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Avantgarde Finance is the developer and maintainer of the Enzyme Protocol (formerly known as Melon). Our vision is to empower the long tail of asset managers and their investors with cutting edge technologies to automate asset management protocol. Our mission is to automate every single administrative and operational process for our users so that they can enjoy a better experience monetising their talent and the talent of others. In joining us, you'll take part in transforming crucial infrastructure which underpins a $100 trillion dollar asset management industry.

As a team, we're passionate about open-source software, empowering the long tail and decentralised technology's potential to act as an establisher of trust between market participants. We are a highly energetic, hard working and enthusiastic team proud to be working on one of the earliest DeFi protocols in the space (founded in 2016).

The Person

We're looking for someone who can:

• Apply your engineering experience of building data pipelines & data streaming solutions e.g using Kafka, Flink, Spark, Beam etc, to collect, process and index data from the Ethereum blockchain and related data sources such as off-chain price data APIs, subgraphs, etc.
• Aggregate and process historical data
• Collect and archive raw data input for failure recovery and re-processing purposes.
• Work closely with other engineering departments to identify & understand data requirements.
• Define infrastructure requirements for scalable and performant database and indexing solutions suitable to collect and provide read access to the collected data for use in our applications.
• Take ownership and responsibility of their area of expertise and proactively engage with the product development team, share ideas and conduct research to further evolve the project for the benefit of our users.

You will be expected to work remotely, in a team setting, and in alignment with the company's goals and strategy.

It is important that you are highly communicative, like to discuss code, conduct research and share (discuss) tools and design patterns. You should also be happy/comfortable working independently but also asking questions, challenging the status quo, checking in regularly, sharing ideas for implementations and have a general excitement about the DeFi space and programming.

We are interested in your technical abilities, such as ....

• Experience with data stream processing solutions (e.g. Kafka, Flink, Spark, Beam, ...)
• Experience with data storage/indexing solutions (e.g. Postgres, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, ...)
• Experience with automated testing and CI/CD workflows
• Experience with monitoring solutions for the aforementioned technologies
• Experience with git

You’ll be able to (and are encouraged to) take ownership of and shape the technology stack for building the required data pipelines. We are looking for someone who understands our data requirements and is capable of architecting a matching solution. We are not irrationally attached to our existing solutions. Choosing the right tools will be part of your job and is strongly encouraged (the mentioned software products are merely examples).

Bonus

Experience with blockchain technologies and the Ethereum blockchain in particular, and previous exposure to DeFi.

Having significant experience with these is not a requirement. However, you should know what you are getting into by working with us. Understanding the Ethereum blockchain and the technical challenges evolving around acquiring / extracting and processing data from the blockchain will be an integral part of your daily work. We want you to grow equally passionate about the DeFi space as the rest of the team. We are happy to teach you the basics, answer your questions and help you grow your knowledge in these areas but ultimately expect you to engulf yourself in the space.

A proof of formal education and/or a degree in a technology related field is a bonus, not a requirement.

Soft skills

• Strong communication skills
• Strong team player
• Enthusiastic

• Salary according to experience
• Equity compensation possible for entrepreneurial spirits
• Remote work
• Opportunity to meet up with team quarterly at off-sites (in normal times)

PLEASE NOTE: This is a fully remote role which pays according to your local country/market rates, we're not offering an opportunity for relocation or visa sponsorship.