Software Engineer

Summary

Join Celestia Labs, a leading modular blockchain network, as an elite Software Engineer on the Celestia Node Team. You will contribute to the improvement of Celestia’s node software, focusing on performance, scalability, storage, p2p networking, and security. This role requires a strong background in software engineering, proficiency in Golang, and experience with open-source software. The position offers a flexible, remote-first work environment, competitive salary, stipends, generous vacation time, and benefits for US team members. Collaboration, mentorship, and professional growth opportunities are also emphasized. The team is highly distributed, with much of the team working in European time zones.

Requirements

• Self driven, directed, and motivated for excellence
• A strong communicator with excellent technical writing, with experience in building maintainable and well-documented codebases
• Possess solid knowledge of software engineering, technical principles, and technical architectures, with at least 5 years of real-world experience as a developer or engineer
• Highly Proficient in Golang
• Previous experience maintaining or contributing to open source software

Responsibilities

• Ownership of parts of the Celestia Node codebase
• Contribute readable, well-tested, and well-documented code to Node and related repositories
• Participate in technical discussions on issues and code reviews on pull requests
• Be a part of the feedback loop between technical specification and implementation
• Work with users and support them with debugging on various channels and ensure their

Preferred Qualifications

• While experience in the blockchain space is preferred
• Having general excitement about web3 and modular blockchain technology is a must!

Benefits

• Flexible and remote work environment with multiple onsites each year
• Competitive salary and meaningful long-term compensation package
• Stipends for home office, coworking space, professional and personal growth
• 4 weeks annual vacation
• 401k and healthcare coverage for US team members
• Being part of a collaborative, supportive team with opportunities for mentorship and professional growth