Who are we looking for:

We expect all team members to do their life’s best work while they are at pSTAKE Finance Labs. We’re on the lookout for passionate, hungry, motivated, hardcore crypto-native folks who want to win (at life!).

• We want people who want to play long-term games with long-term people.
• We strongly believe in the powers of compounding (money, relationships, expertise).
• We stay humble when things are going well and persistent when things are not going well.
• Ultimately, results matter not just efforts or processes.
• We care for the people we work with. Truly!
• Good vibes!

About the role

pSTAKE Finance is looking for an experienced Rust engineer who knows what it takes to ship high-quality software in production. The ideal candidate takes pride in writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code and is an advocate for best practices, continually looking to learn and to improve.

We are looking for an engineer who can thrive in a remote, fast-paced, innovative startup environment and who isn’t deterred by unknowns or unfamiliar concepts. We expect clear communication, both written and verbal, as well as comfort with challenging and mentoring other engineers to help them achieve their greatest potential.

Roles & Responsibilities

1. Design, build, ship, and maintain production-grade blockchain software
2. Produce and review technical designs and reference documentation
3. Contribute to team planning, estimation, and roadmapping
4. Promote and implement software engineering best practices
5. Coach junior developers
6. Lead code reviews and demonstrations

Basic Qualifications

1. A Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related technical field
2. 3+ years experience as a full-time software developer
3. Strong knowledge of modern software development and testing practices
4. Strong expertise in Rust with prior experience of building applications in Rust
5. Necessary experience in Javascript/typescript
6. Well versed with Github practices and Github CI
7. Experience with CosmWasm or other WASM execution engines
8. Strong knowledge about blockchains and proof of stake
9. Excellent troubleshooting skills

Preferred Qualifications

1. Experience with cloud native application development (k8s, Docker, GH actions, CI/CD)
2. Frontend development and integration experience
3. Knowledge of RPC/websockets, web2js, cosmjs/cosmos-sdk
4. Experience in building DeFi (decentralized finance) dApps
5. Moderate experience with any one of these Postgres, Graphql, and leveldb
6. BONUS: Experience with Liquid Staking
7. BONUS: Experience with Cosmos-SDK / Cosmos IBC tech-stack
8. BONUS: Open Source Contributions, especially within the blockchain space

About The Team

pSTAKE Finance is a team of 20+ highly motivated and skilled individuals working towards a common goal. The team has a total of 4 functions across each product team - Engineering, Design, Marketing, and Business Development. In addition, pSTAKE Finance has a corporate team responsible for Legal, Compliance, Operations and Finance.

We are a fully global team with people coming together from all parts of the world - Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

Members of the pSTAKE Finance Team have been early Cosmos community members. We are now building a premier BTC Liquid Staking solution in collaboration with Babylon.