Senior Backend Engineer Distributed Systems
Cambridge, MA
About this position:
Context Labs is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to help drive forward our product initiatives with our Immutably Platform and analytics spaces. Working as a leader within the development team, the engineer will lead many aspects of developing our distributed ledger services, APIs, and related product capabilities; as well as provide thought leadership, upskilling of less senior engineers, and taking part in defining strategic linkages across the company's products.
In this role you will:
* Lead the Scrivener & Trust services engineering team as a technical authority.
* Develop and maintain distributed ledger APIs and services for use within the Immutably Platform.
* Collaborate with other development teams and the product owner to define and estimate business requirements and then translate these into specific software tasks.
* Lead hands-on software development of Scrivener and related projects using multiple (minimally JVM) languages.
* Provide exemplary code, structure, design, etc., for the platform services team to use as guidelines.
* Document designs, architecture, and code.
* Conduct code reviews.
* Head technical talks on a variety of issues.
* Design and implement performant, scalable, and maintainable solutions.
* Collaborate as a member of an agile team to develop and complete products with best-in-class software development practices.
* Coach and mentor team members through technological and methodological challenges.
* Coordinate across a distributed team spanning multiple time zones.
* Perform other duties as reasonably required by the company.
Experience & Skills:
* Full-stack development experience.
* Proficiency in distributed systems and consensus algorithms.
* End-to-end understanding of modern application architectures.
* Strong attention to detail with a big-picture perspective.
* Proficiency in unit and functional testing.
* Excellent communication skills.
* Experience with peer-to-peer systems and networking architectures.
* Experience with distributed ledgers and smart contracts.
* Strong understanding of cryptographic principles.
* Experience implementing security best practices.
* Experience with Event Sourcing, CEP, and CQRS.
* Knowledge of protocols like RAFT, BFT, Gossiping, DHT, and CRDT.
* Experience with databases such as Apache CouchDB, CockroachDB, FoundationDB, and Kafka.
* Experience with Java frameworks like Spring, Quarkus, Helidon.
* Proficiency with Docker, Kubernetes, and microservice architectures.
* Experience with RDBMS like MySQL, PostgreSQL, and NoSQL/NewSQL databases.
* Proficiency in source code management.
Experience:
* Experience with functional programming.
* Experience with languages other than Java (e.g., Rust, Go, Erlang, Zig, C++).
* Experience with technologies like Streambase, Voldemort, Accumulo, Aerospike, VoltDB, Kafka.
* Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
Why you'll like it here:
* Collaborative environment fostering continuous learning.
* Goals that matter, focusing on meaningful products and positive impact on climate change.
* Mission to transform complex data into trusted, actionable information using innovative technologies.
We encourage applicants who meet most of the requirements to apply. Context Labs is committed to diversity and inclusion and provides accommodations for applicants with disabilities. For accommodations, contact Human Resources at HR@contextlabs.com.
Who we are:
Context Labs is dedicated to sourcing, organizing, and contextualizing climate information, providing trusted data platforms and solutions to inform markets and support the global energy transition. Founded out of MIT research, with offices in Amsterdam, Cambridge, and Houston, we are a growing team committed to impactful innovation.
Learn more about us at www.contextlabs.com.
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