Backend Blockchain Developer - Staked
atKraken Digital Asset Exchange
May 02
As one of the largest and most trusted digital asset platforms globally, we are empowering people to experience the life-changing potential of crypto.
Trusted by over 8 million consumer and pro traders, institutions, and authorities worldwide - our unique combination of products, services, and global expertise is helping tip the scales towards mass crypto adoption.
But weāre only just getting started. We want to be pioneers in crypto and add value to the everyday lives of billions.
Kraken is backed by investors including, Money Partners Group, Hummingbird Ventures, Blockchain Capital, and Digital Currency Group, among others.
"We are empowering people to live simply, efficiently and more connected to others. We put our clientsā best interests first and foremost. They are at the heart of our company and drive everything we do. We believe in having a laser focus when pursuing our strategic goals and participate only in markets where we can make a significant contribution. We believe in complete transparency, deep collaboration and we never forget that people come first. Having this mindset allows us to grow and advance at a rate which others cannot."ā Jesse Powell, CEO of Kraken
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About KrakenAs one of the largest and most trusted digital asset platforms globally, we are empowering people to experience the life-changing potential of crypto.Ā Trusted by over 8 million consumer and pro traders, institutions, and authorities worldwide - our unique combination of products, services, and global expertise is helping tip the scales towards mass crypto adoption.Ā But weāre only just getting started. We want to be pioneers in crypto and add value to the everyday lives of billions. Now is not the time to sit on the sidelines. Join us to bring crypto to the world.To ensure Kraken is the right fit for you, please ensure you read Kraken Culture Explainedto find out more about us!OverviewAt Staked we combine software and systems engineering to build and run large-scale, fault-tolerant staking node infrastructure for 40+ blockchains. We're looking for someone with a broad understanding of software Development, DevOps, and a deep knowledge of Blockchain preferably Ethereum.Staked is hiring a Backend Blockchain Developer to join a high-impact team to identify and capitalize on algorithmic ways to improve yield from staking.Ā The team focuses on Ethereum and other protocols, and is currently working on projects surrounding MEV across DeFi. Join the team on the cutting edge of blockchain technology and help us figure out how to deliver alpha to our customers.Ā
Responsibilities
- Drive software development through the development lifecycle, taking prototypes from idea to production.Ā Ā
- Contribute to thought-leadership and analytics that will inevitably change the roadmap and induce pivots.
- Develop the software stack responsible for watching mempool transactions and identifying profitable MEV opportunities. This might include searchers (algorithmic logic) for liquidation or arbitrage, the software stack we use to evaluate transactions in the mempool, and our custom clients designed to deliver the most profitable block.
- Evaluate third-party solutions like Flashbots to determine their suitability for inclusion in our strategy. As appropriate, design a solution that incorporates their technology.
- Use our data stack to determine the most profitable strategies and mimic them.
Qualifications
- Experience working with at least two software systems on a professional team.
- Proficiency in one or more object oriented languages, such as typescript, golang or python with a flexibility to work in any language.
- Experience with numerical methods/algorithms in optimization software.
- Passion for performance-oriented, event-driven backend systems (Eg. trading technology, ad-tech, risk, finance, or distributed web-apps/systems).
- Enough SQL skills to do basic analytics of time series data, and willing to learn more.
- Nice to haves include experience with event-driven systems, Docker, Kubernetes, solidity, and developing smart contracts.
- Smart and collaborative. These are hard problems with lots of potential solutions. Weāre looking for people that want to solve them as part of a team.
- Understanding of test-driven development and other techniques to make maintainable financial applications.
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