Compensation

Competitive

Contract type

Full time

Remote working

Technologies & frameworks

Blockchain
Rust
Rustlang

Benefits & perks

Remote working
Paid sick days
Paid time off
100% remote working
Health insurance - us employees
Healthcare stipend - uk & ireland employees
Learning & development
No call fridays
Pension
Promote from within
Committed to a diverse team
Performance bonus

We are searching for an experienced Software Engineer to join our Rust team.

Role overview

We are searching for an experienced Software Engineer to join our Rust team. As a Software Engineer at IO Global you are responsible for writing high-quality code for our products. You have the exciting challenge of working with cutting-edge blockchain research and technology with a focus on the market's needs. To support you in this challenge, our products have software architects, product managers, project managers, formal methods specialists, and QA test engineers, with whom you must communicate professionally, effectively and efficiently.

Your role

Follow agile software development practices
Work with teams across time zones
Work independently on software development tasks
Be proactive and require minimal supervision or mentoring to complete tasks
Review specifications produced by architects and formal methods specialists
Contribute to the design of algorithms
Write clean, straightforward, efficient code that satisfies acceptance criteria and specifications
Commit often and submit small pull requests frequently
Cover your code with unit, property and integration tests when applicable
Review the pull requests of your team members
Fix bugs in your own code and in legacy code from others
Be available for emergency fixing of severe issues on deployed products
Integrate software components and third-party libraries
Verify and deploy programs and systems
Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
Write documentation for your code
Write technical user manuals
Develop your knowledge of distributed and concurrent computation
Develop your knowledge of the basics of cryptography.

Requirements

Your expertise

Degree in computer science is desirable but not essential
Ideally, one to two years’ development experience using Rust. If you have experience of C/C++ and demonstrate good knowledge of Rust (professional or otherwise) you will also be considered
Experience working with Git and Git workflow
Practical experience with agile software development methods
Knowledge of functional and polymorphism programming paradigms
System programming experience: you’ll have strong experience in system development (ideally in Rust, but relevant experience in C/C++ will be considered)
Distributed system and network development, knowledge of asynchronous programming paradigms, especially as applied to Rust
Skilled in software development methods such as agile programming and test-driven development
Experience in developing cryptography protocols would be a bonus, as would blockchain experience.

Benefits

Location

IOG is a fully distributed organization and therefore this is a remote position.

All Colleagues

Flexible schedule
Remote work - ability to work anywhere
Laptop reimbursement
New starter package to buy hardware essentials (headphones, monitor, etc)
Udemy for Business
Competitive PTO and Sick Leave plan

US Employees

Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits coverage through Anthem with 100% premium cost covered by IO Global for the employee and dependents
Health Savings Account
Life Insurance

UK Employees

Monthly Health Stipend to use towards any wellness or medical coverage/service
Pension

IOHK

250+
Singapore

Founded in 2015, IO Global is one of the world’s pre-eminent blockchain research and engineering companies, best known for the Cardano blockchain platform. We are a fully decentralized, remote-working organization committed to the highest principles of academic rigour and evidence-based software development. The company builds high-assurance blockchain products for public and private sector clients. Our goal is simple – to fuel our drive to be best in class by giving you the opportunity, resources and support to deliver your finest work to date. You’ll work with some exceptionally talented and friendly individuals who are always open to new ideas and ways of working. IO Global is an advocate of decentralized remote working, with 300 people working in more than 50 countries. Everyone has a different skill set, a different culture, and is at a different stage in their life. We aim to make collaboration between diverse people fun, exciting, and always rewarding. Many companies say they ‘think outside the box’ – for IO Global it’s more, ‘we think outside the geography’.