About the company Tendermint is building state-of-the-art consensus and networking protocols to enable internet-scale distributed applications. We’re passionate, self-driven, industry leaders whose mission is to build a better, freer internet. We're also building the Cosmos Network, a decentralized network of independent parallel blockchains, each powered by classical BFT consensus algorithms like Tendermint Core. We believe the technology we're building will have a major impact on human beings around the world. We’re well funded and growing quickly.
Salary
100000
Job description
About us:
Tendermint is building state-of-the-art consensus and networking protocols to enable internet-scale distributed applications. We’re passionate, self-driven, industry leaders whose mission is to build a better, freer internet. We're also building the Cosmos Network, a decentralized network of independent parallel blockchains, each powered by classical BFT consensus algorithms like Tendermint Core. We believe the technology we're building will have a major impact on human beings around the world. We’re well funded and growing quickly.
How we work:
Our teams leverage agile methodologies to move quickly and stay focused. Most of us work out of our offices in San Francisco, Berkeley, Toronto, and Berlin, but some of our employees work remotely. Communication is important to us and we rely heavily on Slack, Zoom, and GitHub to help us stay in sync. Everything we build is open source and available on GitHub.
This is a full time position and can be located in either of our offices, or 100% remote.
What you will be doing:
-Improve the SDK codebase by committing dry, well tested code
-Work with the SDK team to triage tickets and move the project forward
-Optimize the SDK to make development on platform best-in-class
-Research, design, and implement improvements to the Cosmos SDK
- Review pull requests and provide valuable feedback to members of the team and open source contributors
We're looking for someone who has:
-At least 4 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
-Experience working in an agile development environment
-The ability to take ownership and see initiatives through
-Exceptional communication skills
-Experience working with distributed teams
Nice to have:
-Knowledge of fault tolerant consensus protocols like PBFT or Raft
-Experience with IBC
-Familiarity with open source P2P networking protocols like BitTorrent, Kademlia, etc
Applying:
-If you create a PR that gets approved and merged to one of our repos you're guaranteed an interview
What we offer:
-The opportunity to be part of building the future of the Internet
-Flexible work schedule
-Excellent benefits like educational budget, fitness and wellbeing spend
-At least 4 weeks of paid vacation
- Competitive salary package, including equity
