Senior Golang Engineer, Volume

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Go
Senior level
Remote in Canada, EU, UK, US

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Volume

Building decentralized security

Open for applications

Volume

Building decentralized security

1-20 employees

FintechB2BArtificial IntelligenceSaaSBlockchainWeb 3.0

Open for applications

Salary not provided
Go
Senior level
Remote in Canada, EU, UK, US

More information about location

1-20 employees

FintechB2BArtificial IntelligenceSaaSBlockchainWeb 3.0

Company mission

To deliver a new approach for Web 3.0 users that want decentralized computation and storage to manage private keys, that promises 100% uptime at the lowest cost.

Role

Who you are

  • A minimum of 5 (FIVE) years working with Go in production, as well as solid experience in some other programming languages
  • A degree in Computer Science required
  • Able to meet deadlines and deliverables
  • You enjoy learning and digging into open-source code, committing on other projects
  • You can organize yourself well and can work in an agile manner
  • You enjoy a healthy balance between working autonomously and collaborating closely with peers through pairing sessions and architecture design meetings
  • You enjoy analyzing solutions and can participate in defining a good architecture
  • Good written communication in English is essential
  • Previous experience working remotely and/or leading teams is a plus
  • Previous experience maintaining open-source software (particularly libraries and/or frameworks), a plus
  • Previous experience working with the Cosmos SDK or related technologies, a plus
  • You are passionate about blockchain, have used DeFi dApps, and believe in the opportunity of decentralization and blockchains to change how the financial world works today
  • You thrive in a startup environment and feel the best working in a small, cross-functional team where you can roll up your sleeves and be hands-on
  • You have an interest in working in a self-organizing environment and bring creativity to start your own initiatives within the Cosmos Blockchain ecosystem

What the job involves

  • As a Senior Golang Engineer on our Engineering team, you will have a chance to lead engineering work across the full spectrum of our protocol architecture that is built around the Cosmos-SDK, built in Golang, Rust, and Solidity
  • Our software empowers validators to secure the Paloma Blockchain Protocol which aims to be the fastest, safest, decentralized messaging protocol
  • As an early employee, you will be a critical part of our core team and have a significant influence over the direction of the company
  • Participating in and driving technical specifications, design, architecture, and implementation for new features on the Cosmos SDK
  • Writing reusable libraries and custom logic for blockchain state machines and ensuring solid test coverage
  • Participating in code reviews
  • Minimizing tech debt while strategically pushing for progress with new features
  • Help scale the team and create our engineering culture
  • Participation and leading coordination for one or more of the SDK’s architecture working groups

Our take

Volume is a company that supplies private key management software to enable users to employ the blockchain to control and secure their private keys. Self-proclaimed as software "for the rest of us", the company's offerings are both affordable and scalable - making it easier for anyone to create and deploy profitable DeFi strategies.

The company's suite of offerings includes Paloma Swap, that allows secure, schedules transactions to be made with MEV protection; as well as Paloma Bot, that supplies AI-enabled algorithmic trading for professionals. It is supported by investors such as Solana, TRGC, Alameda Research, Curve and Dancing Bananas Ventures, and has been investing in expanding its suite and further developing the business.

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Company

Funding (1 round)

Jun 2022

$3.5m

SEED

Total funding: $3.5m

Company benefits

  • Parental leave
  • Retirment contribution
  • Unlimited time off
  • Remote options
  • Platinum-level health, dental and vision coverage for you and your family 🇺🇸

Company HQ

Downtown Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Leadership

Taariq Lewis

(Founder)

Previously founded a number of crypto and finance related companies, including Bitcoin Business, Aquila Services, Promise Software, and UniFi DAO.

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