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10 of 10 Senior Jobs in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦 paying at least 50,000 USD per year • Sort by Date
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Senior Backend Developer
Real Matters
Toronto, Canada
C$80,000 to C$120,000 a year
December 2020
2 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old

Job Description

Position Description

The fast paced and exciting technology division of Real Matters’ is looking for an innovative, talented Senior Backend Developer to work with our team on our cloud-based technology platform. You will work with a world class technology team and be responsible for the development of web applications using the latest JS frameworks, to serve our customers with the best possible user experience and empower them to take advantage of our unique services.

You are the kind of person who is seeking a position that is focused, creative, dynamic and bent on finding the best solution to the problem at hand. The successful candidate will function in a multi-faceted role that offers the opportunity for career growth, intellectual stimulation, creative problem solving, and the opportunity of working on great stuff.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with internal business units to understand business goals & objectives
  • Mentor and build relationships with team members
  • Provide task estimates adjusted for complexity schedules and engineer skill levels
  • Works with the team to break out stories and assigns to team members
  • Defines quality software solutions mindful of performance, scalability and re-usability, in concert with our Enterprise Architect
  • Establish best practices and an architectural roadmap, working closely with our Enterprise Architect & Engineering Leads
  • Investigate and resolve system issues
  • Monitors progress, identifying potential impediments and bottlenecks; steering the course so commitments are met and projects remain on track

Our Technology Stack

  • Java and GoLang on the Backend
  • ReactJS on the front end
  • MySQL and Couchbase as our datastore
  • Legacy monolith with JSF

Skills and Expertise Required

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience working on backend applications. Preferably using Java 8+ or GoLang.
  • Experience working with distributed systems and micro services.
  • Proficient with RESTful APIs and understanding HTTP request methods and response status codes and when to apply them.
  • Solid understanding of good code architecture, design and testing best practices.
  • Understand the value of documentation and design then code approach.
  • Some development experience with front-end applications is an asset.
  • University Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent knowledge/experience
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills

About Real Matters

Real Matters, one of North America’s fastest-growing and most innovative technology companies, has a proprietary, cloud-based real estate technology platform and network of more than 100,000 qualified independent field agents. The company optimizes the management of critical, regulated real-estate processes such as appraisals, insurance inspections, title search and mortgage closings. Real Matters serves the North American mortgage industry through Solidifi, Linear Title & Closing, and Southwest Financial Services, and the property and casualty insurance industry through iv3CUS. Solidifi is a leading independent provider of residential real estate appraisals to the mortgage market and Linear is a top-five independent provider of title and mortgage closing services in America. The company’s customers include 60 of the top 100 lenders and some of the largest insurance companies in America. Established in 2004, Real Matters has offices in Buffalo (NY), Cincinnati (OH), and Middletown (RI), and Markham (ON).

For more information, visit www.realmatters.com.


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Senior Full Stack Developer
Ample Organics
Toronto, Canada
$80,000 to $110,000 a year
October 2018
1 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available

Job Description

Our rapidly growing team is looking for a full-time Senior Front End/Full Stack Developer to work in our Toronto office. Our ideal candidate is a design focused developer who loves to create an elegant and functional product experience.

About Us

Ample Organics is Canada’s most trusted technology provider for Licensed Producers. A complete ecosystem for cannabis businesses, our platform was designed for government regulations and makes compliance easy by tracking individual plants and reporting every detail of the growth, production, and sales processes. We are seeking courageous and intelligent people to join our team of trailblazers.

Responsibilities

  • Work in Agile teams to design, build, and maintain the front and back end of our core SaaS product
  • Work with product and design teams to refine requirements, while also participating in the maintenance of a Vue.js component library used across applications
  • Develop and maintain reliable, scalable, well-tested code
  • Participate in the resolution of support issues and feature requests
  • Collaborate and share knowledge with other team members
  • Write unit and automation tests

Tools and tech the team is using:

  • Our front end stack is being modernized with: ** Our open-sourced Vue.js component library ** Scalable, elegant, well-tested Vue applications built with Vuex, Axios, Webpack, Karma and Nightwatch.js ** Ruby on Rails, GoLang, PostgreSQL, and AWS on the backend

  • A collaborative code review process on Github, including our documented Git Flow

  • Our front-end, full-stack, back-end, and devops team members work closely together to build our products holistically in an Agile (Scrum) methodology ** This includes working with our Agile Coach, Technical Writers, and other teams to write kick-ass documentation

  • Motorized sit/stand desks

  • macOS or Ubuntu development environment, it’s up to you!

