Senior Back End Engineer at Volume

Here at Volume, we work with the best partners to make decentralized finance protocols valuable. We solve problems of protocol utility, governance, and growth for the leading DeFi protocols. From our team effort, we are able to drive massive growth of user transactions and the launch of the protocol economy. If a protocol fails to attract user activity, token value falters and innovation will flow away from the network. 

Volume delivers software tools and user experiences that increase protocol token utility and community engagement, measured by protocol transaction volume growth. The Volume team’s interests are the protocol interests: Growth of user transactions.

Volume's investors include Curve, Solana, SimplyVC, and many others.

We are always looking for individuals who desire a high-impact, high-visibility role within a company that is making crypto and decentralized protocols valuable.

As Senior Back-End Engineer, you will be responsible for the backend infrastructure, performance, stability, and scaling of user-facing dApps. You will work closely with smart contract, protocol, and frontend engineers as well as DeFi strategists and will be bridging the constraints posed by web-scale applications and blockchain technology. As an early employee you will be a critical part of our core team and significantly influence the company's direction.

• Build services critical to our dApps using Javascript or Python.
• Write production-ready scripts based on requirements and draft scripts in Javascript or Python.
• Add new functionality to Volume’s Python and Javascript SDKs. 
• Maintain the backend infrastructure for Volume’s Defi dApps and Bots. 
• Maintain services and scripts for the marketing team infrastructure with Mixpanel, Storyblock, and Discourse.
• Write high-quality, reusable, and well-tested code in order to meet our company goals.
• Demonstrate security and secret management across numerous services. 

• Excellent JavaScript skills 
• Excellent Python skills
• Good Rust skills
• Proficient knowledge of Go 
• Degree in Computer Science
• Experience with Node.js, Docker, DBMS technology including postgresSQL and SQLlite and caching mechanisms such as Redis, Memcache  
• Familiarity with blockchain governance or enthusiasm to learn.
• Team player and are comfortable reviewing others' code and implementing feedback from others on your work.  
• Exceptional communication skills.
• Comfortable with asynchronous written communication, synchronous video calls, pair programming, etc.  

About Volume:

Volume is a dynamic start-up company, and our successful candidate must have the ability and desire to work in a fast-paced environment. As a distributed team, we hire anywhere in the world, and at various levels of experience (entry, senior, staff). We look for people with unique perspectives and diverse backgrounds.

Volume is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse workplace. All applicants will be considered equally without regard to race, color, ethnicity, veteran status, religion, national origin, marital status, political affiliation, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, membership in an organization, or any other non-merit factors.

We sponsor H1B visa professionals. We have a great benefits package, including parental leave, contributions to your retirement, competitive pay, and unlimited time off. For U.S.-based employees, we also provide platinum-level health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family.