Software Engineer (Parachains Core)

Summary

Join Parity's Parachains Core team as a Software Engineer to design, implement, and maintain cutting-edge protocols for the Polkadot blockchain, contributing to projects that improve performance and lower the entry barrier to the ecosystem.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
• Hands on experience with implementing and maintaining distributed systems
• Hands on experience with performance engineering and optimizations
• Knowledge of software engineering best practices
• Collaborate with others in an open-source culture, open to feedback with a critical mindset
• Ability to solve complex problems over longer periods of time
• Ownership and accountability for your work in the long term

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cutting edge protocols that are foundational to the security, scalability and adoption of Polkadot
• Contribute to projects focused on improving performance (latency, single shard performance) or lowering the entry barrier to the Polkadot ecosystem
• Debug and root cause complex issues in distributed systems (scalability, performance regressions and generally bugs that surface at scale)
• Build test suites that ensure the functionality and performance of multiple components working together in a “microservice like” architecture

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
• Healthcare, parental leave, PTO (28 days per year) and local team events for those joining our collective as an employee in Germany, Portugal, and the UK