Blockchain Engineer

Location:
Singapore

Job Type:
On-site, Full-time

What You Will Be Doing –

• Design, code, test, deploy, maintain, and improve performance-critical backend software up and down the blockchain technology stack:
  from P2P networking, to consensus libraries, to smart contract executors.
  
• Read research papers presenting cutting-edge developments in distributed systems and cryptography, and then work on applying these new insights into new and existing production systems.
  
• Contribute to a variety of open-source projects:
  not only those initiated by ParallelChain Lab.
  
• Create high quality, easy-to-understand written assets for developers to build on our platforms.
  
• Ensure proper documentation and knowledge transfer.
  
• Review your peers' work.
  

Qualifications –

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related fields, or knowledge equivalent to that covered in a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  
• Fresh graduates, as well as engineers with non-typical education backgrounds are welcome:
  we recognise that a lot of amazing programmers are self-taught!
  
• Applicants with 5+ years experience or holding a Ph.D degree will be considered for the role of Senior Staff Engineer.
  
• An aptitude for writing fault-tolerant, performant, distributed systems.
  
• A working understanding of the most commonly-used cryptographic primitives, e.G., symmetric encryption, public key crypto systems, MACs, hashes and digital signatures.
  
• A correct model of how operating systems work. “Schedules”, "
  System calls"
  , "
  Swapping"
  , "
  Paging"
  should be familiar vocabulary to you.
  
• Desired skills:
  programming languages and/or discrete mathematics.
  

Work Environment &
Benefits –

• International team, with English as the main communication language.
  
• Medical insurance with dental coverage.
  
• Marriage leaves, compassionate leaves, etc.
  
• Employee stock options &
  token allocation (performance-based).