Remote Senior Golang Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Senior Golang Engineer at Volume, a dynamic start-up company working on decentralized finance protocols. The role involves leading engineering work across the full spectrum of the protocol architecture built around Cosmos-SDK and contributing to the growth of user transactions. The candidate should have a minimum of 5 years of experience with Go in production, a degree in Computer Science, good written communication skills in English, and enjoy working in a fast-paced startup environment.

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 (FIVE) years working with Go in production, as well as solid experience in some other programming languages
• A degree in Computer Science required
• Able to meet deadlines and deliverables
• You enjoy learning and digging into open-source code, committing on other projects
• You can organize yourself well and can work in an agile manner
• You enjoy a healthy balance between working autonomously and collaborating closely with peers through pairing sessions and architecture design meetings
• You enjoy analyzing solutions and can participate in defining a good architecture
• Good written communication in English is essential

Responsibilities

• Participating in and driving technical specifications, design, architecture, and implementation for new features on the Cosmos SDK
• Writing reusable libraries and custom logic for blockchain state machines and ensuring solid test coverage
• Participating in code reviews
• Minimizing tech debt while strategically pushing for progress with new features
• Help scale the team and create our engineering culture
• Participation and leading coordination for one or more of the SDK’s architecture working groups

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience working remotely and/or leading teams is a plus
• Previous experience maintaining open-source software (particularly libraries and/or frameworks), a plus
• Previous experience working with the Cosmos SDK or related technologies, a plus
• You are passionate about blockchain, have used DeFi dApps, and believe in the opportunity of decentralization and blockchains to change how the financial world works today
• You thrive in a startup environment and feel the best working in a small, cross-functional team where you can roll up your sleeves and be hands-on
• You have an interest in working in a self-organizing environment and bring creativity to start your own initiatives within the Cosmos Blockchain ecosystem

Benefits

• We sponsor H1B visa professionals
• We have a great benefits package, including parental leave, contributions to your retirement, competitive pay, and unlimited time off
• For U.S.-based employees, we also provide platinum-level health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family