Full Stack DeFi Engineer

PennyWorks; España; A distancia; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A dynamic financial startup in Spain seeks a full-stack DeFi engineer. In this role, you will contribute to building core infrastructure for DeFi applications while having the potential to grow into leadership positions. The company offers a fully remote environment with a flexible schedule. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in Python and familiarity with DeFi protocols. Competitive benefits include paid time off and development opportunities.

Servicios

Paid Time Off

Training & Development

Work From Home

Stock Option Plan

Formación

• 3-5 years of development experience in Python.
• Experience working for a DeFi startup or protocol.
• Familiarity with designing backend REST APIs.

Responsabilidades

• Build out core infrastructure and expand coverage of blockchains.
• Collaborate with the CTO and cross-functional teams.
• Operate as an individual contributor with growth potential.

Conocimientos

Python

DeFi protocols

Unix environment

REST APIs

Postgres

Herramientas

FastAPI

SQLAlchemy

Google Cloud

Kubernetes

Descripción del empleo

Overview

PennyWorks is a startup founded by seasoned finance and technology professionals. We believe in the power of blockchain technology to improve people’s financial lives and are aggressively building an automated digital asset bookkeeping service.

We're looking for a full-stack DeFi engineer, someone that has an understanding of DeFi, and can help us cater to the different protocols. You'll have the opportunity to learn about all the data and services that powers blockchain analytics Complex DeFi applications International accounting and tax considerations. We're fully remote, and have a fully flexible schedule. Get stuff done, however you want.

This is an individual contributor role with opportunity to grow into leadership roles as we scale. You will report to the CTO and build out our core infrastructure. The basic architecture is already set up, we need help building out and expanding our coverage of blockchains and various protocols. You will also have significant input on how the product will evolve. But please, leave your ego at the door (we have no doors, so you’ll have to be creative about it).

Responsibilities

• Build out core infrastructure and expand coverage of blockchains and various protocols.
• Collaborate with the CTO and cross-functional teams to shape product evolution.
• Operate as an individual contributor with potential to grow into leadership roles as the company scales.

Qualifications

• Experience working for a DeFi startup or DeFi protocol.
• At least 3-5 years of development experience in Python, contributing to mission-critical production systems. Familiarity with FastAPI and SQLAlchemy is a plus.
• Strong coding standards and familiarity with operating in a Unix environment.
• Experience designing backend REST APIs.
• Experience building and supporting complex, scalable, distributed, event-driven, microservices-based applications with 3rd party service integrations.
• Experience with relational database schema design, transactions, isolation levels. Working experience with Postgres is a plus. DB admin experience is a double plus.

Optional Experience

• Experience with Google Cloud infrastructure
• Experience setting up and supporting Kubernetes clusters is a big plus
• DevOps, Networking, Linux shell scripting
• Infrastructure-as-code - automated infrastructure management

We’re excited if you...

• Are a “show, don’t tell” kind of person and are able to continuously improve your craft via measurable analytical feedback.
• Prefer saying “let’s try it out!” instead of “it’s been done, and it doesn’t work”.
• Plan ahead and stay on top of things, but don’t get flustered if it doesn’t go as planned (predicting the future is hard, we tried it).
• Are curious, love to learn, and love to share your knowledge.
• Must have demonstrated interest in crypto although no professional experience in the area is required.
• Must be able to, and enjoy, working in a fast-paced environment with frequent interruptions, changing priorities, and context-switching

Benefits

Besides building an amazing product, we also aim to create the company we’d love to work for, and it starts with defining our core values :

• Community - While we are fully remote, we are a tight-knit team. We help each other, grow together, and win together.
• Ownership - We're building a unicorn, and we want you to be part of the success story.
• Have fun - Who says building a new financial world order needs to be a serious affair? The only thing serious is how awesome it is going to be.

If you are nodding as you read this, we'd like to hear from you!

• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Training & Development
• Work From Home
• Stock Option Plan
• Paid Time Off