Integrations Engineer

Sui; Canada; Remote; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering team as an Integrations Engineer, where you'll be at the forefront of enhancing the Axelar Ecosystem. This role offers the chance to lead blockchain integrations, improve deployment processes, and enhance security protocols. You'll work collaboratively within a distributed team, contributing to high-impact projects that shape the future of decentralized technology. Enjoy the flexibility of unlimited time off and competitive compensation with stock options, all while growing in a dynamic environment that values innovation and continuous learning. If you're a self-starter with a passion for problem-solving, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Unlimited Time Off

Stock Options

Collaborative Work Environment

Competitive Compensation

Qualifications

• Experience in deploying and interacting with smart contracts is essential.
• Strong scripting skills in Javascript or Golang are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the integration process for new blockchains.
• Manage deployments and upgrades of smart contracts and core network.

Skills

Smart Contract Deployment

Cryptography

Scripting (Javascript/Golang)

Blockchain Network Management

Containers and Kubernetes

Monitoring and Alerting Tools

CI/CD Tools

Security Mindset

DeFi Understanding

Problem Solving

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

About the role

As an Integrations Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in growing the Axelar Ecosystem by adding connections to new blockchains. You will collaborate with the product and protocol teams to prioritize integrations. Your primary responsibility will be to take lead on an integration and progress it through different environments all the way to production. With each integration you will improve the tooling and processes around integrations including internal deployments, testing frameworks, deployment scripts, security, monitoring & alerting as well as libraries to interact with the chain.

Your responsibilities

• Take ownership of the end-to-end integration process for new blockchains

• Manage the deployments and upgrades of Axelar's smart contracts & core network to support integrations.

• Improve stability and reliability of in-house DApps.

• Build and expand our monitoring capabilities to ensure our stack, as well as that of public validators, runs smoothly.

• Evaluate and help integrate new security focused protocols.

• Strengthen our security posture and refining protocols for offline signing.

• Improve the infrastructure and deployment to improve team's agility and velocity.

• Forge solid relationships within Interop Labs to fully understand the needs in the ecosystem whilst working in an agile environment.

Your profile

• Experience deploying and interacting with smart contracts.

• Good understanding of cryptography

• Scripting and tooling experience preferably in Javascript/Golang

• Experience managing a blockchain network and coordinating upgrades.

• Familiarity with containers and Kubernetes in a cloud environment.

• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools (Grafana, Prometheus, etc.).

• Familiarity with modern CI/CD tools.

• Security first coding and deployment mindset.

• Understanding of blockchains / DeFi as a user.

• Strong sense of ownership, with the ability to lead and share knowledge to reach solutions as well as the keenness to learn.

• You enjoy being hands on, being a self starter that thrives well in ambiguity.

• A problem solver at heart that can envision successful outcomes.

Why us?

• Autonomous, distributed environment with the opportunity to work collaboratively in a diverse team worldwide.

• The scope to contribute to high-impact work and make a difference in a decentralized protocol.

• The chance to challenge yourself while learning heaps of stuff in the process.

• Unlimited time off throughout the year to rest and recharge.

• Competitive compensation with stock options, experiencing growth from the initial phase.

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About us

Interop Labs builds interoperability technology.Interoperability between blockchains is crucial technology infrastructure for the growth of Web3 and the advancement of internet technology as a whole. Interop Labs is the initial developer of Axelar Network - the programmable Web3 interoperability platform, scaling the next generation of internet applications to billions of users. Axelar network's key attributes are programmability, security and scalability.