Blockchain Solutions Engineer

The ideal candidate would be a software developer with a deep passion for research and development, a cryptography background, and blockchain experience.

As a Solutions Engineer:

• you like solving complex problems and do not give up until a solution is found
• you like learning new things and explaining them to people
• you are comfortable understanding and contributing to complex codebases
• you are good at reviewing and writing long research documents
• you are a trusted source of clear and accurate information for clients
• you value practicality over perfection
• you are passionate about decentralization and blockchain

This role will provide an opportunity to be up-to-date with the latest innovations around blockchain technology. The right candidate would be motivated to be both an observer and a driver of these innovations. You will have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects. Every project is on the cutting-edge and quite often we're figuring things out as we go, so continuous learning & teaching is the norm.

Responsibilities

• Architect and prototype novel blockchain-based and blockchain-adjacent software solutions to enable new features, improved performance, cross-chain integrations, and more for our clients
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders regularly to understand their goals, share project progress, and address ambiguities
• Write proposals for new research and development, including detailed project plans with milestones and developer time/cost estimates
• Write specifications and supporting documentation to help developers implement our solutions
• Peer review research, proposals, and code

Qualifications

• Familiar with cryptography and/or blockchain stack including front-end, back-end, smart contracts, and protocol layers
• Experience building blockchain protocols or applications
• Ability to break down complicated concepts into simple language
• Deep understanding of cryptography and security in the context of blockchain
• Comfortable reviewing code in the absence of documentation
• Some experience with Go, Rust, JavaScript, and/or Solidity
• Understanding of distributed systems & peer-to-peer network protocols
• Ability to proactively plan, lead, execute, provide updates, and be accountable for projects
• Strong interpersonal skills when collaborating with clients and teammates
• Eager to constantly learn, ask questions, and deepen your understanding

Bonus points

• Experience writing white papers, technical articles, thesis, etc
• Experience with open-source development
• Experience writing articles or blog posts
• Product or business development experience