Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Aurora Labs, the development company behind Aurora, an EVM blockchain running on the NEAR Protocol, and become a key member of the team maintaining and improving NearIntents. We are at the forefront of Web3 and DeFi innovation, creating cutting-edge solutions. As a key player, you will contribute to a culture of excellence and collaboration in a startup environment. Your expertise in Rust and blockchain technology will be crucial in maintaining business-critical infrastructure, researching new technologies, and collaborating with a distributed team. The mission is to build a decentralized future with open and accessible financial systems.

Requirements

• Senior Rust Expertise
• Software design, architecture and engineering skills
• Experience with message based and event sourced architectures
• Proven track record of smart contract development
• Previous experience in the blockchain industry, Layer 1
• Extreme ownership mentality - ability to take extreme ownership and full responsibility of tasks and projects
• Professionalism and quality in work ethic
• Desire to support and improve existing code

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve services written in Rust which are part of the business-critical infrastructure
• Research and prototype application of cutting edge blockchain technologies
• Review and provide feedback on technical architecture across the company
• Participate in technical governance of OSS projects around NEAR ecosystem
• Communication and collaboration with a fully distributed team
• Collaborate with Ethereum and be active in the Ethereum engineering forums

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience with the NEAR ecosystem, e.g. nearcore codebase
• Experience developing and auditing security-sensitive code
• Familiarity with EVM / web3 ecosystem