Remote Software Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Front and Integrations Team member at Parity, focusing on building and maintaining tooling and applications for Substrate-based blockchains such as Polkadot. The position is remote and requires experience with TypeScript, Rust, networking fundamentals, and smart contracts.

Requirements

• Be able to work autonomously and function well in a distributed team
• Take an interest in blockchain technology in general and Substrate/Polkadot in particular
• Have prior experience or interest in working with the EVM and deploying/running smart contracts
• Have demonstrable experience in TypeScript, in particular open source projects, and keen to grow and improve in this area
• Take an interest in the Rust programming language, its community and values: we use Rust extensively, and often push it to the limits to deliver robust and performant software
• Have a good understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, HTTP and WebSockets, and demonstrable experience building HTTP based APIs and clients

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain TypeScript-based tools/libraries to help internal/external teams build, debug, instrument and manage substrate-based blockchains
• Take ownership of different areas of our codebases and projects

Benefits

• Competitive remuneration packages based on iterative market research, including tokens (where legally possible)
• "Future of work" environment that’s remote-first and self-initiating with flexible hours
• Team mates that are genuinely excited about their impact and projects
• Access to the brightest minds in this space to learn about Web3 and develop your skills and knowledge while on the job
• Becoming part of the wider ecosystem (career and networking opportunities)
• Team and company-wide retreats
• Work laptop
• Opportunity to relocate to Germany or Portugal (with visa sponsorship)
• For employees in Germany, Portugal, and the U.K., benefits such as health care, parental leave, PTO (28 days per year), local team events, yearly L&D budget, and language classes