Member of Technical Staff, Protocols

Quick Facts

• Role: Member of Technical Staff, Protocols

Description

Work on the Protocols back-end team, building and integrating digital asset capabilities on top of modern blockchain technologies. You’ll research new cryptoassets, implement participatory client features (staking, governance, vesting), and develop scalable infrastructure across crypto networks. You’ll also ship and review code across the stack, support assets through upgrades and network-wide issue monitoring, and help drive a deterministic testing culture while influencing architecture and the product roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Research and integrate new cryptoassets into the platform
• Implement participatory features such as staking, governance, and vesting
• Develop infrastructure that scales across all crypto networks
• Support assets through upgrades and monitor for network-wide issues
• Contribute to and review code across the entire stack
• Promote a balance of shipping quickly with correctness and quality
• Foster deterministic testing to minimize tech debt and bureaucracy
• Influence architecture and product roadmap
• Collaborate cross-functionally and help scale the team

Requirements

• Real-world experience building complex distributed systems
• Strong engineering skills with an emphasis on Go (other languages can be learned)
• Enjoy building services from scratch and maintaining them long term
• Care about code quality and test infrastructure
• Prioritize end-user experience and business value over “cool tech”
• Solid CS fundamentals (concurrency, algorithms, data structures)
• Ability to drive an efficient deterministic testing culture that reduces tech debt

Benefits

• Opportunity to influence architecture and the product roadmap with a seat at the table
• Work that impacts the global economy by shipping blockchain/crypto code
• End-to-end team collaboration and mentoring to help the team grow
• Continuous learning by integrating new blockchains and innovations into the ecosystem