Summary

Zero Hash is looking for a Software Engineer to help architect Zero Hash's Blockchain infrastructure and build new features. We are a high-performing team looking for an equally ambitious and driven teammate.

The right candidate for this position is detail-oriented, deeply technical, and driven with a passion for Blockchain. You are eager to learn new technologies and complex systems.

If you're looking to have a massive impact in a high-growth startup in one of the most exciting markets in decades, you will find this role challenging and rewarding in equal measure.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and support over 50 digital assets
• Architect and develop new features including staking-as-a-service
• Subject matter expert for stakeholders including customers
• Support the company’s vital business by contributing to the design and development of software in an event-driven microservices environment
• Develop microservices in Golang and Python
• Design and implement smart contracts
• Work with platform engineers to set up new services
• Respond to production issues and alerts
• When necessary, communicate directly with client technical teams

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience, preferably in the Fintech space
• Deep proficiency with Golang
• Strong understanding of microservices and distributed systems.
• A humble and scrappy get-it-done mindset; you’re resourceful and in your element going from 0 to 1
• Excellent problem-solving skills - can troubleshoot complex systems
• Comfort with ambiguity; the ability to independently layout and test clear hypotheses and solve problems without well-defined direction
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred

• Previous experience working on a production blockchain system. Ability to research new blockchain technologies.
• Good understanding and relevant experience on smart contracts.
• Involvement in the crypto and blockchain community (contribute to open source projects, conferences)
• Experience with AWS and serverless stack
• Bachelors in computer science or equivalent experience

Benefits Offered

We believe that the best way to succeed is by having a happy, motivated and healthy team. We offer the following benefits:

• Healthcare Insurance: Zero Hash covers roughly 100% of employee premiums as well as a portion of spouse/children
• Vision & Dental Insurance
• Mental Health and Wellness Program
• Equity Ownership and Early Exercise
• Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Educational budget of $1000
• WFH stipend of $500
• WeWork All Access Membership
• Visa Sponsorship
• 401k

About Zero Hash

Zero Hash is a B2B embedded infrastructure platform that allows any platform to integrate digital assets natively into their own customer experience quickly and easily (a matter of API endpoints). We power neo-banks, broker-dealers, and payment groups to offer digital asset trading and custody, crypto-backed rewards and round-ups programs as well as yield through staking and DeFi and NFTs.

Our thesis is very simple: every financial services firm will offer digital assets within the next 2 years and will do so through platforms such as Zero Hash. Zero Hash is defining the new FinTech vertical of digital-assets-as-a-service.

Clients include MoneyLion, Wirex, Deserve, MoonPay, Tastytrade. Backed by Point72 Ventures, NYCA, Bain Capital, Tastytrade.

The Zero Hash Culture

All Zero Hash employees are guided by the following characteristics and core principles:

• Independence/Ownership - An ability to work autonomously. Join Zero Hash, pitch ideas, and shape the work you do.
• Passion - We are innovating quickly and challenging the status quo. We want you to think big, be creative and ​make a difference every day.
• Collaborative - A good attitude and respect for others. We’re teammates, not co-workers. Everything we do is a shared success and equally a shared failure - we talk in terms of “we” not “me”.
• Initiative - An ability and passion for learning and asking questions. We will champion you, challenge you and push you to achieve your best - and we expect you to do the same.
• Empathy - An ability to listen, respect and understand your co-workers, customers and everyone you interact with no matter how different they are to you. We are proud of our diversity.
• Adaptability - An ability to respond quickly. We are in a fast-paced industry and so we expect you to be creative when solving a new problem and comfortable under pressure.
• Transparency - We believe that transparency is critical to empowering everyone to make the best decisions, both the company to its people and vice versa. Both as an organization and as individuals, we need to admit mistakes and learn from them.
• Integrity - Integrity creates trust. As both an organization collectively and as individuals, it is our most valuable asset.

Skills

• Software Engineering