Software Engineer: Intern/New Grad

algojobs; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial tech company based in Dubai is seeking skilled backend developers to design and implement new product features in blockchain finance. Candidates should be fluent in Rust, Go, or C++, with a strong foundation in computer science. Experience with AWS and DeFi protocols is a plus. This role entails significant ownership of scalable services and deployment responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Fluent in at least one strongly-typed backend language.
• Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals.
• Capacity to learn fast and take ownership.
• Excited about bitcoin and building a new financial stack.

Responsibilities

• Design new product features and services.
• Implement scalable and resilient services.
• Deploy services end-to-end including maintenance.

Skills

Backend programming in Rust, Go, or C++

Understanding of algorithms and data structures

Ability to learn quickly

Knowledge of bitcoin and open finance

Tools

AWS

DeFi protocols

Job description

About Us

Asula is a bitcoin company focused on building the next generation of financial products at the intersection of bitcoin, blockchains, stablecoins and finance.

Currently we’re working on Dawn, our mobile interface that allows users to save and grow their assets through bitcoin and stablecoins. Beyond Dawn, we're working on making bitcoin swaps and credit available to holders of all sizes through onchain protocols.

Role

For this role we're seeking high horsepower individuals who are interested in ramping up on onchian finance and crypto. Responsibilities for this role would include:

• Design new product features and services in collaboration with other engineers on the team.
• Implement scalable and resilient services: APIs, stateful services, and blockchain data pipelines that can handle real-world demand.
• Deploy services end-to-end including maintenance, monitoring and real-world testing.

Qualifications

• Fluent in at least one strongly-typed backend language (Rust, Go or C++) and comfortable working across frameworks, APIs, and infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of CS fundamentals like algorithms, data structures, networking and operating systems.
• Capacity to learn fast and take ownership.
• Excited about bitcoin, open finance, and the idea of building a new financial stack from first principles.

Nice to haves

• Prior experience with cloud providers specifically AWS.
• Prior experience using DeFi protocols and deploying onchain smart contracts.