Founding Team - Rust and Substrate Engineer

Remote
Full-time
Visa Sponsorship

About the role

We are a decentralized team seeking an expert Rust and Substrate Developer to assist with the design, development, implementation of a new Blockchain proof of concept. Expertise to be involved in the creation of a new smart contract creation/scripting system, testnet, APIs, SDK, consensus mechanisms, and numerous other tasks.

Initial PoC goals: • The ability to spin up a public virtual blockchain for us. The current goal is to create a testnet, APIs, and SDK for other devs to build on top of. • Develop & Utilize Smart Contracts to means-test the automation

Business Requirements: • Consult and collaborate effectively with our leadership team on business applications/use cases • Provide insights on Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies as it relates to our business objectives. • Demonstrate and share knowledge, preferably with industry work in Smart Contracts and digital supply chains. • Ideal candidate has expert level consultative ability and project management approach to lead this type of effort, but also heavy hands-on blockchain development

Technical Requirements:

• Hands-on experience/knowledge in Bitcoin, Hyperledger, Ethereum, Polkadot, Stellar, Solana, Distributed Ledger, Smart Contracts, and/or expert in GoLang/Solidity/Serpent/Rust • Background in distributed algorithms. • Contribute to Architecture, Design, and Implementation of a Blockchain environment including but not limited to the consensus layer, distributed ledger, and smart contracts layer. Also exp. with transactions, security, latency, scalability, etc. • Project manage and build rapid prototypes and work on fast-paced projects. • Take existing prototypes to production quality code to create new products and offerings. • Experience in implementing real distributed systems. ● Strong knowledge of concurrency and writing efficient and safe multithreaded code ● Strong knowledge of common algorithms and data structures • Strong knowledge of different consensus algorithms – PoA,PoW, POS, POeT, POST, etc • Must be capable of researching alternatives and making architectural/design/business decisions independently. • Experience with Java, PL/SQL, MySQL, C++, and most importantly, Rust! • Knowledge of the latest attack trends, tools, and the threat landscape • Experience with 1 or more of the following: Smart Contracts, storage platforms, UNIX file systems, VMs (preferred)

You will be asked to answer the following questions when submitting your candidacy:

  1. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being expert, what is your Rust and Substrate proficiency and skill level?
  2. Github URL pretty please - we'd like to take a look.
  3. Which blockchains have you created before? If you've never built one before, which ones have you worked on top of or forked yourself?
  4. How many hours are you available to work on a daily basis? (Mon-Sunday)
  5. Any .rs files we can take a look at? Please send.

About ZiffyHomes

ZiffyHomes is managed corporate housing for white collar employees in India.

Required skills

C++
Rust
Software Architecture
Blockchain
Solidity

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Job details

Salary

$150,000 - $150,000

Location

Remote

Experience

3+ years

Company

NameZiffyHomes
IndustryHousing and Real Estate
Team Size57

Funding

Total raised

$434K

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Y Combinator
Venture Catalysts
DDS Group
BBikky Khosla
AAnirudh Agarwal

Founders

SA

Salil Aggarwal

Founder

Sanchal Ranjan

Sanchal Ranjan

Founder

LinkedIn
SK

Saurabh Kumar

Founder

SA

Salil Agrawal

Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.