Optimism Staff Engineer

Agora; Toronto; Remote; CAD 110,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Optimism Staff Engineer, where you will contribute to groundbreaking governance tools for crypto protocols. This role offers the chance to work closely with experienced engineers on innovative projects that redefine collaboration in the crypto space. You will be empowered to take ownership of your work and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of community-driven software. With a competitive salary and a strong emphasis on team integrity, this is an exciting opportunity to grow in a dynamic environment while making a significant impact.

Benefits

Health Benefits

Vision Benefits

Dental Benefits

Ownership in Product and Company

Quarterly Offsites

Flexible Working Hours

Strong Team Environment

Path to Leadership

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in production software development.
• Strong TypeScript fundamentals and expertise.
• Deep understanding of Ethereum architecture.

Responsibilities

• Work on the Optimism roadmap at Agora.
• Focus on the Optimism Governance app and OP Retro Funding app.
• Collaborate across different teams within the OP collective.

Skills

Production Software Development

React

Next.js

TypeScript

Ethereum Architecture

Solidity

Indexers

Scalable Systems

Collaboration in Codebase

Optimism

Tools

EAS

IPFS

Farcaster

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About Agora

Agora is working towards a new paradigm for group collaboration by creating the tools for communities to work together onchain. This is not yet-another-productivity-saas. We believe that to enable the next era of collaboration, we need software that can bend current and create new incentives. No amount of removing friction will change how we work together if our reward functions are misaligned.

About Agora

Agora is working towards a new paradigm for group collaboration by creating the tools for communities to work together onchain. This is not yet-another-productivity-saas. We believe that to enable the next era of collaboration, we need software that can bend current and create new incentives. No amount of removing friction will change how we work together if our reward functions are misaligned.

Agora is working tirelessly on the best end-to-end governance platform for crypto protocols – the first instance of at-scale onchain collaboration. Leading communities like Optimism, ENS, Uniswap, and more rely on Agora to coordinate their community around critical protocol upgrades, ecosystem funding, and steward their ecosystem for the future.

But that’s not where we stop. Our goal is to build deep collaboration tools for people who couldn’t care less about crypto so that one day (soon), your friends back home are using Agora without ever knowing we’re on Ethereum.

What you'll do

You will be working with our co-founder, and one of our staff engineers on the Optimism roadmap at Agora. As Optimism Core Devs, Agora is constantly working on various work streams across different teams within the OP collective. The main areas of focus will be:

• The Optimism Governance app
• The OP Retro Funding app
• The OP Governance API
  
  

What we are looking for

• 6+ years of experience in production software development
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with front-end frameworks like React, Next.js, Remix or equivalent
• Strong TypeScript fundamentals and expertise
• Deep understanding of Ethereum architecture and familiarity with L2 solutions
• Ability to read Solidity code
• Experience building or working with indexers (e.g., Subgraph, Shovel, Ponder)
• Strong computer science fundamentals, particularly in building scalable and maintainable systems
• A track record of delivering high-quality, maintainable code that facilitates collaboration within a codebase
• You are excited about Optimism
• You want to start committing code on day one
  
  

Nice to Haves

• Contributions to the Optimism / Superchain ecosystem
• Experience working on open-source projects
• Expertise in designing for crypto applications
• Experience working with:
• EAS
• IPFS
• Farcaster
• Demonstrated ability to improve infrastructure through:
• Building design systems
• Making it easier for others to contribute effectively
  

What we Offer

• Ownership – both in responsibility and equity. We’re a small team with high trust and expectations of each other. We want you to own a sizeable chunk of of the product and company, and structure our compensation accordingly.
• Competitive benefits – we offer health, vision and dental benefits.
• A strong team – we’re a small team that values experience, character and integrity. You’ll work with peers you respect, and who respect you.
• A seat at the table – you will come to all offsites, and be part of all strategic discussions. We’re hiring for a technical leader, and will treat you as such
• A path to grow – our goal is to retain all early hires as senior leaders as the company scales. We believe folks with the best expertise and deep context should lead organizations, even if they don’t traditionally self-identify as people managers.
  
  

Location

Agora operates as a remote, distributed team with headquarters in San Francisco. We gather quarterly for full-team offsites held in various locations across the country. Although our team is globally distributed, we work during US-friendly hours, specifically in the PST/EST time zones.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Internet

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