Senior Software Engineer
Job Description
Job Type: Full Time
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable systems for data from DeFi protocols, blockchain networks, and various other data sources.
- Contribute to making our platform world-class.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their system requirements and provide the necessary support to help their productivity.
- Implement quality control measures to ensure system integrity and quality.
- Actively participate in code and design reviews, providing constructive feedback to peers and maintaining high coding standards.
- Keep up-to-date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices to ensure the continuous improvement of the platform.
- Contribute to the creation of technical documentation and user guides.
- Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve software defects, ensuring optimal system performance and reliability.
Key Requirements:
- At least 4 years of professional development experience.
- Experience developing production-quality software in high-performance languages. We currently use Python, Next.js & Typescript but are open.
- Experience with distributed data processing frameworks and related technologies such as Dagster, Prefect, Airflow, Kafka, Spark, Flink, etc.
- Experience with building backend systems.
- Demonstrated experience in optimizing front-end performance and familiarity with browser APIs.
- Ability to quickly internalize abstract concepts in new domains, coupled with strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and within a team, manage multiple projects, and meet deadlines.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a distributed team environment.
- Passion for DeFi and the broader crypto ecosystem, with a willingness to immerse oneself in the space.
Preferred Requirements:
- Experience working in the crypto industry is a big plus but not required.
- Experience with Hardhat & Postgres preferred.
- Enthusiasm for the space, especially DeFi, is very much desired.
- Background in smart contract development (e.g., Solidity) or contributions to the DeFi community through research or open-source projects.
Benefits and Perks:
- Remote first – work from anywhere in the US & CAN!
- Competitive packages with the added opportunity for incentive-based compensation.
- Regular in-person company retreats and cross-country “office visit” perk.
- 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for employees.
- Laptop, monitor, keyboard and mouse setup provided.
- $1,000 WFH stipend upon joining.
- $100 per month reimbursement for fitness-related expenses.
- Monthly reimbursement for home internet, phone, and cellular data.
- Unlimited vacation policy.
- 100% paid parental leave of 12 weeks.
- Fertility benefits.