Junior Software Engineer (Remote)

This is a full time position and can be located in either of our offices, or 100% remote.

What you will be doing:

• Work with the Tendermint team and community to lead and maintain the Tendermint project contributions
• Optimize our implementation of the Tendermint consensus algorithm, mempool, and p2p network
• Ensure the reliability and security of the Tendermint implementation that brings impact into billions of token market
• Help formalize and improve the specification of the Tendermint consensus and ensure the implementation adheres to the spec
• Develop simulations for testing the networking layer under various configurations and attack models

We're looking for someone who has:

• Experience developing, releasing, and maintaining production level software
• Significant experience writing Golang or the ability and desire to become proficient in new languages
• A strong grasp of computer science fundamentals including network, storage, OS, data structures, etc
• Knowledge of fault tolerant consensus protocols like PBFT or Raft
• Experience working in an agile development environment
• The ability to take ownership and see initiatives through
• Exceptional communication skills
• Experience working with distributed teams

Nice to have:

• Ideally at least 1 year of software engineering experience with open source contributions
• Familiarity with open source P2P networking protocols like BitTorrent, Kademlia, etc
• Experience working remotely
• Experience with database engineering

Applying:

• If you create a PR that gets approved and merged to one of our repos you're guaranteed an interview

What we offer:

• The opportunity to be part of building the future of the Internet
• Flexible work schedule
• Excellent benefits like educational budget, fitness and wellbeing spend
• At least 4 weeks of paid vacation
• Competitive salary package, including equity