Pagoda is hiring a

Web3 Technical Lead, Storage

About The Role:

The NEAR Protocol Engineering team is looking for an engineering leader to own everything related to the storage of a blockchain node ranging from database design and implementation to state representation on the protocol level. You will lead a team to work on different components of blockchain storage. You will be working with complex concurrent systems, low-level code, complicated state machines, and novel algorithms.

You will be expected to fully own various components and drive their implementation from beginning to end, including the design, the implementation, the maintenance, and the documentation. You will be surrounded by highly productive and meticulous engineers who will be holding you to the same standards.

What You'll Be Doing:

• End-to-end ownership of blockchain storage
• Communication and collaboration with a fully distributed team.
• Design of new protocol changes.
• Performance tuning and optimizations.
• Work with open source community by collaborating with external contributors on our codebase, creating and participating in events, facilitating information exchange between our community and other open source communities.
• Participating in the on-call rotation.

What We're Looking For:

• Experience developing a database product.
• Fluency with algorithms and data structures.
• Ability to learn new languages and technologies fast.
• Excellent coding skills.
• Ability to go from design to implementation fast.
• Good communication skills.
• Meticulousness.
• Experience with Rust or alternatively but less preferred C++ or Go.
• Experience with concurrency or parallelism.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field is a must.

We'd Love If You Have:

• Experience with open source database development.
• Familiarity with internals of other blockchains.
• Knowledge of cryptography.
• Knowledge of compilers or virtual machines.
• Knowledge of networks or operating systems.

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 (30-60 minutes)
• Technical & Leadership Interviews (4 x 60 minutes)
• Culture & 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.

Locations: Anywhere in the world

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