Back End Software Engineer with Rust

Chorus One is one of the leading operators of infrastructure for Proof-of-Stake networks and decentralized protocols. Tens of thousands of retail customers and institutions are staking billions in assets through our infrastructure helping to secure protocols and earn rewards. Our mission is to increase freedom and speed of innovation through decentralized technologies.

We are a diverse team of around 50 people distributed all over the globe. We value radical transparency, striving for excellence and improvement while treating each other with kindness and generosity. If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you.

Role

As a senior software engineer, you will be an integral part of our Opus software engineering team. Opus is our one-stop-shop for staking Ethereum. For users, it offers a portal where users can stake and see their rewards, and check the status of their validators. On the backend, we have a platform that automatically launches, manages, and monitors these validators.

Opus consists of a React/Next.js frontend and a backend written in Rust. It is backed by PostgreSQL and Hashicorp Vault, and runs mostly on Google Cloud, with some bandwidth-intensive parts running on bare metal.

Your main role will be to design, develop, and deploy software systems to advance our product as well as other staking services.

Responsibilities

What we are looking for

• Experience working at a product company, preferably on a SaaS product.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a remote environment.
• Experience with at least one compiled statically typed programming language (e.g. Kotlin, Go, C++, Haskell) and at least some experience with Rust. We value general software engineering skills that transfer across languages more than detailed knowledge of Rust (which is easy to acquire), but we do expect you to have worked in a serious Rust codebase before.
• Experience developing for Linux; working familiarity with the GNU/Linux operating system.
• Experience with SQL, preferably PostgreSQL.
• Knowledge of core protocols that underlie the web, such as TCP/IP, HTTP, and DNS.
  
• Understanding of or interest in blockchain operations. We don’t require prior blockchain experience and we’re happy to teach you if you are willing to learn.
• Good knowledge of Git and source control best practices.
• At least 3 hours overlap with European working times.

Preferred Qualifications

• Having worked with cloud before, preferably Google Cloud.

• Having worked with Ethereum before.

• Basic familiarity with how blockchains work, and consensus algorithms such as pBFT.

• Experience building, deploying, operating, and monitoring software, and related tools such as Prometheus, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes and Vault.

• Experience with a scripting language, preferably Python.

• Candidates in European time zones (GMT+0 to GMT+3).

Our Offer

• Autonomy and ownership in a friendly and supportive work environment and the opportunity for rapid growth.
• Competitive fixed compensation (USD 90k - 130k commensurate with experience and equity options available)
• All-expense paid quarterly team retreats at various destinations. Past retreats took place in Egypt, Serbia, Kenya, USA, South Korea, and Dubai.
• Remote, but not alone. We are a strong global collaborative environment.
• Remote working budget (Laptop, co-working space, etc)
• Personal development budget
• Gather experience and build your network in the vibrant crypto ecosystem.
• Learn about state-of-the-art protocols that lay the foundation for an open, transparent, and programmable financial system.

Job Type: Full-time (Remote)

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