Software Engineer, Alterya

Location

Tel Aviv Office

Full time

On-site

R&D Alterya

The engineering team at Chainalysis is inspired by solving the hardest technical challenges and creating products that build trust in cryptocurrencies. We’re a global organization with teams in Denmark, UK, Canada, the USA, and Israel who thrive on the challenging work we do and doing it with other exceptionally talented teammates. Our industry changes every day and our job is to create user facing products supported by a flexible and scalable data platform allowing us to adapt to those rapid changes and bring value to our customers.

We are building the data platform for blockchain, cryptocurrency, and web
3. Our engineers deeply understand what is possible with cloud-native technologies and use those insights to enable our customers to push the boundaries of the cryptocurrency landscape.

Our Alterya team is focused on AI-powered fintech and threat intelligence, empowering institutions to protect individuals from fraud transactions. We're currently looking for a Staff Software Engineer who will join a core team of experienced developers building production-grade backend services, data solutions, infrastructure, and data collection capabilities in a multi-cloud, hybrid SAAS infrastructure that supports production.

The role will be based in Tel Aviv, and we are looking for eager, enthusiastic, curious, hard working and positive people to be part of our amazing journey.

In this job, you'll:

• Design and implement scalable microservices using Python 3.10+ and FastAPI

• Build event-driven systems using Google Cloud Pub/Sub for real-time data processing

• Develop RESTful APIs

• Create data processing pipelines

• Implement machine learning integration for fraud detection and risk scoring

• Implement database strategies using Postgre
  
  SQL with SQL Alchemy 2.0 and Alembic migrations

• Design event-driven workflows with message queues and async processing

• Implement observability using Open Telemetry, Sentry, Prometheus Graphana

• Integrate with data warehouses including Snowflake and Big Query

• Build ETL pipelines for blockchain data (Ethereum, Bitcoin) and social media APIs

• Implement vector search using Google Cloud AI Platform and semantic matching

• Develop decision-making systems for automated fraud detection

We’re looking for candidates who have:

• Python 3.10+ with strong experience in async/await patterns

• FastAPI and Pydantic for API development

• SQL Alchemy 2.0 with async support and complex ORM relationships

• Postgre
  
  SQL with advanced query optimization and database design

• The ability to be independent and proactive, as well as a team player

• Great communication. Able to simplify a complex idea as well as collaborate effectively with others

• A strong sense of ownership and responsibility over their work and tasks

Nice to have experience:

• 2+ years of Experience in GCP/AWS architecture

• Contributes to open source projects

Technologies we use:

• Python, Node.js

• Google Cloud (GCP) using KubernetesS

• Postgre
  
  SQL + Redis + Big Query

• Blockchains

About Chainalysis

Blockchain technology is powering a growing wave of innovation. Businesses and governments around the world are using blockchains to make banking more efficient, connect with their customers, and investigate criminal cases. As adoption of blockchain technology grows, more and more organizations seek access to all this ecosystem has to offer. That’s where Chainalysis comes in. We provide complete knowledge of what’s happening on blockchains through our data, services, and solutions.

With Chainalysis, organizations can navigate blockchains safely and with confidence.

You belong here.

At Chainalysis, we believe that diversity of experience and thought makes us stronger. With both customers and employees around the world, we are committed to ensuring our team reflects the unique communities around us. We’re ensuring we keep learning by committing to continually revisit and reevaluate our diversity culture.

We encourage applicants across any race, ethnicity, gender/gender expression, age, spirituality, ability, experience and more. If you need any accommodations to make our interview process more accessible to you due to a disability, don't hesitate to let us know. You can learn more here. We can’t wait to meet you.