Informal Systems is hiring a
Senior Rust Engineer, Remote - Worldwide

Summary

The job is for a Rust Engineer at Informal Systems, a remote-first company contributing to the Cosmos Ecosystem. The role involves designing and developing products, improving software quality, driving IBC standards expansion, and reviewing issues/pull requests. The company offers a unique culture, 5 weeks of paid vacation, annual retreats, lifestyle benefits, remote work, flexible hours, home-office stipend, parental leave, and more.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of developing, releasing, and maintaining production software
• Significant experience writing Rust or the ability and desire to become proficient in new languages
• Commitment to product quality, user experience, and well-structured code
• A track record of designing maintainable APIs that are a delight to use
• Experience with p2p networking, fault-tolerant consensus protocols, blockchain application development, or other related technologies
• A deep understanding of computer science fundamentals
• The ability to take ownership and see initiatives through
• Excellent interpersonal skills, experience working with distributed teams, and enjoys working with and mentoring others

Responsibilities

• Design and develop our products and software
• Improve the user experience, correctness, code quality, and performance of the software
• Contribute clean, well-tested, and well-documented code
• Drive the expansion of the IBC standards, integration with various ecosystems
• Review issues and pull requests and provide valuable feedback to contributors
• Guard the quality of the software from technical debt, missing tests or documentation, and feature creep
• Nurture a safe and enjoyable open-source experience for contributors

Benefits

• A unique, caring and friendly culture
• 25 days (5 weeks) of paid vacation annually, plus 3 Spiritual Days
• Company closure from December 25th to January 1
• Annual Lifestyle benefits (reimbursements for gym memberships, fitness equipment, etc)
• A remote-first, flexible work environment
• A home-office stipend to set you up for success
• Annual company retreats
• Paid parental leave