Lead Backend Engineer, Helio
Web 3.0 payments API
Open for applications
Web 3.0 payments API
1-20 employees
Open for applications
1-20 employees
Company mission
To make accepting crypto payments effortless for merchants and apps worldwide.
Role
Who you are
- Technical knowledge is critical but we are a startup treading in uncharted territory so attitude is even more important
- We’re looking for people that like uncertainty and want to figure out how to do things that haven’t been done before
- You’re a true team player and inherently positive. Where others see problems, you see solutions
- Ou will have a passion for Web3 technologies including NFTs and all things blockchain
- Leadership skills
- +5 years of software engineering experience in backend teams using primarily Node.js and TypeScript for rapid development and deployment
- Blockchain development and deployment using Solidity/Rust and Bitcoin experience with proven live audited code and contracts
- Natural ability to write clean and elegant code, whilst being diligent and pragmatic in equal measure
- Experience working with large scale systems serving 100,000s of customers. Fintech experience a plus
- Experience utilising all the latest CI/CD, APIs, Security, Collaborative IDEs on public cloud platforms
- Experience in Kubernetes, containers, deployment pipelines, A/B testing, Blue/Green principles to prove what you’ve built
- A passion for automation and defining everything via CaC to drive platform consistency
- Exceptional query skills and ability to build data models. Predominantly NoSQL
- Ability to troubleshoot and investigate complex issues across systems
- Desire to build, maintain and improve anything you work on with a high level of ownership
- Above all this, we are looking for engineers that want to do the best they can, learn, improve, grow, lead, help others and add value every single day for yourself, your teammates and for Helio
What the job involves
- You will help build and architect the foundation of the Helio software platform which all other systems will flow from and interact with
- You will use all your previous experiences, skills and initiative to get things right from inception - which is to a naturally high standard of code, logic and engineering prowess in general
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Web 3.0 technology has the potential to transform the way payments are made, by allowing money to be exchanged without intermediaries – simply, quickly, and anonymously – but it remains a confusing and fringe notion for most. Helio is building a platform to bring Web 3.0 to the forefront of online payment, with the ultimate goal of driving payment costs to zero.
Helio, built by an experienced team and launched in 2022, was created to tackle the archaic and expensive payments market which the company says is built on a flawed incentive structure. It can be embedded into websites or apps by using its API and libraries but, importantly, it can also be used to make no-code Web 3.0 payments, by users connecting their Solana wallet. Transactions are low cost, operate at Visa-scale speed, and are carbon neutral.
Since its launch, Helio has been tested by thousands of projects and users, and processes close to a million dollars in transactions weekly. The company is investing in growing its sales and marketing teams in an effort to expand its partnerships with other platforms and marketplaces.
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Apr 2023
$3.3m
SEED
Total funding: $3.3m
Company benefits
- Equity stake by joining the project as one of the first engineers
- Flexible work environment and autonomy over how you work
Company HQ
Holborn, London, UK
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Leadership
Stijn Paumen
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Wandera. Previously Director of Business Development at ScanSafe. Experience as a Project Manager.
Jim Walker
(Co-Founder & CTO)Co-founder and former CIO of Wandera. Co-founder and former Operations Director at Cisco Systems. Previously a Service Delivery & Operations Manager for beeb.com, for the BBC.
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