Staff Software Engineer, Banking & Capital Markets

Chainlink Labs; Comunidad Valenciana; A distancia; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

An innovative firm is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their dynamic team. This role involves designing and building APIs, working on decentralized applications, and ensuring high reliability in blockchain environments. The successful candidate will have a strong background in software development, particularly in Golang, and a passion for blockchain technology. With a commitment to collaboration and creativity, you'll have the autonomy to shape projects and contribute to groundbreaking infrastructure that powers the future of finance and technology. If you're ready to make an impact in a rapidly evolving industry, this opportunity is for you.

Formación

• 9+ years of software development experience required.
• Experience in Golang or other strongly-typed languages preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Design and build a new API for Cross Chain Interoperability Protocol.
• Implement resilient distributed systems for high reliability.

Conocimientos

Software Development

Golang

Systems Design

Web Applications

Backend APIs

Blockchain Technologies

Effective Communication

Educación

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Master's in Software Engineering

Descripción del empleo

Chainlink Labs is the primary contributing developer of Chainlink, the decentralized computing platform powering the verifiable web. Chainlink is the industry-standard platform for providing access to real-world data, offchain computation, and secure cross-chain interoperability across any blockchain. Chainlink Labs helps power verifiable applications for banking, DeFi, global trade, and gaming by collaborating with some of the world’s largest financial institutions, notably Swift, DTCC, and ANZ. Chainlink Labs also works with top Web3 teams, including Aave, Compound, GMX, Maker, and Synthetix. Chainlink Labs was ranked in Newsweek’s 100 Most Loved Workplaces 2023 in both the United States and United Kingdom.

The Engineering Team

At Chainlink Labs, our engineering team pushes the scale and capabilities of decentralized applications across the industry. The Chainlink Network holds >70% market share in the oracle space, solving real-world problems by enabling smart contracts to securely interact with off-chain data and computation.

We value talented and driven craftsmen who work collaboratively to tackle complex challenges, deliver product impact, and grow as builders. Join us and shape the future of blockchain technology and decentralized finance.

As a senior software engineer working on Chainlink, you’ll collaborate with an experienced technical team of other senior engineers, distributed systems computing experts, and security experts, who are all committed to building world-changing decentralized infrastructure. You’ll develop and build highly scalable, secure, and reliable software that will change the way smart contracts function at a fundamental level. You’ll have the opportunity to learn and master the latest research concerning distributed systems, cryptography, blockchains, game theory, consensus algorithms, and decentralized applications. You will be given a high level of autonomy and ownership over your projects, the opportunity to expand your scope of knowledge, and the chance to help build the decentralized infrastructure of the future.

Your Impact

• Designing and building a new API for companies to connect to our Cross Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP).
• Learn more about the underlying technology in the blockchain ecosystem (Solana, Avalanche, Polygon, and Ethereum).
• Learn how to build our core products with Smart Contracts using Solidity.
• Thinking creatively about attack vectors, possible failures, and disaster scenarios, modeling them in reproducible test environments, and developing fixes.
• Modeling and developing recovery behaviors within our core node software.
• Managing the architectural vision for new subsystems in the core Chainlink node.
• Implementing resilient distributed systems to achieve high reliability in a variety of blockchain environments.

Requirements

• At least 9+ years of professional software development experience (Software Engineers, Senior Software Engineers, and Technical Leads are encouraged to apply).
• Experience in Golang or any other strongly-typed programming language preferred.
• B.S. or higher in computer science, software engineering, or related technical field.
• Experience developing web applications and backend APIs.
• Knowledge of systems design concepts.
• Interest in blockchain and other Web 3.0 technologies.
• Comfort and experience working as a remote employee as part of a distributed team.
• Ability to write and communicate effectively.

All roles with Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based. Unless otherwise stated, we ask that you try to overlap some working hours with Eastern Standard Time (EST).

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