Back-end Engineer

role overview

Join our team and work directly with the founders to build the future of Automation for the upcoming decentralized web. Enjoy many perks, travel with us to cool events, and participate in unique off-site retreats with the team! Participate in creating the most sophisticated crypto bot network ever created by designing the smart contracts that will rule them all!

• Join the "Gelato Legendary Member Club" and work directly with the founders
• Participate in building the infrastructure that aims to become the glue between all crypto networks and power the most promising dapps on Ethereum and beyond
• Chance to participate in shaping the future of web3 by working with the most significant projects in this space, such as MakerDAO, Connext, Quickswap, etc.

responsibilities

• building a scalable, decentralized network of nodes that execute tens of thousands of transactions every day
• designing and implementing new features within the product such as p2p messaging, threshold signatures schemes, trust minimized off-chain computation, token staking
• integrating a variety of different blockchain networks in one client
• thinking creatively about attack vectors, possible failures, and disaster scenarios, modeling them in reproducible test environments, and developing fixes
• modeling and developing recovery behaviors within our core node software
• implementing resilient distributed systems to achieve extremely high reliability in a variety of blockchain environments
• working with technologies we use and teach: Node.js, Golang, Typescript, Redis, AWS, Ethers.js, LibP2p, Subgraphs

requirements

• minimum of five years of experience with either node.js/typescript and Golang
• B.S. or higher in computer science, software engineering, or related technical field
• experience with p2p network technologies such as libp2p
• knowledge about the inner workings of the EVM
• minimum of two years experience with Web3 libraries and backend development (e.g., ethers.js)
• minimum of two years experience with Solidity
• experience in building and running bots that interact with smart contracts on Ethereum
• knowledge about Ethereum Client & Mining software
• proven experience with high throughput Database systems
• proven experience with maintaining scalable microservices systems
• proven experience with distributed systems and container orchestration
• strong interest in Web3/crypto industry
• experience using crypto applications (e.g., Uniswap, Aave, etc.)
• you can work with high autonomy
• strong written and verbal communication skills

culture & perks

• unlimited holiday (yes, you heard that right!)
• work very autonomously
• generous GEL token package
• competitive Salary
• work together with one of the best technical teams on Ethereum
• build relationships with top blockchain teams which are already Gelato users, including MakerDAO, Instadapp, Zerion, Quickswap, and many more
• chance to travel the world to go to exciting events and connect with key players in this industry
• join amazing in-person offsites all over the world

about us

Gelato Network is a decentralized network of bots used by web3 developers to automate smart contract executions on all significant public EVM-compatible blockchains, including Ethereum, Polygon, Fantom, Arbitrum, BNB Chain, Optimism, and many more.