Ample’s Offer

We are offering competitive compensation that includes: benefits, professional development, and the potential to earn options in a quickly developing company. If daily challenges and helping to define a global industry sound exciting, this is the career you’ve been looking for.

If your experience is really close to what is outlined above, please consider applying. Experience is key, however enthusiasm, determination, and grit go a long way. We are looking for a true product champion, which comes in many forms. We encourage everyone interested to apply. Ample Organics is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Backend Developer (Go)
Horizon Blockchain Games
Toronto, Canada
C$200,000 to C$250,000 a year
July 2022
3 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old

Job Description

At Horizon, we’re building a New Dimension where Internet economies are fun, accessible, and for the benefit of all participants.

We have two amazing products to make this real:

Sequence, which consists of i) the first user-friendly smart wallet for crypto, NFTs, Web3 + the metaverse, and ii) a developer platform to make building Web3 applications easy on Ethereum and other EVM chains.

And Skyweaver, a digital trading card game—powered by Sequence—where players can win, own, trade and sell their NFT game items.

Sequence is poised to drive Web3 adoption on a massive scale by making blockchain easy, fun and powerful for users and developers. And, Skyweaver is a groundbreaking video game with an unprecedented player-owned economy, novel gameplay, and an already fervent community.

While the challenge is hard, we find it incredibly fun. And, we have the ingredients to make it happen: a well-capitalized company with some of the best investors in the world (Reddit co-founder, Coinbase, Initialized, and more), an amazing team of leaders in the blockchain space, engineers who have built widely popular open source, a former top McKinsey strategy consultant, gaming industry veterans, and founders who have built and sold successful companies. You'll get to work with and learn from them all. Learn more at https://horizon.io/

About the Role

We're looking for someone with experience architecting, writing, testing and shipping production-quality code in Go, with a background in Ethereum development. You are rigourous and have a refined eye for simple arhitecture and clean code, and you are able to balance tradeoffs inherent in all design decisions.

You enjoy building scalable, fault-tolerant systems. You understand the meaning of value and delivering products that achieve business outcomes while laying the foundation of great tech that affects our entire org, and is impactful. This matters to you.

As a senior engineer, you have a deep understanding of designing robust, well-designed code with thoughtful architecture. You can drive and self-direct major areas of our stack. While not a strict requirement, you are comfortable working with and guiding more intermediate and junior engineers when needed.

Given our size, self-driven, and open-minded engineers will thrive best in this role. While small, you'll be working alongside some of the best engineers, and open-source contributors—and a company dedicated to your success. You will learn a lot.

Responsibilities:

-Architect, develop, and implement the infrastructure, and infrastructure stack of Skyweaver and Sequence -Design and implement services that are scalable, and fault-tolerant -Build services that interface with the Ethereum blockchain -Contribute to open source works in the Sequence stack -Extend and evolve our toolchain, to run our stack effectively -Design architectural foundations that are robust and sound, so that future engineers can build on your work with ease and speed

Requirements:

-5+ years shipping production-grade code in Go -Experience and knowledge of the Ethereum blockchain, its tooling and ecosystem -Knowledge of distributed systems design -Experience with data systems, both in their design and practical use -Experience with one of the major cloud providers, AWS, GCP, Azure, etc. -Growth mindset. You love to learn, and actively search out new material and technologies

Why Horizon?

· A chance to deliver massive impact at a small and quickly growing company · Competitive salary and equity package · Accelerate your career by joining at the early stages · Be part of defining Web3, the next generation of the Internet, and creating symbiotic economies where both users and creators share in the value generated by networks · Work with an outstanding team made of wonderful people who have built and sold successful companies, launched amazing products, and have rich experience in infrastructure, architecture, blockchain, games, finance, investing, strategy, consulting, design, marketing, community, and more. · Work life balance unlike the “crunch” culture you find at larger studios · New PC, and generous allowance for work-from-home setup · Health, vision and dental benefits for Canadian employees · We’re conscious about mental health and have modern vacation policies · We invest in everyone’s personal development and subsidize courses, books, and conferences, so you never stop learning · Work on hard, big, meaningful problems that can shift markets · Learn more about our values and the traits we embody at https://careers.horizon.io/

We are committed to diversity and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, genders and faiths. While we're building incredible products, we also want to add to our wonderful team and company. The best way to do that is to attract talented folks from all areas and to have their experiences inform their work.


