WHO ARE WE?

IOG, is a technology company focused on blockchain research and development. We are renowned for our scientific approach to blockchain development, emphasizing peer-reviewed research and formal methods to ensure security, scalability, and sustainability.
Our projects include the Cardano blockchain, as well as other products in the areas of decentralized finance (DeFi), governance, and identity management, aiming to advance the capabilities and adoption of blockchain and Web3 technology globally.
We invest in the unknown, applying our curiosity and desire for positive change to everything we do. By fueling creativity, innovation, and progress within our teams, our products and services are designed for people to be fearless, to be changemakers.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE (OPTIONAL)

• Knowledge of blockchain and DeFi applications, specifically Cardano
• Experience with finance applications
• Experience using nix

As a Senior Software Engineer, you are responsible for improving how IOG builds and maintains software, alongside actively contributing to product development, including the quality of engineering practices within a team.

You will work across teams to identify cross-team improvements by (for example) sharing code, removing complexity or implementing new practices. As a senior member of the team you are expected to mentor and grow other software engineers and act as a go-to person within the team and the wider organisation across multiple codebases and languages.

• Advocates for and models great quality with proactive actions, and tackles difficult and subtle system issues
• Uses systematic debugging to diagnose all issues within a set of related domains and leads in fostering a culture of observability and monitoring across several teams
• Regularly works across teams to build a culture for iterative, autonomous development and future scaling.
• Is a technical and prioritisation leader across a set of related team’s domains, consistently pushing boundaries and exploring gaps in understanding.
• Is a go-to within the team and the wider organisation across multiple codebases and languages.
• Be proactive and require minimal supervision or mentoring to complete tasks
• Review specifications produced by architects and formal methods specialists
• Lead the design of components and their interactions
• Be available for emergency fixing of severity 1 issues on deployed products
• Integrate software components and third-party libraries
• Verify and deploy programs and systems
• Write documentation for the code
• Write technical user manuals
• Be knowledgeable of distributed and concurrent computation
• Be knowledgeable of the basics of cryptography
• Implement new features of the stablecoin protocol and additional products
• Design and implement testing strategies for stablecoin and other products
• Synchronize with the technical manager to validate the roadmap
• Identify opportunities for improving productivity and robustness through refactorings / adoption of industry best practices
• Translate specifications into concrete designs, considering architectural design and security aspects
• Pair program with other team members, aiming to collaborate and educate
• Liaise with operations and UI teams to ensure that all aspects of product quality are considered
• Occasionally work on prototypes to try out new features in an experimental setting
• Estimate & prioritize work items and break them down into smaller tasks