Senior Backend Engineer, Risk Labs

$100-200k

Plus token options. Your token allocation can grow with your voting rewards while you participate in the growing ecosystem

React

TypeScript

Node.js

Solidity

Mid and Senior level

Remote in US

Building decentralized financial systems

Open for applications

Building decentralized financial systems

1-20 employees

FintechB2CB2BCryptocurrencyFinancial ServicesBlockchainWeb 3.0

Open for applications

$100-200k

Plus token options. Your token allocation can grow with your voting rewards while you participate in the growing ecosystem

React

TypeScript

Node.js

Solidity

Mid and Senior level

Remote in US

1-20 employees

FintechB2CB2BCryptocurrencyFinancial ServicesBlockchainWeb 3.0

Company mission

To make global markets universally fair, accessible, secure and decentralized.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

3+ years full-time experience in Engineering at a software or financial services technology organization
3+ blockchain-based projects with bot infrastructure experience
Demonstrated ability to learn new tech and write secure and high quality code
Passion for blockchain technology, cryptonomic protocol design, game theory, and decentralized finance
You’re a person who loves optimizing and building at the intersection of technology, finance, and data

What the job involves

We’re looking for a Sr. Backend Engineer to join the Across protocol team. You’d be working alongside top tier engineering talent, world class data driven decision making, and a team motivated to be an integral (read- winning bridge) for the exciting interoperable future that we’re racing towards!
Bots: write off-chain code to interact with smart contracts. Bot systems should have a high degree of correctness, efficiency, and antifragility. If you enjoy writing trading, arbitrage, or MEV bots, this role is for you. Expertise and passion here are required!
Protocol Architecture: Research and develop protocol upgrades and new financial concepts. Across is always changing, and you will be asked to help evolve Across to encompass new use cases, technologies, and expand to more environments.
Code Review and Mentorship: Write code in a highly collaborative open source ecosystem. In depth reviews of others’ contributions is expected with a focus on helping others grow their technical expertise.

Our take

Risk Labs is the foundation and core team behind UMA, Across. The company has set out to build a decentralized blockchain ecosystem, rooted in verifiable truth and transparency, making crypto more usable, accessible, and efficient. UMA was one of the earliest protocols to emerge within the decentralized finance sector and it (along with Across) is supported by the second biggest crypto network, Ethereum.

While Risk Labs itself has not raised funding since 2018, efforts have been made to raise capital for its other entities. These rounds have been very successful, such as Across' $10M raise in late 2022. It’s significant that well-known early-stage VC Two Sigma Ventures has invested in the entire umbrella of companies.

The company has nearly tripled in size since 2020, and remains focused on hiring as it is set to roll out new product launches and upgrades to its projects (such as UMA 2.0).

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

33% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (1 round)

Sep 2018

$4m

EARLY VC

Total funding: $4m

Company benefits

Flexible Working Environment
Unlimited PTO
Family Care Leave
Yearly Team Off-Site
Training & Development

Company values

We value each individual's right to economic freedom
We value openness, honesty and directness
We value integrity
We value iterative learning
We value taking smart risks

Articles

Risk Labs Vision For The UMA DAO

Hiring Top Crypto Talent Can Be Difficult, But It Doesn’t Have To Be

UMA 2.0 Is Coming

Across Protocol Received A Strategic Investment Of US$10 Million

Leadership

Hart Lambur

(Director)

Co-founder of UMA. Founder & former CEO of Openfolio. Previously worked in Investment Rate Trading for Goldman Sachs.

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