Golang / Go Job: Full stack engineer for an ambitious cryptocurrency startup (remote)

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Full stack engineer for an ambitious cryptocurrency startup (remote) at Endian

London, United Kingdom   (Posted May 3 2017)

Job position
Permanent / Freelance - Remote work possible

Job description
We're trying to change the world. Seriously. Everyone says that, but we really mean it. We're going to change how money works by picking up where Bitcoin left off. To do that, we're looking to hire a full-stack software engineering dynamo with form and character. Someone who knows how the web works, who's familiar with Go, TypeScript, Angular 2 and MongoDB (and maybe a bit of node.js). An outstanding individual who dares to use the best tools to achieve things other people consider implausible.

Our web platform is pretty simple: we use an Angular 2 application on the frontend, and we're transitioning our node.js backend to a much more modern Go-based system of microservices. There's also a crypto layer which is a fork of Ethereum. We already have tens of thousands of active users, and we ship code multiple times per week in response to customer support queries.

The ideal person for this job is experienced, self-motivated, reliable and trying to the best all-round person they can be. Aside from that, experience with security engineering, finance, machine learning or facial recognition would be extremely advantageous.

We're going strong, and to take the next step we need you. Our vision is towering, but achievable with you on board.

Skills & requirements
We're a group of people who value self improvement, honesty, humility and curiosity tempered with a healthy skepticism. We like people who do everything to the best of their ability – but accept their limits. The problems we're trying to solve are tough, and no one person has all the answers. But we're excited to try and find solutions, and you should be too.

In terms of technical stuff, we require:

- Great communication. We're a distributed team, but we're also a lean startup.
- Experience working remotely. It takes discipline and grit.
- Some understanding of BDD, or at least TDD.
- At least a couple of years working with web technologies. A good grasp of HTTP, REST, RPC (ideally gRPC), sockets, client/server architectures and so forth is absolutely required.
- A minimum of one year's experience with Go, especially with concurrency patterns and distributed servers. We design clean, well-tested, interface-first code.
- Significant experience with Angular 2, and ideally Ionic 2.
- Some knowledge of MongoDB. It's powerful, but you have to know its weaknesses.
- A good understanding of Git. We love Git Flow like it's our own child.
- Some familiarity with the terminal. We use Docker, as well as things like Makefiles and shell scripts.

It would also be super if you:

- Have ever worked on a financial or other secure application.
- Have experience with any kind of blockchain, ideally Ethereum.
- Have ever worked on or released an Android or iOS app.
- Know something about Firebase.
- Have any background in philosophy or economics.
- Administer Linux boxes for fun and profit.
- Have a torrid love affair with machine learning and genetic algorithms.
- Use Node.js and feel a bit guilty about it.
- Have a deep and abiding love for vim or neovim. There may be a fight if you fall on the Emacs (ie. wrong) side of the tracks.
- Think tmux is just super.

Instructions how to apply

Company website: Endian

Let them know you found the job via http://www.golangprojects.com
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