About the Job:
Ink is a next-generation Ethereum Layer-2 network incubated by the company, built using Optimism’s OP Stack and designed to make decentralized finance faster, cheaper, and more accessible. As part of the Optimism Superchain, Ink combines Ethereum-level security with high-performance execution, enabling developers and users to interact with DeFi at scale. We focus on empowering developers, improving user experience, and accelerating real-world adoption of decentralized applications.
By joining Ink, you'll work at the intersection of Ethereum scaling, DeFi innovation, and production-grade blockchain infrastructure alongside a dedicated team committed to shipping impactful, secure, and user-centric technology.
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The Opportunity:
- Collaborate with designers and product managers to understand business needs.
- Work jointly with DevOps throughout the software development lifecycle from writing technical specifications to feature development and testing.
- Develop and maintain services that power on-chain experiences.
- Integrate third-party APIs and multiple blockchain networks into our products.
- Design and implement low-latency, high-availability scalable applications.
- Write reusable, testable, and efficient code.
- Create optimized database schemas.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to hiring.
Skills You Should Have:
- 5+ years of full-time engineering experience within a large technology organization or fast-growing startup.
- Experience working with blockchain technology and DeFi.
- Experience building backend services with Node.js and Typescript.
- Experience building and maintaining high-volume production quality applications using React or React Native, with strong knowledge of state management and client-side systems design.
- Experience with GraphQL, SQL, RESTful APIs, and WebSockets.
- Good understanding of version control and continuous integration best practices.
- Solid understanding of engineering and design principles behind distributed and scalable applications.
- Understanding of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments.
- A clear passion for Software Engineering and Crypto.
- Ability to take complete end-to-end ownership of tasks.
Work Conditions:
Ink is built by a globally distributed, remote-first team valuing diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions, and perspectives. The company is committed to hiring based on merit, focusing on abilities, knowledge, and skills that make someone well-suited for the role.
Diversity Statement:
Ink is an equal opportunity team and does not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind, including discrimination based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity or expression, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as defined by applicable laws.
