D3
Backend Engineer - New Grad
Los Angeles, CA · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 213 days ago
JavaScriptPythonNode.jsDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentGitMySQLAWSGCPCloud PlatformsLeadershipProblem SolvingMentoring
About the role
- This role is a great fit for recent graduates or early-career engineers who want to grow quickly in a fast-paced startup environment.
Responsibilities
- Help design, implement, and maintain backend services that power our registrar platform and domain marketplace.
- Assist in building payment integrations that support both traditional and crypto payments.
- D3 is building the world's first purpose-built blockchain for DomainFi -bringing domain tokenization and DeFi primitives to a massive, rapidly growing $350B+ real-world asset class.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- 0-2 years of professional experience in backend development (internships, projects, or open-source contributions count).
- Familiarity with at least one backend programming language (e.g., JavaScript/Node.js, Python, or similar).
- Basic knowledge of databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL.
- Problem-solving mindset, eagerness to learn, and ability to work in a team.
- Familiarity with frameworks like NestJS or GraphQL.
- You'll have the opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and shape the foundation of something groundbreaking.
- Strong, Proven Leadership: At D3, you'll work alongside industry visionaries who have been there, done that, and are ready to do it again-only bigger.
- Understanding of version control (Git) and collaborative development.
- Nice to haves:
- Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, Digital Ocean).
- Previous projects or coursework involving blockchain, distributed systems, or domain registries.
- Why D3, Why Now?
- Ground-Floor Growth, Learning, and Impact: D3 is your chance to dive headfirst into an ultra-early-stage company where every move you make truly matters. You'll have the opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and shape the foundation of something groundbreaking. Almost everything we're building today at D3 is "zero-to-one," meaning you'll be among the first to craft, refine, and launch key initiatives that define our future success.
- Strong, Proven Leadership: At D3, you'll work alongside industry visionaries who have been there, done that, and are ready to do it again-only bigger. Our leadership team brings veteran industry experience, sharp insights, and a relentless drive to do big things across every function at D3. You'll gain invaluable mentorship, develop a high-impact mindset, and be challenged to grow in ways you never imagined.
Nice to have
- Interest in Web3/blockchain technologies is a plus, but not required-you'll learn here!
Company info
- Our elite team is stacked with industry veterans who have spent the last three decades shaping the internet, from pioneering domain name monetization to architecting key internet protocols to launching and running major TLDs like.xyz,.inc,.tv, and.link.
- We recently closed a $25M Series A led by Paradigm - one of the best investors in the industry.
- This will help fuel our mission to bring domains fully on-chain and unlock new financial possibilities for one of the internet's most valuable asset classes.
This listing is sourced directly from D3's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.