.

Engineering

Remote

Full-time

Bluesky's mission is to transition the social web from platforms to protocols. We're building a federated social network where users have more power. Our team has decades of combined experience building distributed applications. As a backend dev, you'll be writing protocol and backend application code that will be a critical part of transforming social media.

Responsibilities:

• Create APIs and SDK tools for an ecosystem of protocol developers
• Maintain and operate existing Bluesky web services
• Work closely across the app and infra teams to build and deploy user-facing features

You might be a good fit if you:

• Have strong fundamental programming and software engineering skills
• Have extensive experience with Typescript and Node (e.g. 2+ years)
• Have built scalable and high-performance server-side applications
• Have experience working with Postgres at scale
• Have experience with gRPC/Protobufs
• Have worked on distributed systems
• Like working on small, fast-moving teams
• Have read the Atproto docs and want to contribute

We're especially excited if you:

• Have experience with Go
• Have experience with Scylla/Cassandra, Elasticsearch, or other data stores
• Have previous experience working on social sites
• Have experience with cryptographic primitives such as public/private keys and merkle trees
• Have experience with the IPLD or DID ecosystems

To learn more about us, check out:

• bsky.social
• atproto.com

We're a fully remote team, though working hours must overlap with CST (Central Standard Time). For full-time roles, we offer health, dental, and vision insurance.