Staff Software Engineer, CCIP

at  Chainlink Labs

ABOUT US

Chainlink Labs is the primary contributing developer of Chainlink, the decentralized computing platform powering the verifiable web. Chainlink is the industry-standard platform for providing access to real-world data, offchain computation, and secure cross-chain interoperability across any blockchain. Chainlink Labs helps power verifiable applications for banking, DeFi, global trade, and gaming by collaborating with some of the world’s largest financial institutions, notably Swift, DTCC, and ANZ. Chainlink Labs also works with top Web3 teams, including Aave, Compound, GMX, Maker, and Synthetix. Chainlink Labs was ranked in Newsweek’s 100 Most Loved Workplaces 2023 in both the United States and United Kingdom.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Strong interest in blockchain and other Web 3.0 technologies
• Successful experience designing, building and scaling a production service
• Experience owning multi-quarter projects, including planning, work breakdown, communication of progress, dependencies and risk mitigation
• Experience working directly with product, stakeholders, and non-technical partners
• Focused on building great products and willing to learn a range of technologies to do so
• Experience partnering with product to plan and successfully deliver against a year+ long roadmap
• At least 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Expert-level experience with Golang or any other strongly typed programming language
• Experience developing web applications/services and backend APIs
• Experience with building distributed systems and understanding of system design concepts
• Experience with test-driven development and use of testing frameworks
• Experience with observability (setting up data pipelines, alerts, and dashboards)
• Excellent debugging skills with attention to detail and ability to write the scripts as required
• Experience with Solidity (big plus)
• Comfort and/or experience working as a remote employee as a part of a distributed team
• Ability to write and communicate effectively
• Preferred B.S. or higher in computer science, software engineering, or related technical field

As a Staff Software Engineer working on Chainlink, you’ll collaborate with an experienced technical team of senior engineers, distributed systems computing experts, and security experts, who are all committed to building world-changing decentralized infrastructure. You’ll develop and build highly scalable, secure, and reliable software that will change the way smart contracts function at a fundamental level.
You will help build an open-sourced standard for developers to quickly build secure cross-chain services and applications. With a universal messaging interface, smart contracts can communicate across multiple blockchain networks, eliminating the need for developers to write custom code for building chain-specific integrations. CCIP opens up a new category of Web3.0 applications that can be built by developers for a multi-chain ecosystem.