Web3 Software Engineer

The employer is an early stage Crypto startup developing a toolchain for shared, just-in-time applications that gives independent developers freedom to build powerful shared apps. It is an interoperable, low cost, quick to build, easy to manage, copilot-friendly and platform independent platform.

Missions:

Your role will be to ship code, iterate with customers, and join us in prototyping next-gen products and protocols.

This role could grow into an leading research role, senior architect role or engineering executive role as Tonk grows.

Core responsibilities include:

• Implementing cutting-edge cryptographic systems across diverse tech environments.
• Designing and architecting protocols.
• Secure and efficient smart contract development.
• Frontend development.

Requirements

• Agility to touch all parts of the stack, from frontend to database and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with applied cryptography, including hash functions, encryption schemes, proof schemes, etc, as well as the mathematical education to back it up.
• Expertise in designing and deploying distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of relevant protocols and the general landscape of blockchain infrastructure.
• Expertise deploying smart contracts to mainnet.
• Prior work on software dev infra and tooling.
• You have a personal portfolio site and/or active Github with active projects and links to projects to show.
• Ideally you have experience in web technologies, distributed systems, cryptography.
• Ideally you have worked on a notable product / project.
• Ideally you have contributed to FOSS.
• Ideally you have worked on a startup as founding engineer.

Contract: Permanent

Location: London (full time on site office)

Salary: 70 to 130k USD

Benefits: Competitive salary + equity + token rights + Paid travel + personal wellness budget + Generous equipment budget + 20 days PTO on top of 8 UK bank holidays + Private health & dental insurance

Recruitment process: HR Call + CTO Interview + Technical Interview

• Agility to touch all parts of the stack, from frontend to database and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with applied cryptography, including hash functions, encryption schemes, proof schemes, etc, as well as the mathematical education to back it up.
• Expertise in designing and deploying distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of relevant protocols and the general landscape of blockchain infrastructure.
• Expertise deploying smart contracts to mainnet.
• Prior work on software dev infra and tooling.
• You have a personal portfolio site and/or active Github with active projects and links to projects to show.
• Ideally you have experience in web technologies, distributed systems, cryptography.
• Ideally you have worked on a notable product / project.
• Ideally you have contributed to FOSS.
• Ideally you have worked on a startup as founding engineer.