Senior Backend Developer (Node.js) – Cardano Spot

Who we are

EMURGO is the official commercial and venture arm of the Cardano Blockchain, a smart contract platform with advanced security assurance – Currently Top 3 of decentralized smart contract platforms and Top 10 of all cryptocurrencies on CoinMarketCap.

As a founding member of the Cardano protocol, EMURGO develops, supports, and incubates commercial opportunities and helps integrate businesses into the blockchain ecosystem.

Our vision is to become a pioneer of the trading revolution, and to create a sustainable, long-lasting business enterprise. Our values are trust, teamwork, laser focus, grit and decisive action taking.

Why should you consider joining us?

• Be a pioneer and blaze your path in a rapidly evolving industry
• Unparalleled learning, with both professional and personal growth opportunities
• EMURGO is financially stable and well placed for sustainable expansion

Our products and services includes:

• Yoroi Wallet (https://yoroi-wallet.com/#/), one of the most used wallet /web3 wallet in the Cardano ecosystem with more than 500,000 active users
• Academy (https://education.emurgo.io/), Global learning solutions company bringing Cardano Blockchain Education to businesses and developers

What you’ll be doing

• Discuss, analyze, and understand new feature requirements with the tech-lead and PM, to build EMURGO’s community engagement platform, Cardano Spot
• Develop, Deploy and Test APIs for dApps, Tools, and Libraries
• Working closely with our Devops team implement strategies to improve availability, scalability and reliability
• Learn about Cardano, UTXO, EUTXO Design Patterns
• Actively participate in product design discussions

What you bring to EMURGO

• At least 5+ years of experience in Software development.
• 5+ years of experience with Node.js (Typescript)
• Experience with network technologies, network exchange protocols, basics of the network architecture, queues, scheduling, micro services architecture and a good understanding of CAP theorem
• Experience with SQL, No-SQL and Graph database principles and technologies
• Good understanding of API architecture following best practices such as Open API/Swagger specs
• Proficiency in the creation of tests (unit tests, integration tests, etc)
• Good knowledge of Linux
• Good communication skills both verbal and written

Bonus qualifications

• Experience with AWS or any other cloud environments
• Any experience with Haskell
• Production experience with containerization (Docker, kubernetes etc.)
• Production experience with multiple CI/ CD technologies
• Understanding of blockchain fundamentals