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Sr. Software Engineer
KOHO
Toronto, Canada
$100,000 to $140,000 a year
July 2019
3 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available

Job Description

About the Role:

Our tech team is made up of creative problem solvers who think differently and believe in the impossible. The team is actively trying to change financial services in Canada, and we’re looking for sharp and interesting people to join us.

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team in Toronto. If you’re a creative problem solver who looks at the big picture and follows an idea from start to finish, then we’d love to hear from you. Our ideal candidate can toggle between dev, dev-ops, and database like a boss. He or she brings experience and curiosity to every problem.

We’re changing the way Canadians think and feel about their money, and we want a creative software engineer to help us realize that vision. We value potential as much as we value experience, so if you think you’d be a great fit we want to hear from you.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Ability to work with a small, tight-knit team of expert software engineers • 5 years experience or more  • Ability to work independently on a specific branch or task while communicating with the rest of the team to see the larger picture  • Bring great ideas to the design room; understand the business and product concepts and turn these into amazing system concepts that will endure the test of time  • You are a technology polyglot and learn new languages and frameworks in a snap  • Front end as well as back end experience  • Understanding of native Android as well as iOS development approaches with Java and Swift or Objective-C  • Experience with managing software engineering roadmaps as well as support tickets  • Experience with modern dev ops concepts and approaches, ability to manage code version control, and a knack for communicating effectively as part of a team that builds often and integrated  • Understanding of event-driven application architecture  • Experience with AWS ECS and Cloud Formation  • Experience with docker containers for both development and full lifecycle deployment  • Specific exposure to Golang and Node.js

Joining the (lovely!) KOHO Team:

We invest time and resources into making sure KOHO is as good as the people we hire. Our culture is one of collaboration, creativity, and diverse perspective.

Just some of the reasons to apply:

• Solve an important problem with an exceptional team • Earn equity in a company you believe in • Growth-minded company, including access to a personal coach • Full health and dental coverage • Dog friendly office! • Snacks, beer, and weekly team lunches • Unlimited personal time to give you the flexibility you need!


The Fine Print:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and uniqueness at our company.

KOHO is trusted with highly sensitive information. Upon joining the team, you may be asked to undergo security screening including a criminal record check.

*The KOHO Visa Prepaid card is issued by Peoples Trust Company pursuant to license by Visa Int.


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Tech Lead in Blockchain Consulting
MLG Blockchain
Toronto / Boston / San Francisco, United States / Remote
$60,000 to $140,000 a year
October 2018
4 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available

Job Description

Apply Here: https://mlgblockchain.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=12

Blockchain Tech Lead Position

We are looking for an autonomous and self-motivated senior developer with management expertise to take blockchain projects and teams from start to finish. You will be responsible for specific parts delivering full blockchain projects to clients, and managing tech teams in house and with strategic partners. Managing expectations and helping out whenever necessary will be a must. Strong knowledge of the blockchain industry and previous coding experience is also a must.

MLG Blockchain Consulting is the fastest growing Blockchain consulting agency in Canada. We have grown from 4 to over 50 employees in 6 months, and expect to continue at this pace for the months to come. We work in a decentralized model, allowing you to work from anywhere. The physical HQ is in Toronto, with offices in Montreal and Rotterdam. This is an opportunity to join one of the hottest industries in fintech, and become an expert in the internet 3.0.

To Apply please take the following HackerRank test: https://www.hackerrank.com/tests/3lpe4a8jfqm/5372fcd4588995cbd3a1afb39b19d9be?try_test=true

Type of person we are looking for: You are a systematic leader with previous leadership experience scaling teams You are autonomous and have a growth mentality - willingness and ability to grow teams and manage multiple large scale projects/team at once You have at least 6 years of professional experience architecting and developing multiple large scale applications simultaneously You have extensive knowledge of both front and back-end technologies and development You love high growth start-ups, like to get your hands dirty and have previously developed SaaS products You are a coder at heart and enjoy managing and growing engineering teams You can deal with lots of complexity and enjoy solving challenging problems Experience in decentralized application deployment and maintenance You are a great communicator, know how to motivate others and have an enthusiastic and positive personality You are a hands-on team player with an entrepreneurial spirit Nice to have - You have experience working with a publicly traded company Strong experience with blockchain technology including solidity, hyperledger, truffle, etc Strong experience with backend programming languages such as golang, javascript, python English at a full professional proficiency level Working with technology vendors and handling negotiations Proven track record of leadership in attracting, developing and retaining talented staff who deliver results Experience with Agile a plus Experience with Cloud based infrastructure

For MLG

Build a code repository - Take an increasing amount of projects in house.

