Golang / Go Job: Senior Software Engineer (Go, blockchain)

Senior Software Engineer (Go, blockchain) at Swarm

Remote › 🇪🇺 100% remote position (in European timezone)   (Posted Sep 12 2023)

Job description
Swarm is a system of peer-to-peer networked nodes for a decentralised storage and communication service.

Swarm could shape the future towards a self-sovereign global society and permissionless open markets. On Swarm, applications run autonomously yet securely in a planetary-scale deployment and execution environment.

Bee is a Swarm client implemented in Go. It’s the basic building block for the Swarm Network.

Bee provides low level constructs for file storage, feeds, key-value stores and untraceable communication, through solid, well-tested code delivered in an agile manner.

Key technologies are Go, libp2p, protobuf, leveldb, and go-ethereum, as well as various cryptographic libraries.

Your role:

Take architectural decisions for our p2p distributed network
Suggest improvement solutions for our codebase and the testing process
Development of the reference Swarm implementation in Go aka Bee
Developing domain-specific knowledge and expertise in the Swarm incentive layer implementation
Bringing code up to spec
Delivering well-tested code
Conducting thorough code reviews to your peers

Your profile:

You have 5+ years of experience in a similar position & at least 3 years with GoLang
You have experience in working on large-scale distributed systems
Familiarity with infrastructure tools (we use k8s, helm)
You follow SOLID principles
You like to work in a fast paced environment
Strong sense of ownership and responsibility
You manage your own time effectively and respect time constraints
You like to work remotely
You are available around the CET timezone
You can express yourself fluently in English, both verbally and in writing

We appreciate:

You have a solid grasp of blockchain principles and application design considerations
Experience with libp2p
You are familiar with go-ethereum
Acquaintance with cryptographic concepts
Knowledge of monitoring tools (we use Grafana, Prometheus, Jaeger and OpenTracing)
Knowledge of Solidity
A passionate open-source contributor

We offer/Team perks:

An open, flat and transparent work environment
100% remote friendly
Flexible working hours
We care about our swarm: Incentives through BZZ, our token

Apply now!