Software Engineer, Full-stack/NodeJS at NEAR.org

NEAR Protocol is looking for a Software Engineer with experience building and maintaining developer-facing libraries, SDKs, and APIs, to help us support the NEAR wallet ecosystem. In this role, you will maintain and expand JavaScript & TypeScript libraries that enable developers to build applications on the NEAR blockchain, and participate in research at the forefront of digital asset user and developer experience.

Qualifications

• Experience writing backend systems using JavaScript (TypeScript experience is a plus!)
• 5+ years experience building production applications, libraries, and APIs
• Demonstrated experience writing well-structured, clean, maintainable code
• Ability to learn new languages, APIs and SDKs quickly
• Experience and interest in building and documenting developer-facing tools
• Strong communication and remote friendly working skills

Nice-to-haves

• Open source contributions and previous or continued involvement in open source communities
• Familiarity with Ethereum development and related technologies (web3.js, ethers.js, etc)
• Familiarity with other crypto or blockchain technologies
• Experience working at a startup

Responsibilities

• Designing, building, and maintaining the JavaScript & TypeScript libraries and SDKs that support the NEAR wallet ecosystem
• Collaborating with internal and external engineers and community members
• Create and contribute to documentation related to various developer libraries and APIs
• Help train and mentor more junior engineers

About NEAR and the NEAR Collective

NEAR's mission is to enable community-driven innovation to benefit people around the world. The NEAR platform provides a decentralized application platform that is secure enough to manage high value assets like money or identity and performant enough to make them useful for everyday people, putting the power of Open Finance and the Open Web in their hands.

The NEAR platform, NEAR Protocol and associated tooling are being built by the NEAR Collective, a collection of the best engineers in the world who work across teams, companies and countries similar to other large scale open source projects. Core contributors include a couple of 2-time ICPC world champions, 2 gold medalists, a Latin American champion and multiple other competitive programming finalists.

Perks

• Generous, flexible PTO and family leave
• Contribute to open source, highly visible projects at the forefront of the blockchain space
• Flexible work schedules — we trust you to know what will make yourself most productive
• For U.S. employees: excellent health coverage for you and your family
• A supportive work environment keen on offering opportunities for personal growth
• When safe again, biannual company retreats at fun locations (last one was in Buenos Aires!)

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