Software Engineer

Software EngineerChainlink is the industry-standard oracle platform bringing the capital markets onchain and powering the majority of decentralized finance (DeFi). The Chainlink stack provides the essential data, interoperability, compliance, and privacy standards needed to power advanced blockchain use cases for institutional tokenized assets, lending, payments, stablecoins, and more.As a software engineer on the Data Products team, you'll collaborate with an experienced technical team of other engineers, distributed systems computing experts, and security experts, who are all committed to building a world-changing decentralized infrastructure. You'll develop and build highly scalable, secure, and reliable software that will change the way smart contracts function at a fundamental level, with a focus on Data Feeds. You'll have the opportunity to learn and master the latest research concerning distributed systems, cryptography, blockchains, game theory, consensus algorithms, and decentralized applications. You will be given a high level of autonomy/ownership over your projects, the opportunity to expand your scope of knowledge, and the chance to help build the decentralized infrastructure of the future.Your ImpactDesigning and implementing new features within the Data Product space, such as trust-minimized off-chain computation & the aggregation of external data in various blockchain environments, and many more problemsDesign and own the end to end delivery of new and existing data products that power the largest market share of Defi by total value secured (TVS)Learn more about the underlying technology in the blockchain ecosystem (Solana, Avalanche, Polygon, Ethereum, and more).Build our core products with Smart Contracts using Solidity, Move, and Rust.Partner with the research team to build cutting-edge productsThink creatively about attack vectors, possible failures, and disaster scenarios, modeling them in reproducible test environments, and developing fixesManaging the architectural vision for new subsystems in the core Chainlink nodeImplementing resilient distributed systems to achieve extremely high reliability in a variety of blockchain environmentsRequirementsAt least 7-10+ years of professional software engineering experience working in a collaborative product-driven environmentExperience in blockchain and other Web 3.0 technologiesExperience developing smart contracts that secured meaningful value on-chainKnowledge of computer science fundamentals and systems design conceptsExperience owning multi month long projects, including communication of progress, dependencies, and risk mitigation directly with stakeholders and partnersExperience building distributed systems and low-latency systemsB.S. or higher in computer science, software engineering, mathematics or related technical fieldDesiredExperience in Golang or any other strongly-typed programming languageExperience working with a globally distributed teamExperience working in or with market dataOur Stack: Golang, Solidity, TypeScript, Rust, Postgres, Terraform, AWSAll roles with Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based. Unless otherwise stated, we ask that you try to overlap some working hours with Eastern Standard Time (EST).We carefully review all applications and aim to provide a response to every candidate within two weeks after the job posting closes. The closing date is listed on the job advert, so we encourage you to take the time to thoughtfully prepare your application. We want to fully consider your experience and skills, and you will hear from us regarding the status of your application shortly after the closing date.Chainlink Labs is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, or ordinances. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need when applying for a role or in our recruitment process, please contact us.Information collected and processed as part of your Chainlink Labs Careers profile, and any job applications you choose to submit, is subject to our Recruiting Privacy Policy. By submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data as required.