For Every ICO or Post-ICO You Work On

Architecting and developing smart contracts Managing smart contract and token sale page security audits Architecting and development of decentralized applications and platforms to implement tokens Scaling development team and writing weekly progress reports

Open Lines Of Communication - Work as the direct and first line of communication between client and MLG.

Help create schedules - Whenever schedules of all the deliverables are built, we will need to build gantt charts and other project management timelines in order to ensure everything is properly delivered on time.

Manage events - From time to time you will have the opportunity to take on events. In these cases you will be responsible for ensuring everything is done correctly for events. You will have the support of the executive team but autonomy is key.

Bi-Weekly Progress Reports - Draft and send bi-weekly progress reports showing the client what has been done and what they should expect. You can use already existing resources as a base for these documents.

Manage large teams - Projects will require you manage timelines that may require involvement from more than one division at a time.

Work with other partners - As we are a turn-key ICO and post-ICO services agency, we have strategic partners that we often work with for specific parts of the project.

Work with freelancers - MLG has many freelancers to turn to for urgent requests like banner creations, writers, designers, assistants, etc. You may have to work with some and should be comfortable delegating easy to replicate tasks.

Stay active in the crypto community - Head out to events to represent your clients and personally post news about clients in select groups, forums, etc.

Work With Other Team Members - Work with team in a decentralized manner via Slack.

We are looking for a motivated individual that knows about the blockchain world and understands how blockchain development works, where to find and how to work with existing open source software, and who has the ability to create and push best practices within the industry.

His/her job will have two main facets. First is related to post-ICOs, taking charge of helping develop the decentralized applications which are powered by the token. Second is related to ICOs, helping to develop the tokensale and crowdsale smart contracts and security audits.

Salary TBD

Blockchain Developer Network - https://t.me/blockchaindevelopernetwork

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Senior Software Engineer, Databases
Tendermint
San Francisco, Berlin, Toronto, Remote
$100,000 to $150,000 a year
October 2018
4 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available

Job Description

We're looking for someone who has: - At least 5 years of software engineering experience with open source contributions. - Experience developing, releasing, and maintaining production software. - Significant experience writing Golang or the ability and desire to become proficient in new languages. - A strong grasp of computer science fundamentals. - Deep understanding of the theory and implementation of database trees on real file systems. - Experience working in an agile development environment. - The ability to take ownership and see initiatives through. - Worked with and mentored junior engineers. - Exceptional communication skills. - Experience working with distributed teams.

What your primary responsibilities will be: - Improve the IAVL codebase by committing DRY, well tested code. - Work with the Cosmos-SDK team to keep the IAVL tree and its proofs well integrated. - Optimize our implementation of the IAVL tree and its proofs. - Research, design, and implement improvements to the IAVL tree, the proofs, and related protocols. - Help formalize the specification of the IAVL tree and proofs and ensure the implementation adheres to the spec. - Develop simulations for testing the behaviour of the IAVL tree under various loads and read/write strategies. - Develop alternatives to the IAVL tree like the Ethereum Patricia Trie that adhere to the same interfaces. - Mentor junior engineers and support the growth and health of the team. - Review pull requests and provide valuable feedback to members of the team and open source contributors.

What we offer: - The opportunity to build the future of the internet. - An exciting role building open source software. - Flexible work schedule. - At least 4 weeks of paid vacation. - Very competitive salary, including equity.

About our application process: Qualified candidates can expect to go through a 4 step interview process. The first interview will be a call to assess cultural fit and to make sure our goals are aligned.

If we think there is a good fit, you'll have a call with one of our project managers to learn more about your skills and attitudes toward teamwork. If it's clear that you'd be a good addition to the team, we’ll ask you to complete a technical task for which you will be compensated.

If your technical task displays a high level of quality and care we will set up a final interview with our CEO or CTO.

The process can take up to 3 weeks.

