Senior Golang Engineer

Symbiotic; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading blockchain technology company is seeking a Senior Golang Engineer to enhance their Relay product. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of experience in software engineering, expertise in Golang, and a strong background in blockchain technology. Responsibilities include backend development phases, feature integration, and code review. This role offers an opportunity to work within a close-knit team dedicated to innovative crypto infrastructure solutions.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering with Golang and Blockchain.
• Expertise in CS fundamentals including data structures, databases, and API design.
• Experience with LibP2P, Solidity, and core protocol development is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Participate in all phases of backend and protocol development.
• Integrate new features into the existing codebase.
• Review code written by other team members.

Skills

Golang

Blockchain

Distributed Systems

Docker

API Design

LibP2P

Solid Unit Testing

Tools

GitHub CI/CD

Kubernetes

Job description

About Symbiotic

Symbiotic is the universal staking protocol enabling protocols to streamline decentralizing their stack. Symbiotic enables creating fully custom or templated staking integrations leveraging any asset and features such as slashing, redistribution, (liquid) restaking, as well as native staking. Over 40 teams including Spark, Hyperlane, and Avail are building on Symbiotic’s universal staking primitives secured by over $1bn in TVL.

You can find more information about what we're building and how we're doing it here.

Our People

We're a tight-knit team of experienced individuals at the forefront of crypto infrastructure. Our backgrounds range from security auditing and smart contract development to node operation, and we're supported by Pantera Capital, Paradigm and CyberFund.

We're on the hunt for talented professionals to join our mission and strengthen our awesome team.

The Role

We are currently searching for a Senior Golang Engineer who will play a pivotal role in development of our Relay https://symbiotic.fi/relay product.

What you'll do

• Participate in all phases of backend and protocol development, including requirements analysis, software design, implementation, documentation, and unit testing.
• Communicate effectively with the team and company partners.
• Integrate new features into the existing codebase.
• Contribute to the estimation, planning, and execution of projects, features, and integrations.
• Review code written by other team members.

Who you are

• At least 3+ years of experience in software engineering with Golang and Blockchain
• Expertise in CS fundamentals including data structures, databases and API design
• Strong working experience with distributed systems
• Experience with LibP2P, Solidity and core protocol development is an advantage
• Proficient with Docker and familiar with GitHub CI/CD and basic Kubernetes
• Writes solid unit and integration tests using Go or similar frameworks
• Understands and applies software security best practices
• Organized and collaborative, with experience using tools like ClickUp for project management

Attention Job Seeker! Job scams are unfortunately common in our industry. A few things to note:

• All interviews are conducted on Google Meet; never on Discord, Zoom, or any other platform.
• We will always contact you from a @symbiotic.fi email address.
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