Junior Smart Contract Engineer (Contract) | Mentorship

Filetwigbay; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 47,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Google in Des Moines, IA is hiring a junior Smart Contract Developer on a contract basis to design, build, and ship software serving millions of users daily. The role pairs hands-on coding with mentorship and a pathway to advancement.

You will work with Ruby on Rails, Express.js, and microservices, applying Jenkins and Selenium in a modern development workflow, with a focus on reliability, documentation, and continuous learning.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with modern development tools and mentoring workflows.
• Strong knowledge of Jenkins and Selenium.
• Ability to document while it’s fresh.

Responsibilities

• Tune Ruby on Rails caching to ensure Des Moines launch.
• Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning at Google.
• Mentor junior engineers and support code-review culture.
• Prototype proof-of-concept solutions for emerging technology requirements.
• Hand off microservices runbooks to improve on-call readiness and keep PHP services humming.
• Translate compliance rules into guardrails baked into the build.
• Decode the undocumented Express.js service.

Skills

Self-direction

Curiosity

Hands-on technology experience

Mentoring workflows

Detail-oriented

Documentation discipline

Tools

Jenkins

Selenium

Express.js

Job description

Google in Des Moines, IA is hiring a junior Smart Contract Developer on a contract basis to design, build, and ship software serving millions of users daily. The role pairs hands-on coding with mentorship and a pathway to advancement.

You will work with Ruby on Rails, Express.js, and microservices, applying Jenkins and Selenium in a modern development workflow, with a focus on reliability, documentation, and continuous learning.