Senior Blockchain Developer

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• You will architect and author Ethereum smart contracts in Solidity and collaborate with security auditors reviewing these contracts.
• Participate as a hands-on technical leader, building product features and making decisions with software architects to shape the way our technology is built.
• Communicate with external teams and customers to help implement features and coordinate product changes.
• Give advice and guidance to various teams based on the topic of blockchain technologies and drive architectural conversations.
• Be accountable for development deliverables and guiding team tasking.
• Work with engineering leads to define scope, deliverables, and identify project risks and mitigations.
• Act as a technical authority and advocate for blockchain technologies. Educate managers, peers, and key stakeholders on possibilities and limitations in the space.
• Learn and stay competitive with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices.

REQUIREMENTS

• Ambition, eagerness to learn, a positive attitude, and the ability to work within a team environment.
• 8+ years experience in a senior software development role.
• 4+ years of experience working on web development projects in a senior or lead role.
• Systems engineering experience with distributed tech stacks.
• Practical experience with and a strong understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with cryptography and its application in reference to anonymity and security within technology.
• Experience with optimization in large scale systems.
• Experience building and managing distributed systems.
• Experience with known blockchain technologies (Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc.).
• Excellent problem solving skills and ability to communicate complex ideas to both team mates and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working with Scrum/Agile development practices and teams to develop and release products.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in a team setting and experience communicating with remote teams.
• Experience working within technical teams on live or shipped projects.
• Demonstrated knowledge of software development tools and processes relevant to one of the following languages (C, C++, Python).
• Strong competence of version control systems and industry standard workflows (GitFlow, GitHub Flow, etc.).

BONUS ATTRIBUTES

• Previously shipped products using blockchain technology.
• Experience in a fast paced startup environment.
• Experience working with consensus methods.
• Degree in mathematics or cryptography.
• Experience managing a shipped product using databases and backend technologies.
• Strong desire to learn new skills.
• Social skills collaborating with both internal and external stakeholders solving complex problems.
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