How to apply: https://goo.gl/forms/jpdRI1wD8pdfoqKl2


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Senior Software Engineer, SDK
Tendermint
Toronto, Canada / San Francisco, United States / Berlin, Germany
$100,000 to $150,000 a year
October 2018
5 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available

Job Description

We're looking for someone who has: - At least 5 years of software engineering experience. - Significant experience writing Golang. - Built an open source framework for software development. - Significant open source software contributions. - Experience working in an agile development environment. - The ability to take ownership and see initiatives through. - Worked with and mentored junior engineers. - Exceptional communication skills. - Experience working with distributed teams.

What your primary responsibilities will be: - Improve the SDK codebase by committing DRY, well tested code. - Work with the SDK team to triage tickets and move the project forward. - Review pull requests and provide valuable feedback to members of the team and open source contributors. - Mentor junior engineers and support the growth and health of the team. - Help with developer adoption by supporting projects using the SDK. - Participate in developer discussion forums and work to improve the usability based on user feedback. - Promote the SDK by publishing blog posts and guides.

What we offer: - The opportunity to build the future of the internet. - An exciting role building open source software. - Flexible work schedule. - At least 4 weeks of paid vacation. - Very competitive salary, including equity.

About our application process:

Qualified candidates can expect to go through a 4 step interview process. The first interview will be a call to assess cultural fit and to make sure our goals are aligned.

If we think there is a good fit, you'll have a call with one of our project managers to learn more about your skills and attitudes toward teamwork. If it's clear that you'd be a good addition to the team, we’ll ask you to complete a technical task for which you will be compensated.

If your technical task displays a high level of quality and care we will set up a final interview with our CEO or CTO.

The process can take up to 3 weeks.

How to apply: To apply, please fill out this form: https://goo.gl/forms/jpdRI1wD8pdfoqKl2


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Senior Software Engineer, Ethermint
Tendermint
San Francisco, Berlin, Toronto
$100,000 to $150,000 a year
October 2018
4 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available

Job Description

WHO YOU ARE: - At least 5 years of programming experience. - Significant experience with Golang. - Extensive understanding of the Ethereum state machine, including the EVM, transaction structures, state mechanics, etc. - Experience with the go-ethereum or parity codebase. - Expertise in blockchain technologies. - Experience working in an agile environment. - The ability to take ownership and see initiatives through. - Worked with and mentored junior engineers. - Exceptional communication skills. - Experience working with distributed teams.

WHERE YOU ARE: - Berlin - San Francisco - Toronto

ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES: - Develop, maintain, and extend Ethermint - the EVM implementation on Tendermint Core - Develop Plasma-style sidechains for Ethereum - Develop Cosmos-Ethereum peg zones - Contribute to go-ethereum to improve its modularity and usability as a library - Help formalize the specification of Ethermint and ensure the implementation adheres to the spec. - Mentor junior engineers and support the growth and health of the team. - Review pull requests and provide valuable feedback to members of the team and open source contributors.

WHAT WE OFFER: - The opportunity to build the future of the internet. - An exciting role building open source software. - Flexible work schedule. - Travel stipend for conferences and in person collaboration. - At least 4 weeks of paid vacation. - Very competitive salary, including equity.

ABOUT OUR APPLICATION PROCESS: Qualified candidates can expect to go through a 4 step interview process. The first interview will be a call to assess cultural fit and to make sure our goals are aligned.

If we think there is a good fit, you'll have a call with one of our project managers to learn more about your skills and attitudes toward teamwork. If it's clear that you'd be a good addition to the team, we’ll ask you to complete a technical task for which you will be compensated.

If your technical task displays a high level of quality and care we will set up a final interview with our CEO or CTO.

The process can take up to 3 weeks.

HOW TO APPLY: To apply, please fill out this form: https://goo.gl/forms/jpdRI1wD8pdfoqKl2


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Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Tendermint
San Francisco, United States / Berlin, Germany / Toronto
$100,000 to $150,000 a year
October 2018
4 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available

Job Description

We're looking for someone who has: - At least 5 years of software engineering experience with open source contributions. - Written structured, high-quality programs and scripts for automation. - Significant experience writing Golang or the ability and desire to become proficient in new languages. - Experience developing, releasing, and maintaining production software and infrastructure tools like Elastic stack, InfluxDB stack, DataDog, PagerDuty, or VictorOps. - Built solutions with a broad set of technologies in and around cloud solutions (AWS EC2, ECS, Route53, DynamoDB, RDS, Lambda, Docker, - Google Container Engine, Kubernetes or Docker Swarm). - Implemented continuous deployment before (Jenkins, CircleCI, Travis, Ansible, Chef, Puppet). - Experience with SDLC tools (Git, GitHub, Atlassian Stash/Bitbucket, GitLab, JIRA). - Experience with QA/SIT tools (Selenium). - Experience in Linux System administration including package management, network management, and security management. - Familiarity with open source P2P networking protocols. - Experience working in an agile development environment. - The ability to take ownership and see initiatives through. - Exceptional communication skills. - Experience working with distributed teams.

