Head of Engineering at Spire

Spire Labs is building a Based Appchain framework on Ethereum. This “Based Stack” enables people to spin up app-specific L2s that are composable with Ethereum mainnet and other app chains. Also Preconfirmations are built on top of Spire’s core contracts. We use "The Preconfirmation Gateway" to power seamless preconfirmation integration with existing wallet and RPC infrastructure. The Spire team is distributed globally. We are passionate about building better infrastructure and supported by leading investors in crypto space. We will announce more details publicly soon. As the Head of Engineering, you will manage and lead the engineering team in building the core of Spire’s products, bringing designs to production.

Responsibilities

• Take engineering projects from design to production while working with our developers to manage realistic roadmaps
• Implementation of Spire core infra in Rust and smart contract development in Solidity
• You may have the opportunity to participate and talk in an event, conference or podcast

Requirements

• Enthusiasm for the modular and rollup ecosystem
• Proficiency with Solidity and Rust, and competent with VMs
• Experience shipping and taking engineering projects to production

Nice to have

• A deep understanding of fraud proofs and other rollup details
• Familiarity with the AggLayer, Espresso, and other modular products
• A deep understanding of shared sequencing
• Understanding of ZK and DA

Spire culture

• We play to win
• We work with authenticity
• We do what excites us the most
• We iterate rather than seek perfection
• We focus on the long-term goal that compounds