Blockchain Engineer: Systems Background

Omega One is accelerating the transformation of our financial system to a world powered by digital assets. By solving the foundational challenges of exchange liquidity, asset security, and market transparency, Omega One is bringing institutional capital into the crypto markets, catalyzing the broader adoption of digital assets.  Omega One is the world’s most advanced trading platform, providing institutions and serious individual traders with low-cost access to market tools usually reserved for the world’s most technically-sophisticated hedge funds: a dark pool, aggregated liquidity, smart order routing, custodial and non-custodial solutions, an advanced signals marketplace, and more, accessed via robust APIs and front-end interfaces that allow for market leading trade execution. Come join alumni from Bridgewater, Goldman Sachs, ConsenSys, Morgan Stanley, NYSE, the SEC, and the CFTC, as Omega One works to fundamentally re-architect our financial system.

We are seeking a Blockchain Engineer with a strong systems background and experience with the Ethereum Virtual Machine to help us build our cutting edge cryptocurrency trading platform for highly sophisticated and demanding cryptocurrency traders across the globe.  The ideal candidate will be a blockchain expert, with previous experience in a global financial services or fintech firm working on a trading platform and on large scale, high traffic web applications. Ideally you will have experience in or at least a strong personal interest and willingness to learn more about cryptocurrency.  The Blockchain Engineer will be working on designing and building cutting edge technology solutions that do not yet exist today.

Since we’re building the first of its kind cryptocurrency exchange trading platform, we’re looking for engineers who are passionate about emerging business & technology models as well as working in a space full of unknowns. This is an excellent opportunity for any engineer seeking to explore new ideas with the team. We need engineers who are enthusiastic and rigorous when tackling new problems, extremely versatile, who thrive in an agile, test-driven development and automated testing environment.

Experience/Qualifications:

* Demonstrated experience formulating technology strategy and architecture
* Strong systems background with experience with Ethereum Virtual Machine
* High proficiency with client side JavaScript frameworks (preferably React/Redux), server side frameworks (preferably NodeJS), NoSQL databases (preferably MongoDB), and some exposure to relational database concepts
* Ability to integrate with and manage APIs exposing microservices (REST, JSON-RPC), including development and support of Java/JavaScript services
* Familiarity with event-based System of Engagement architectures
* Moderate cryptography engineering or experience
* Experience in or with:

** A server-side language: C++, Python, Node.js
** Blockchain, web and enterprise related technologies such as go-ethereum/Solidity, Node.js, AngularJS, Python, Go, or Rust.
** Low-level application development in C++ or Go
** Web Technologies: JSON, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and RESTful web services
** Framework : MVC Framework like Spring, JPA, Hibernate, Jaxb
** Database : RDBMS like MySQL, Oracle, NO SQL databases
** Tools : Git
** Operational linux and/or AWS experience a plus

* Preliminary understanding of or self-taught knowledge/experience:

** Amazon web service
** Devops: docker, salt, ansible
** Bitcoin, Hyperledger or Ethereum
** Some html, front end development

* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
* BS/MS in computer science, engineering or equivalent practical experience

Responsibilities:

* Translate complex business needs into innovative technical solutions and contribute to product advancement to guarantee solutions are designed for successful deployment
* Develop high quality prototypes, proofs of concept in addition to production‐quality solutions
* Ensure efficient performance and scalability of solutions - optimize applications for maximum speed
* Participate in team/project activities: requirement refinement, sprint planning, task estimations, coding, troubleshooting, retrospectives, etc.
* Be available for level 3 support to triage production issues
* Stay current on emerging technologies and participate in Blockchain or cryptocurrency consortiums and industry events