Ripple is hiring a

Web3 Senior Staff Engineer, Performance, RippleX

Hyper-Accelerating the Internet of Value.

We champion the builders of tomorrow by providing the infrastructure, tools, services, programs and support for creation on one of the world’s fastest, most sustainable and consistently reliable public blockchain - XRPL. By supporting an open community of developers, they can advance the solutions and innovation needed to allow businesses, consumers, institutions and governments to fuel the engine of a new digital economy.

RippleX operates on the belief that realizing the Internet of Value hinges on how easily new technology works for more people, and how effectively we can change the way the world operates today.

We are seeking an experienced Lead Performance Engineer to help build software for scale and stability and to formalize this function across all of RippleX’s programs. You will have the opportunity to work with some of the best engineers in the cryptocurrency space across the XRP Ledger community. You will design and implement performance tooling for the Ledger and other projects, with a view to open-sourcing the tools and frameworks you build. You will also play a big role in implementing capacity testing and performance analysis strategies. You have experience building out a strong performance engineering function and know what it looks like when done well.

An ideal candidate is eager to become an expert in the cryptocurrency landscape. He/she understands how blockchain developers and companies think and operate, and is willing to look beyond what already exists in the market to serve its evolving needs. An ideal candidate excels at solving complex problems and rapidly formulating a clear perspective from ambiguity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design & implement performance strategies and tooling across a range of software projects.
• Contribute performance tooling to the broader, XRPL developer community.
• Improve the performance and efficiency of the publicly available XRP Ledger infrastructure operated by the RippleX team.
• Promoting performance engineering across internal teams and the broader XRPL community.

Who We’re Looking For:

• 10+ years experience of performance engineering, building large scale, distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving and complexity analysis
• 5+ years of experience as a distributed systems developer in programming languages such as Java, C++, Rust, Golang.
• Understanding of NoSQL and SQL databases as it relates to query and system performance and tuning.
• Experience with asynchronous programming. (i.e. futures, promises, async/await syntax, etc.) and/or experience with low level concurrency. (i.e. threads, mutexes, condition_variables, etc.)
• You are excited about blockchains: the technical details and the benefits

Nice to Have:

• Experience working with decentralized blockchains and other crypto technologies
• Experience working with open source software and associated developer communities

WHAT WE OFFER:

• The chance to work in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
• A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact
• Competitive salary and equity
• 100% paid medical and dental and 95% paid vision insurance for employees starting on your first day
• 401k (with match), commuter benefits
• Industry-leading parental leave policies
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite programs
• Flexible vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
• Employee giving match
• Modern office in San Francisco’s Financial District
• Fully-stocked kitchen with organic snacks, beverages, and coffee drinks
• Weekly company meeting - ask me anything >
• Team outings to sports games, happy hours, game nights and more!

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