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Principal Engineer
2 years ago
A bit about us:
Unique blockchain assets ("NFTs") have grown in popularity rapidly over the past few months. These unique assets allow people to own anything from in-game items to digital art to music and financial instruments.
However, they are highly illiquid: transactions take minutes or hours to confirm, and Ethereum can process fewer than 5 NFTs per second for the whole world combined. To solve this problem for ourselves and for others, we have built Immutable X, a next-generation protocol for trading blockchain assets with instant trade confirmation, massive scalability, and net zero carbon emissions without compromising user custody. The goal of Immutable X is to help businesses scale their creation and trading of these unique assets (“NFTs”).
As Immutable X grows, we are searching for a principal engineer to help us build a secure, scalable and stable ownership layer for Ethereum. You don’t need any blockchain experience, but you do need to have strong engineering principles and fundamentals, and the confidence to own the technical design and execution of a large component within our product.
In this role you will have the opportunity to:
- Work in a high growth startup environment
- Contribute to some of the most significant NFT projects in the space
- Work with some awesome technology (Ethereum, ZK-STARKs)
- Have direct influence on the future of a key infrastructure platform in a fun space (gaming)
- Take on a future leadership role and grow within the company
In this role you will:
- Design and implement well-crafted features for our products
- Architect and supervise the implementation of product-wide engineering choices
- Be an advocate for process and practice improvements in engineering
- Act as a point of contact for product managers doing technical discovery
- Create tools to help yourself and others improve the development process and experience
- Provide early validation for technical decisions
- Conduct internal training and education on engineering practices and processes
What you’ll need:
- 5+ years of experience as an engineer
- Experience leading the design of engineering solutions to complex problems
- Experience working on the backend of products in Golang or Typescript
Some of the things we can offer you:
- Competitive Salary and Employee Share Options: We are building a successful company which means sharing the companies potential wins with those who contributed
- Flexible working life and $750 WFH set up allowance: Work-life balance is important. Whether you want to work from home or come to our new, shiny, Sydney office the choice is yours. To help you get comfortable working from home we’ll assist with a $750 contribution
- Paid Parental Leave: We celebrate our growing Immutable family! New parents will receive 12 weeks (primary) and 2 weeks (secondary) paid parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program: A 24/7 service that includes unlimited counselling for you and your family
- EOY and Birthday Leave: You can enjoy 2 additional paid annual leave days at EOY and a paid day off for your birthday
- Internet and Phone Allowance: $900 annually to put towards your mobile and internet expenses
- Learning and Development: We are dedicated to your professional development. You’ll get access to thousands of online learning courses via Go1, Udemy and Naspers. Immutable will also contribute between $1500-$2000 annually for you to invest in your continued education
- Diversity and Inclusion: We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive community for everyone. We’ve joined the Project F initiative aimed at removing the systemic barriers to achieving gender-balanced technology teams
- Personal perks: Perkbox benefits including premium access to Aura, Calm, an online fitness portal and discounts at major retailers
- Ideal office location: On-top of the Apple store on King Street, Sydney, CBD
- Social events: Fun and regular company events to relax and connect with teammates
Additional Information:
Immutable is committed to building and fostering an inclusive, diverse workplace. We believe in incorporating everyone’s perspectives and experiences as this has been a significant driver in our success so far.
For this reason, we strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds to get in touch. Even if you don’t meet all the requirements of a job listing, do yourself (and us) a favour by still applying! It’s highly likely you’ll bring something to the workplace that we haven’t thought of yet, and we would love to hear from you.
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