NEAR is hiring a

Web3 Full-Stack Software Engineer, Search

About The Role

The Data Platform team at Pagoda is building the search experience on near.org, allowing users and developers to quickly discover content, applications built on different blockchains, and search code examples. We focus on building scalable, performant, and reliable infrastructure to allow developers to add their own indexes to our search engine and increase engagement on the near.org.

What You'll Be Doing

• Collaborate with a fully distributed team around the world;
• Develop user interfaces and services for search on near.org
• Develop frameworks for software engineers to build search plugins;
• Make Performance optimizations and scalability/reliability improvements;
• Build user interfaces to display and filter through search results;
• Follow the minimal processes, like technical roadmaps, OKRs, milestones, regular team meetings;
• Develop components and applications in public clouds like GCP and AWS;
• Participate in on-call rotations;

What We're Looking For

• Hands-on experience building search experiences using ElasticSearch, Algolia or other Search-as-a-Service product is a must.
• Understanding data processing and storage solutions and ability to find balance between cost, performance and scalability.
• Experience building interactive user interfaces using React;
• Ability to quickly learn new programming languages and technologies.
• Creativity to come up with proof of concept from high level design while not knowing all the details;
• Ability to write clean yet efficient code in a variety of programming languages and technologies, including TypeScript, Rust, SQL, Python;
• Effective communication skills to convey your ideas and discuss with team members for technical challenges.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related fields is a must

We'd Love If You Have

• Open source contributions and previous or continued involvement in open source communities;
• Experience setting up continuous integration pipelines, observability tools and metrics;
• Familiarity with Ethereum development and related technologies (web3.js, ethers.js, etc)
• Familiarity with other crypto or blockchain technologies;
• Experience working at a startup.

Here’s What Our Interview Process Looks Like

Depending on calendar availability, from the first stage to the final stage, we do our best to keep the entire process to under three weeks. Our interviews take place via Zoom and typically consists of the following stages:

• Internal Recruiter Call (30 to 45 minutes)
• Meet with the Hiring Manager (60 minutes)
• Technical Interviews (3 x 60 minutes)
• Pagoda Values Interview (30 to 45 minutes)

Please let us know if you require any special requirements for your interview and we’ll do our best to accommodate.

Ideal Location For This Role

This is a fully remote role, so that your timezone matches or overlaps with our leadership for this role, you’ll ideally be located in North America or South America.

Compensation

The base salary range for this role is $148,750 - $195,000. This reflects the minimum and maximum range across all US locations. This does not include bonus, incentives, or benefits.

The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: leveling, relevant skills, and work location. If you are based outside of the US, we do have other geographic considerations that may impact your final compensation. Your recruiter can share more about the compensation and benefits applicable to your preferred location during the hiring process.

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