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Backend Engineer at Humanity Protocol
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Backend Engineer
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Company Description
Humanity Protocol is a $1.1B unicorn building the human layer for Web3, having raised $50M from top-tier investors like Kingsway Capital, Pantera, and Animoca Brands.
Job Description
Join Humanity Protocol as a Backend Engineer in London to build the decentralized identity systems powering a privacy-preserving human layer for Web3. You will own production services using Python and FastAPI, ensuring the reliability and scalability of our palm-scan biometric network while working alongside world-class engineers and cryptographers in a hybrid office environment.
Location
London, UK
Why this role is remarkable
- Join a $1.1B unicorn at the intersection of ZK-proofs and biometrics, solving the critical challenge of Sybil attacks in decentralized networks.
- Work on a high-impact platform backed by $50M from leading investors including Pantera, Jump Crypto, and Kingsway Capital.
- Exercise true ownership over production services in a fast-paced environment where your decisions directly shape the infrastructure of a global identity network.
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- Design and implement scalable backend APIs using Python (FastAPI) to power the identity verification platform and biometric verification flows.
- Take end-to-end ownership of production services, including deployment, monitoring, and incident response to ensure high reliability.
- Optimize and scale database architectures using Postgres and Redis to support a rapidly growing user base and high-throughput transaction volumes.
The ideal candidate
- Has 4+ years of professional experience building and maintaining production-grade APIs using Python or a directly comparable backend stack.
- Demonstrates deep expertise in SQL and Postgres, with a proven track record of managing database performance and reliability at scale.
- Possesses a strong sense of ownership and technical leadership, having previously led scaling or reliability projects in production environments.
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