Senior Backend Golang Engineer (Go)

We're looking for someone with experience architecting, writing, testing and shipping production-quality code in Go. You are rigorous and have a refined eye for simple architecture and clean code. You enjoy building scalable, fault-tolerant, and elegant systems. You enjoy and appreciate a strong developer experience and the ergonomics of a well-built system.

You will be joining the expert Go team at KaJ Labs. Our Go codebases are extremely clean and the patterns we've built have been shaped over 3 years of writing production Go systems and open source projects.

As a senior engineer, you have a deep understanding of designing robust, well-designed code with thoughtful architecture. You can drive and self-direct major areas of our stack. While not a strict requirement, you are comfortable working with and guiding more intermediate and junior engineers when needed.

Responsibilities
• Architect, develop, and implement the infrastructure systems for Lithosphere.
• Design and implement services that are scalable, and fault-tolerant
• Build services that interface with EVM and non-EVM chains.
• Contribute to open source works in the LITHO stack
• Extend and evolve our toolchain, to run our stack effectively
• Design architectural foundations that are robust and sound, so that future engineers can build on your work with ease and speed

Requirements
• 5+ years shipping production-grade code in Go
• Experience with either distributed systems or blockchain systems, both in their design and practical use
• Experience with one of the major cloud providers, AWS, GCP, Azure, etc
• Growth mindset. You love to learn, and actively search out new material and technologies
• Nice to have: experience with Ethereum or other EVM blockchain systems

Why KaJ Labs?

We are committed to diversity and encourage applicants from all backgrounds and faiths. While we're building incredible products, we also want to add to our wonderful team and company. The best way to do that is to attract talented folks from all areas and to have their experiences inform their work.

BENEFITS

• Fully remote work
• Work whichever hours suit you
• Unlimited vacation policy
• Learning and development budget
• Paid retreats
• Mentorship and crypto training
• Speaking/Conference opportunities
• Get to solve real world problems to make the world 🌍 a better place.
• Free to pick any title you wish.
• Super competitive compensation in BTC & fiat.