Senior Backend Web3 Software Engineer, Candy
$150-250k
NFT store & trading marketplace
Job no longer available
NFT store & trading marketplace
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$150-250k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To deepen our interaction with experiences that bring us joy.
Role
Who you are
- You have 7+ years of experience in software engineering
- You have demonstrated excellence in software engineering including exposure to distributed systems, scalability, and algorithms
- You have a background in computer science and a knowledge of various programming paradigms
- You have focused on delivering impactful results that consumers benefit from in a blockchain ecosystem
- You have experience with architecture and design of blockchain solutions through deep knowledge of Solidity and the Ethereum Virtual Machine
- Professional TypeScript experience
- Experience writing smart contracts in a professional capacity
What the job involves
- Work with others to design and build our systems using blockchain and have strong expertise within smart contracts
- Demonstrate great attention to detail
- Demonstrate great knowledge of programming tools and the ability to regularly produce working, correct code
- Have the ability to comprehend that a thriving open source ecosystem multiplies your productivity
Our take
Candy produces, sells, and allows fans to trade NFTs on its marketplace. Since launching in 2021, the company's focus has primarily been on baseball and other sports, but it has since expanded into other franchises with the addition of Netflix's Stranger Things Line.
The company was launched by Michael Rubin, the CEO of sports retailer Fanatics (a company valued at over $30 billion), along with Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz and famous entrepreneur and internet personality Gary Vaynerchuk who was an angel investor in the likes of Slack, Venmo, and Uber.
While competition amongst NFT marketplaces is tight, Candy stands out from the crowd given its high profile founding team, business partnerships with the likes of Major League Basketball, Netflix and Getty Images, as well as its rapidly-earned $1.5 billion valuation. There’s been plenty of encouragement with sales too, particularly since the platform debuted its trading marketplace in early 2022. Remarkably, it took just eight hours to surpass $1 million in trade volume.
Following the collapse in the crypto and NFT space in late 2022 it would be expected that Candy might have fared badly, but it has instead announced an extension to its Series A funding round which has attracted significant investment. It intends to use this money to scale the platform and seek out new partnership opportunities with major brands.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jan 2023
$38m
EARLY VC
Oct 2021
$100m
SERIES A
Total funding: $138m
Company benefits
- Competitive salary
- Stock options
- Health coverage
- Unlimited vacation
Company HQ
Midtown South, New York, NY
Leadership
Gary Vaynerchuk
(Board Member)Serial entrepreneur, angel investor, public figure and bestselling author. CEO of VaynerMedia and VaynerNFT, Chairman of VaynerX, and Board Member of fast growth fitness apparel brand Gymshark.
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