Braintrust is hiring a

Nillion - Senior Software Engineer (Blockchain App Layer) - Direct to Hire [Remote]

• Experience leading projects in one or more of the existing Blockchain Technologies e.g. Solana, Polkadot, Ethereum
• Current knowledge and understanding of cryptocurrency markets, ecosystems and ethos
• Ability to develop smart contracts in Solidity or similar languages (e.g Rust, Vyper)
• Interface with stakeholders, executive and technical leadership for;
  • roadmap alignment between customer and development teams
  • technology decisions on behalf of the Nillion team
  • progress report delivery
• Own the delivery of token development and blockchain interfacing capabilities to enable our product roadmap
• Has previous experience leading or managing an engineering team with at least 3 years of general engineering experience
• Passionate and enthusiastic about cryptocurrencies and the DLT space
• Have highly effective communication, interpersonal and critical thinking skills
• Have hired and built a blockchain engineering team with an eye for talent and closing incredible candidates
• Strong capability to interface with internal and external stakeholders in order to make our blockchain / token visions a reality
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, applied mathematics, or another technical discipline from a top university or equivalent relevant experience
• Strong grasp of smart contract design patterns and security considerations

Nice to Have

• Experience with blockchain infrastructure systems (e.g. Oracles, Bridges, RPCs)
• Experience with Rust, Golang, node.js
• Experience in the financial markets / software / DeFi
• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes/Openshift technologies
• Knowledge of cryptography (PKI, digital signatures, ZKP, SMPC)
• Experience working in an agile Software Development environment

General Requirements

We expect technical members of the Nillion team to have or be the following:

• Comfortable with a fast-paced startup environment with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Have excellent troubleshooting skills with the ability find and integrate knowledge quickly
• Excellent work ethic with the ability to work independently and with a bias towards action
• Be incredibly technically curious about how things work or how to do things a better way
• Great at writing unit, integration or functionalGood at providing valuable feedback onFamiliarity with git version control and continuous integration processes for code deployment
• A part of the hiring and onboarding process for new members to Nillion’s engineering team
• Create well-designed, customized, testable, efficient, reusable code
• Ability to work with a cross-functional and globally distributed team
• Good at coaching as well as being coached. We make all our team members better all the time
• Macro-to-micro versatility: strategic mindset coupled with a keen attention to detail
• Great at providing simple and extensible abstractions to complex systems.
• Experience in Git/GitHub and branching methodologies, code review tools, CI tools, etc.