Software Engineer, R3
Enterprise blockchain technology
Open for applications
Enterprise blockchain technology
201-500 employees
Open for applications
201-500 employees
Company mission
R3's mission is to help companies realize the power of digital trust and accelerate the decentralization and digitization of financial services and other regulated markets.
Role
Who you are
- Maintains a positive, can do, cheerful attitude
- Self sufficient software engineer with distributed system design skills
- Strong understanding of computer science and engineering principles, obtained through academic study and professional experience
- Strong experience in Java (or Kotlin), with an eagerness to learn Kotlin. JVM knowledge, (garbage collection tuning, performance and memory profiling), and/or familiarity with the Java ecosystem is a bonus
- Able to work equally well as part of a team or individually
- Typically 2+ years of extensive commercial experience. Interacts with cross functional teams to take open requirements to a working production system
- Has a delivery focused attitude
- Motivated by solving obscure problems
- Experience investigating issues with applications running in production
- Experience debugging, reproducing or theorising edge cases that might be reported by Quality Assurance testers or customers
- Writes code that is simple, elegant and fit for the long term
- Able to articulate complex concepts
- Thinks in the long term when engineering solutions
- Blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technology experience not necessary but an eagerness to learn is
- Message Broker, Message Queueing or similar experience beneficial
- Relational database and public key infrastructure experience beneficial
What the job involves
- We are looking for experienced software engineers to join the team working on the Corda 4 platform. Corda 4 is our distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform, in production at customer sites
- You will be working on the design and implementation of new features for the Corda 4 platform, these features are driven by customer need. You will be involved in design discussions and will contribute to the design and implementation of the features. You will also be resolving issues found in the platform
- The role:
- Discuss, design and implement features for the Corda 4 platform using Kotlin
- Investigate and resolve issues with elegant solutions that stand the test of time
- Provide ad hoc support when required to our support team in the investigation of potential issues
- Support other departments in r3 where engineering assistance is required
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Digital collaboration and cross-border payments are vital for markets such as banking and insurance, but enabling collaboration safely and securely isn’t easy. R3 solves this problem with its confidential blockchain technology.
R3 was one of the first companies to deliver distributed ledger technology, which allows organizations to collaborate confidentially. Since its launch, the company has built an impressive user base, connecting hundreds of enterprise-level institutions. R3’s enterprise blockchain Corda has seen particularly widespread adoption among some of the world’s biggest companies, including Microsoft and Intel. This is testament to R3’s ability to align efficient, confidential collaboration.
R3 has continued to innovate and expand, with moves such as acquiring tokenization platform Ivno, partnering with Mastercard and Wethaq, and expanding its Venture Development program. With the increasing popularity of decentralized, digitized finance, atop a long list of prominent and successful use cases, R3 is positioned well to consolidate their success in the years ahead.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
25% female employees
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Oct 2022
$48.7m
LATE VC
May 2018
$5m
LATE VC
Total funding: $160.7m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
- Volunteer days off & charity matching
- Paid learning leave
- Free access to resources like Udemy and Blinkist
- Parental and adoption leave
- Access to the Unmind platform
Company values
- Customers first - Customer success is paramount. We build strong relationships and strive to create the best possible experience for them.
- Collaborative - We bring together all parts of the ecosystem and give our customers the tools and environment to work together to change their industries.
- Bold - We have the agility of a small company, but the confidence and ambition of the industry-defining trailblazer we aspire to become.
- Ownership - We demand excellence and take pride in our products and services.
Company HQ
Barbican, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
David Rutter
(CEO)Previously the CEO of ICAP's Electronic Broking business, and Founder of LiquidityEdge.
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