As the preferred choice for developers creating the next wave of distributed finance (DeFi) and distributed applications (DApps), we have forged a dependable, secure, and composable smart contract infrastructure. We are seeking a talented Product Engineer to join our team in shaping the economy of the future.

About the Role

As a Product Engineer at Agoric, you will play a critical role in designing and expanding a platform that offers unique security and ease in programming smart contracts within the blockchain ecosystem. You will make high-level design choices, oversee technical standards, and innovate in a rich ecosystem of contracts. You will work with a team of world-class computer security and programming language developers, cryptographers, economists, business leaders, and community builders, all dedicated to making decentralized smart contracts an everyday reality.

What you will be doing

• Design and develop new features and capabilities in our platform, maximizing performance, scalability, and security
• Build reusable APIs and libraries for use by developers in our community
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders on all parts of the stack
• Provide technical input on planning, design, and requirements-gathering for features to be implemented
• Participate in team code reviews with fellow engineers, with a keen eye towards information security concerns
• Understand the trends within the company and in the blockchain smart contract landscape. Offer ideas and collaborative solutions to others at Agoric and in the ecosystem.
• Participate in open source development on shared resources with external development teams
• Identify improvement areas within the system and work to implement the same

What we look for in you

• 7+ years of back-end software development
• Have worked on distributed systems (the larger the scale the better)
• Systems design experience
• BA, BS, MS, PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or other relevant discipline
• Comfortable collaborating with peers in engineering, and other cross-functional teams in marketing and product management

Nice to haves

• Demonstrated interest in blockchain technology and smart contracts
• Have previous experience at a fast-paced, high growth stage internet/software company
• Contributed to open-source projects
• Background in applied economics, legal, financial contracts
• COMP: $175,000 - $225,000 base salary.

Agoric is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Agoric does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal law.