Software Engineer - Data

About DuneDune is on a mission to make crypto data accessible. We re a collaborative multi-chain analytics platform used by thousands of developers, analysts, & investors to understand the on-chain world and the frontiers of finance. We re a team of ~60 employees,  working together across Europe and eastern US timezones 🌍️. We believe in our mission, and in building a powerful, open product that allows individuals and communities to do deep research into important ecosystems like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and many more. We re backed by some of the world s best investors. In February 2022, we announced our Series B funding round led by Coatue and Union Square Ventures, an important milestone that allowed us to double down on our mission. We re using the funds to educate, reward and empower a new generation of onchain analysts aka Wizards 🧙‍♀️If you want to have one of the highest impact jobs on the planet, come join our wonderful team of Galaxy brains.Learn more about us:Dune s VisionValues and working at DuneAs a software engineer in Dune focused on Data you will play a key role in ensuring our data platform scales to accommodate an ever-growing volume of blockchain data. This is a role that involves thinking about large scale distributed systems and distributed databases, and is ideal for anyone passionate about those topics.We are building a data platform that:Can ingest and process petabytes of dataAllows third parties to ingest dataFacilitates performant SQL queries across datasetsIn this role you will:Design and develop distributed systems in a principled way and take part in high impact architectural decisionsEngage in stimulating technical challenges in topics such as distributed systems, very large databases, SQL processing, data modelling, or systems performanceAssume ownership of components within our blockchain data platform such as data ingestion and decodingWrite code mostly in Kotlin and Go with some Java and Rust with a strong emphasis on good design and performanceContribute to the internal developer experience by improving local test setups, integration tests, and incremental deployment processes.Continually improve how we operate the platform, including seeking opportunities to automate incident diagnosis and resolution using AIWork with one of the fastest engineering teams in the industry.Building AI agents for automation into the team.You might be a great fit for this role if:You are a strong generalist with fundamental computer science knowledge. You use this knowledge to easily adapt to new technologies and scenarios, and to find the right solutions for the problems at hand.You have an understanding of distributed system design, or the drive to learn if you re a more junior engineer. Our work is as much about understanding and designing systems as it is about coding in a particular language.Have an understanding of blockchain technology and RPC interactionsHave experience with datalakes and formats like parquet, delta, icebergYou have great collaboration and communication skills. We work on the principle that the best output emerges from effective team work and constructive discussions.Coding experience in any JVM language, along with a zeal for writing well-designed, testable softwarePerks & BenefitsA competitive salary and equity package 🚀. Both salary and equity is top 25% of companies in the spaceOur employee equity scheme has world-class employee-friendly terms with a heavily discounted strike price (~90%) and a 10-year exercise window5 weeks PTO + local public holidays (that can be swapped to suit you) 🏖A fully remote-first approach 🧑‍💻 within a distributed team with flexible working hours; you structure your own day Say goodbye to meeting overload! We believe in a healthy mix of async and sync work, so you can focus on what truly matters—no more wasted time on endless meetings!Good health is important, so we offer private medical insurance, dental & vision as standard 🩺We believe in pa