Sr. Rust Engineer

Our investors include Polychain Capital, Alameda Ventures, Standard Crypto and Multicoin.

We are always looking for individuals who desire a high impact, high visibility role within a company that is making crypto and decentralized protocols valuable.

As an Engineer on our Engineering team, you will have a chance to work across the full spectrum of our protocol architecture that is built around the Cosmos-SDK, built in Golang. Our software empowers Sommelier validators to secure the Sommelier network which offers financial automation globally. As an early employee you will be a critical part of our core team and have a significant influence over the direction of the company.

Our Full-stack Developer will work alongside our engineering team and rewrite and update code for our indexer. This role is perfect for someone excited about learning that would like to grow into a leadership role in the future.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Rewrite and update Rust code for the Sommelier orchestrator stack
• Ensure code follows latest coding practices and industry standards
• Work closely with backend developers to understand and properly use the systems APIs
• Write both unit and integration tests, and develop automation tools for daily tasks
• Challenge ideas and opinions to avoid pitfalls and inefficient solutions
• Own off-chain services that maintain on-chain systems on several chains
• Design and implement of microservices in Rust connecting to financial systems and payment networks
• Write reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Analyze requirements, vendor APIs, and translate into application designsImplementation of security and data protection systems
• Build applications according to the design and provide designers with feedback and suggest tradeoffs when required
• Challenge ideas and opinions to avoid pitfalls and inefficient solutions

REQUIREMENTS:

• 6+ years coding experience, experience with Rust, ideal. Experience with C++ will suffice as well
• Bachelor’s or Master's Degree in Computer Science, required
• You have a working understanding of blockchains and smart contracts, and a birds-eye view of the state of L1 tech
• You have familiarity with applied cryptography (merkle trees, ecdsa, etc)
• You have strong opinions on system design and code cleanliness
• Experience developing technologically complicated products for untrained end-users
• You are passionate about blockchain, have used DeFi dApps and believe in the opportunity of decentralization and blockchains to change how the financial world works today
• You thrive in a startup environment and feel best working in a small, cross-functional team where you can roll up your sleeves and be hands on
• You have an interest in working in a self organizing environment and bring creativity to start your own initiatives within the Cosmos Stargate SDK

About Volume:

Volume is a dynamic start-up company, and our successful candidate must have the ability and desire to work in a fast-paced environment. As a distributed team, we hire anywhere in the world, and at various levels of experience (entry, senior, staff). We look for people with unique perspectives and diverse backgrounds.

Volume is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse workplace. All applicants will be considered equally without regard to race, color, ethnicity, veteran status, religion, national origin, marital status, political affiliation, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, membership in an organization or any other non-merit factors.

We have a great benefits package, including parental leave, contributions to your retirement, competitive pay, and unlimited time off. For U.S-based employees, we also provide platinum-level health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family.