Firefly is hiring a

Web3 Staff Software Engineer

About Firefly

• We’re building cutting-edge, decentralized exchange infrastructure inour visionto advance derivatives trading, the largest market by trading volume
• Firefly is partnered with the industry’s leading market makers and has raised a 22.8 million fund to build a hyper liquid, powerful and secure exchange
• Firefly is backed by Polychain Capital, Susquehanna, Cumberland DRW, Alliance and many other leading investors

Our Culture

We are a team of doers that trust each other and value kindness. Our shared passion for learning and relentless drive to make everything better bring us together. We love what we do and are constantly trying new things with a bias to action and healthy debate. Although we’re a remote-first team, we love to work together just as much and offer multiple co-location hubs throughout the year.

Why others are attracted to this position

1. The Driver’s Seat: this role gives substantial ownership in the development of our core product. We trust you to make important decisions that affect product performance and impact overall product strategy
2. Rapid Growth: you will be part of a fast scaling team building the next generation of financial infrastructure. You would have an accelerated path to leadership solving the most novel problems in the industry
3. Optional Firefly Hubs: you have the option to work alongside other team members in a city that the team chooses for 3 months. In the past, we’ve worked together out of Toronto and London
4. Holistic Development: it’s not only about getting work done at Firefly. We care about each team member’s overall development goals and go beyond just regular training and coaching - whether that’s assistance in opening an animal shelter or organizing personalized music lessons

What you will do

• Work closely with leadership to understand the organization's goals and set technical direction
• Solve challenging distributed systems problems around scalability, reliability, high availability for the core trading API, web sockets, datastore services, and new initiatives
• Continually iterate on the security measures taken to ensure the resiliency of the protocol through threat modeling brainstorms and internal security reviews
• Lead the effort on exploring ambiguous and novel solutions to complex problems that are inherent to the company’s success
• Review and be the primary author of documentation for the undertakings, services, and code that you produce
• Be a steward of the engineering culture at Firefly by coaching and mentoring engineers, participating in code & architectural reviews, and spearheading initiatives for higher developer productivity and team efficiency

What you will bring

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience and recent experience with at least one modern language such as TypeScript, Go, or Rust
• 2+ years of experience being a technical lead and/or mentoring others
• Experience scaling up teams/organizations to deliver technical solutions to business goals
• Deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles
• Expertise in SQL queries, database performance tuning, and scalable schema design
• Hands-on experience with data-processing systems (e.g., Lambda architecture, Kafka, RabbitMQ, ELK)
• Storage solutions (Cassandra, Postgres, Redis, Zookeeper)
• VMs and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• You believe data is the most powerful tool for informed decision-making
• You thrive in ambiguity; complex and fuzzy requirements are more common than clearly defined customer expectations
• You have strong verbal and written communication skills. You understand the importance of good technical documentation and well-structured design proposals.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and equity
• Employee-friendly equity terms (early exercise, extended exercise)
• Annual ski trips, events, and travel
• Company paid co-working space/desk at an office
• Company paid lunch and coffee during work days
• Work remotely or any of the Firefly Hubs for 3 months
• Health, Dental & Vision Insurance in US (stipend if remote)
• Take as much time off as you need to be productive
• Parental leave
• Stipend to set up your home office (4k display, desk, chair etc.)
• Latest productivity software like Notion and Linear

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