Blockchain Engineer

Location: Remote

About Agora

Agora is on a mission to build a more financially inclusive future by making the power and utility of the US Dollar accessible across the globe. AUSD is the first fully collateralized, freely tradable digital dollar that is partner-focused, open, scalable, and dependable: a currency that works, wherever you are. Our goal is to create a more stable and accessible cryptocurrency that empowers individuals and businesses. We leverage cutting-edge technology to deliver secure and efficient financial solutions to our partners around the world.

What we’re building

First and foremost, we’re building an engineering organization dedicated to producing the best. We are building a culture where we work as a team, operate as a unit, and trust each other to produce the best code and culture we can.

Agora’s first product — a fully collateralized, freely tradeable USD stablecoin — is live and growing fast. AUSD competes directly with the heavyweight stables in the market today but will differentiate materially in terms of its value proposition, resource allocation, and go-to-market strategy. The stable’s collateral is managed by VanEck, one of the world’s largest asset managers and ETF issuers (~$80B AUM).

Who you are:

Capable of moving fast while prioritizing code quality and maintainability

Fast-learner: you are proactive and able to pick up new things quickly

Experience architecting applications from scratch

You take extreme pride in building the best

Responsibilities:

Architect, develop and maintain all blockchain related backend services, including real-time data indexing across EVM and non-EVM blockchains

Develop a high-trust high-quality engineering culture

Collaborate closely with our CTO and CEO to directly impact product roadmap

Engage in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding, debugging, and deploying with an emphasis on high quality, scalable code.

Develop and maintain our information processing pipelines. Indexing, storing and accessing custom blockchain information and queries

Develop and maintain a backend worker-queue system to engage in blockchain analytics and monitoring

Hire, Teach, and Mentor junior engineers

Qualifications:

5+ years of backend development

1+ years in blockchain focused development including: writing smart contracts, working on nodes/execution clients, or building systems which heavily interact with nodes/execution clients

Strong expertise in Typescript, Golang, and Rust

Proficiency in both SQL and NoSQL databases, understanding of ACID properties, and knowledge of distributed database architectures

Experience interfacing with Web3 infrastructure including RPCs

Proven experience working on large projects with long-term impact on a single system or team

Experience leading the development of distributed systems

Ability to handle unexpected challenges, perhaps even those that fall outside strict backend development

Must be open to learning new technologies, methodologies, and moving between different tasks

Must be able to articulate complex technical issues to non-technical stakeholders

Bonus Qualifications:

Experience in high security or financial applications, especially payments

How to Apply

Interested candidates are invited to submit their resume and a cover letter to careers@agora.finance

Join Agora and contribute to designing the future of digital finance. We look forward to seeing your creative contributions!

Blockchain Engineer

Blockchain Engineer

About Agora

What we’re building

Who you are:

Responsibilities:

Qualifications:

Bonus Qualifications:

How to Apply

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