What your primary responsibilities will be: - Help scale software systems with automation, in an effort to improve reliability, velocity, and simplicity. - Create, maintain, and improve the tooling for continuous integration and continuous delivery. - Build and maintain tooling for deploying, monitoring, and maintaining clusters of Tendermint nodes on our testnets and mainnets. - Build and maintain tooling to help shorten feedback cycles within teams and projects. - Plan, build, and maintain public facing services in association with business goals. - Build tools to measure and monitor availability, latency and overall system health.

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Senior Systems Engineer
Swish
Toronto, Canada / San Francisco, United States / Remote
$80,000 to $160,000 a year
October 2018
3 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available

Job Description

Swish is a world-class development studio whose teams have delivered products for Google, Microsoft, Kik, Nasdaq, Factset, and other major enterprises. The blockchain engineering team at Swish is looking for talented distributed systems engineers to optimize protocol transaction throughput and network reliability for blockchains in development.

Our mission is to bring the promise of a decentralized blockchain-based future to reality for clients.

As a systems engineer, you will work with our blockchain developers, protocol researchers and clients to implement and improve on a byzantine fault tolerant blockchain architecture based on the Tendermint consensus layer, by increasing the throughput, reliability and stability of the network. This role is ideal for engineers who have experience optimizing performance and robustness of distributed systems, and are excited to be working on the cutting edge of high-performance blockchain protocol development.

You might have experience as an Unix/Linux distributed systems engineer optimizing performance and reliability for large-scale cloud servers, and be relatively new to blockchain and distributed consensus protocols. Or you might be a blockchain engineer who is very familiar with distributed consensus protocols like delegated proof-of-stake, and newer to working on low-level performance optimizations. Experience with Tendermint is a huge plus. Either way, you are a great detective and passionate about pushing the performance of your infrastructure to its limits, without compromising on safety or stability.

We are also looking for: Strong communication skills. Experience with performance and load testing.

You should be motivated by a desire to solve the most important problems, obtain unprecedented results, and push your methods to their maximal performance.

Responsibilities * Optimize Tendermint consensus protocol codebase for speed, reliability and performance, including making PRs as needed to the OSS Tendermint project * Troubleshoot reliability issues of distributed systems, e. g. connection losses between Tendermint nodes under heavy load * Monitor the infrastructure and blockchain performance to identify issues * Measure and improve server response times in different conditions and environments * Guide protocol design decisions

Requirements * 1+ years experience with Golang, C or C++ * 4+ years of experience in a systems engineering role * Deep experience with networking and concurrent computing * Deep experience with Unix/Linux systems * Experience with AWS/GCP * Comfortable operating in dynamic environments

Bonus Points * Background in networking or distributed systems * Familiarity with Cosmos / Tendermint * Proficiency in protocol-level blockchain development * Contribution to open source software * Degree in STEM field, especially software engineering or computer science related. * Experience in small start­up environments helping large enterprises. * Experience with a distributed team

About Swish

Launched in February 2013, Swish is a fast-growing business with an innovative working culture and teams spanned across the world with teams in Toronto, San Francisco, Berlin, Auckland, Bruxelles, Medellin, and more.

We create products for successful business using cutting-edge technologies: Blockchain, Machine Learning, and Apps Dev. Working with Swish puts you in contact with prestigious brands, wherever your base is. We are a 100% remote-work company because we believe it is everyone’s choice to live and work the way they prefer.

Work is organized in sprints  - 2 weeks periods to which, as a member of our talent community, you choose to commit. You always have the choice to accept or decline a sprint, or take-on multiple sprints simultaneously.

We let members choose what suits them best depending on their current situation: family, travel, studies, finance. We know life is not linear and we respect the humans behind the screens.

Our work ethic relies on six core values: Transparency, Directness, Meritocracy, Autonomy, Responsibility, Continuous Learning.

Ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace where we learn from each other is core to our values. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and a fun place to work.

Join the future of work today.


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