Role overview
As a Blockchain Engineer at Noise, you will build features that will enable new financial primitives on attention as an asset class. You will be a crucial part of our Core Product team and spearhead the design and implementation of our core smart contracts and backend infrastructure to unlock the simplest markets for users to trade on. We believe in fast iterations and feedback loops, and we’re looking for engineers who can support us with shipping robust and performant code.
Ideal candidate should satisfy the following:
What we're looking for
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Proficient experience in DeFi Smart Contracts related to perpetuals, options, or CLOBs on a live protocol with active users
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4+ years of backend development experience using Rust/Java (preferred), or any modern server-side language
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Interest and passion for building secure, robust, scalable infrastructure
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Familiarity with database internals and high performance database systems
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Culture fit for startups with good work ethic
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Strong communication and collaboration skills to work cross-functionally
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Ability to take initiative and ownership of large, business-critical projects with minimal oversight and direction
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Deep understanding of smart contract best practices and current industry patterns
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High-level and low-level system design skills
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Experience in software parallelization, including but not limited to optimistic concurrency and operation pipelining
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Hands-on experience in cloud technologies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Expertise in building production-grade APIs
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Contributions to open source crypto projects
Our Tech Stack
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Design: Figma
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Frontend: React (Typescript), Vite, TailwindCSS
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Backend: Rust, Java
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Research: Python, Pytorch
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Infrastructure: AWS, Cloudflare
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Smart Contracts: Solidity, Foundry, Slither
How Applying Works
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Intro & Behavioral Call — 45 minute chat with one of the founders
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Technical Virtual Onsite — Live technical screening including 1 coding and 1 system design
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Reference Checks — Share 2-3 references of previous supervisors you’ve worked with
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Comp Review — 30 minutes chat with one of the founders to go over the offer
Compensation
To attract the best people, our goal is to provide competitive cash compensation and high upside in the long-term success of Noise. Equity options are subject to the same four-year schedule as the rest of the team.