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Job Title: Founding Software Engineer
Job Type: W2
This role is for our client that is currently in seed stage and looking to grow out their engineering team.
About Us
Our client allows smart contracts to compute over the entire history of Ethereum in a fully trustless way.
Their office is located in NYC.
The Role
They are looking for a founding backend engineer to join a startup using zero-knowledge proofs to scale smart contract applications.
Who you are
You are fluent in Rust, C++, or a similarly performant backend language.
We work primarily in Rust and Typescript, but prior experience is not mandatory.
You have experience deploying production applications in the cloud using orchestration and containerization (Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes).
You have experience working with production applications hosted on AWS.
You are extremely detail oriented and have a security mindset
You’ve worked on challenging software projects and have an eye for performance
You’re a clear communicator and value collaboration
You have a strong bias towards action
You have an extremely strong work ethic
Additional
You have experience with VMs, programming languages, or databases.
You have experience with low-level details of Ethereum.
Salary Range: $150,000 - $250,000 + equity