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Position: Senior Backend Engineer

Role: Full time

Location: Remote

Salary: Competitive

Why work with us

Boson Protocol enables an open tokenized economy by automating digital to physical redemptions using NFTs encoded with game theory. Boson Protocol disrupts e-commerce platforms by tokenizing Things and commerce data within a liquid digital market, built on DeFi.

We call this Decentralized Autonomous Commerce (dCommerce).

Boson Protocol’s vision is to enable a capture resistant, decentralized commerce ecosystem, by funding and accelerating the development of a stack of specialized applications to disrupt, demonopolize and democratize commerce.

We are empowering builders and partners to reinvent commercial exchange as we know it. If you are passionate about becoming part of that revolution, we hope you apply to join us!

Read more about us here: https://bosonprotocol.io/

Role Summary

We are looking for a fast paced, level headed, proactive Senior Backend Engineer. The ideal candidate has in-depth knowledge of how blockchains work, proven experience in building robust consumer facing applications, a strong grasp of software development best practices, and a desire to decentralise the future of commerce. Bonus points if you have shipped a DApp that interacts with a public blockchain.

You will take initiative in designing and building at the bleeding edge of technology that is going to be immediately applied in real life. Ideally, you will hold a Computer Science Degree or similar and have a keen interest in blockchain technologies, though hands-on commercial experience is preferred.

The role open is for a long-term relationship, working predominantly remotely and you can expect to become an integral part of a diverse international team.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design and build complex distributed systems.
• Ensure that the systems we build will enable the Boson Protocol to become a fully trustless and permissionless eCommerce alternative.
• Accurately estimate the complexity of your work working alongside your team members in an agile team

Requirements:

• 7 years+ experience building distributed systems.
• Experience in building reliable software infrastructure with Node.js & Typescript
• Understanding of how Ethereum works, with a familiarity with its rivals
• Experience with testing your code on ethereum test networks
• DevOps experience - ideally experience with deploying code that interacts with Ethereum mainnet
• You can work with high autonomy
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong familiarity of Agile methodologies
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code

Bonus:

• Experience with web3 libraries (ethers.js, web3.js)
• Knowledge about the inner workings of the EVM
• Experience with Solidity
• Experience architecting observability in a complex system
• Experience/understanding of any different scalability solutions, such as rollups and sidechains. Knowledge of zk rollups is a big plus

Technologies we use and teach:

• Node.js
• Typescript (preferred)
• Javascript
• Ethers.js / web3.js
• Hardhat / Truffle
• MongoDB
• IPFS
• Solidity
• Terraform
• GitHub Actions
• React
• Jest / Cypress

What we offer you:

• Flexible, remote work with a high degree of autonomy in a dynamic, fast growth startup
• An opportunity to leverage bleeding edge technology and industry-leading development practices
• Close collaboration with leading projects in the space, e.g. immediate deep dive into Ocean Protocol integration
• A highly competitive salary and other potential arrangements. Details depend on ability and experience. Come and talk to us.
• Your choice of equipment

Some of our guiding principles:

• Dream Big: We want to build technology that can outlast the founders and reshape commerce and society at large
• Self-Mastery: Mindful conduct and always on learning are critical components of personal and collective growth
• Collaboration: Expertise is key, but sharing knowledge and building together with joy is the foundation of truly remarkable work
• Stay lean: Our ethos is to create and share value equitably, with minimal value extraction.