Remote Founding Software Engineer - Pocket Protector

Blockchain Works; New York (NY); Remote; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Blockchain Works is seeking a Founding Software Engineer to design and maintain backend infrastructure for a social trading bot in the crypto space. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in backend development, strong knowledge of the Solana blockchain, and a passion for innovative consumer products. This role offers a competitive salary, equity options, and opportunities for growth in a dynamic industry.

Benefits

Competitive salary and equity package

Generous vacation and time-off policy

Opportunities for personal and professional growth

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in backend development and infrastructure engineering.
• Strong understanding of blockchain technology, particularly the Solana ecosystem.
• Proficient in Javascript and Rust.

Responsibilities

• Support the vision and mission of the company working closely with the CEO.
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable backend infrastructure.
• Identify and optimize performance bottlenecks of services.

Skills

Backend Development

Blockchain Technology

Programming in Javascript

Programming in Rust

Cloud Computing

Database Technologies

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

AWS

SQL

Cloud Firestore

Job description

Summary:

• Software Engineering · Full-time
• United States · Remote
• $200,000 – $300,000 USD per year

About Pocket Protector:

Pocket Protector is a social trading bot backed by Electric Capital and Dragonfly that enables you to trade with friends and discover + follow new top traders. Our social-focused features make trading more engaging and profitable, helping our traders discover alpha, ape rapidly, and avoid rugs. We’re growing virally from group to group and from Twitter through word-of-mouth spread right now with 4x retention compared to other trading bots.

Our founding team spent 5+ years in product and engineering roles during the early days of Facebook/Amazon, then raised a combined $25M+ from top web2 VCs including Founder’s Fund, Greylock, and Y-Combinator. All 3 startups we founded were acquired by a combination of private equity, startups, and big tech. In crypto we were first money in on over half a dozen $1B+ crypto projects beginning in 2017, and also ran a crypto hedge fund that consistently outperformed BTC across multiple cycles.

Our vision is to build a social trading exchange for crypto. We believe that discovering and trading in crypto has always been inherently social, and by leaning into this we can build a better exchange. By connecting traders with each other, leveraging reputation and status to reinforce trust, and by enabling trading to be safer, faster, and more profitable with friends - we believe we can build a new, dominant social trading exchange.

We are looking for a Founding Software Engineer with experience building scaled consumer products and in crypto on Solana. If you have a passion for consumer products, blockchain and social, we’d love to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the CEO to support the vision, mission and guiding principles of the company
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable and reliable backend infrastructure
• Identify bottlenecks and optimize performance of our services to handle increasing traffic and load
• Develop monitoring and alerting systems to maintain high levels of system availability and performance
• Continuously improve system architecture, security, and best practices to stay up-to-date with industry standards

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in backend development and infrastructure engineering
• Strong understanding of blockchain technology, particularly the Solana ecosystem
• Proficient in programming languages such as Javascript and Rust
• Experience with cloud computing platforms (GCP, AWS) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of database technologies (SQL, Cloud Firestore)

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and equity package
• Generous vacation and time-off policy
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth in a fast-paced, dynamic industry