Description

As part of the Nitro Backend team at Offchain Labs, you will work on the core infrastructure powering Arbitrum, the leading Ethereum scaling solution. In this role, you’ll tackle complex distributed systems challenges, optimize performance, and contribute to the security and scalability of Arbitrum. You’ll collaborate closely with our research, product, and blockchain engineering teams, working at the cutting edge of blockchain technology alongside world-class engineers, including many industry leaders.

Who you are

• Possess extensive production experience with Golang.
• Excited to learn and develop blockchain technology (No experience yet? No problem!).
• Possess a strong sense of ownership in your work, which drives you to find ways to do things better and faster.
• Always up-to-speed on the latest technologies.
• Constantly on the lookout for new and innovative ways to solve complex problems through rigorous experimentation.
• Your communication style is open, transparent, and direct, and you consistently work in tight collaboration with your teammates.
• Always open to feedback, new ideas, and opportunities for self-improvement.
• You look for ways to help out beyond the scope of your day-to-day work.

What you've done

• Made significant contributions to the products you’ve worked on in your career.
• Have dabbled in, educated yourself on, or are experienced working on blockchain technology.
• Eager to bring cutting-edge research to the real world and help build a platform for the next generation of cryptocurrency applications.
• Experience working with compilers, architecting systems, and developing SDKs.
• Security-minded and always keeping an eye out for potential threats and vulnerabilities in your code.
• Mastered CS fundamentals, either in a formal university program or through self-learning.

Note: If you feel strongly that you have what it takes for this role but don’t check 100% of the boxes—that’s okay—we encourage you to apply anyway and highlight what you can bring to the table.