Aptos Labs
Senior Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure
$160K–$260K
Palo Alto, California +2 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 16, 2026
- Location
- Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto, California, United States
New York, United States - Experience
- 5+ years building and shipping scalable backend systems.
About the job
Builds and maintains the backend services and platform infrastructure that support the Aptos blockchain and its developer ecosystem.
What you'll do
- Designs, builds, and optimizes backend services and platform infrastructure.
- Develops APIs, indexing services, and data pipelines; maintains node operations, monitoring, and observability infrastructure.
- Builds SDKs, libraries, and developer tools, and collaborates with protocol, infrastructure, and product engineers.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of experience building and shipping scalable backend systems.
- Strong backend development experience in Rust, Go, C++, Java, Python, or similar.
- Deep understanding of systems programming concepts.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, databases, and API design.
Nice to have
- Experience with blockchain infrastructure, indexing, or node operations; Web3 experience or familiarity.
- Background in payments, DeFi, or TradFi.
Pay
$160k - $260k USD base salary
Tools
Rust, Go, C++, Java, Python
AI focus
Comfortable leveraging AI tools to enhance productivity and code quality.
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