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Senior Backend Engineer, Nitro

Offchain Labs · Remote · Remote

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About Offchain Labs

Offchain is the technical backbone for global companies, delivering protocol-level breakthroughs for the transition to secure, programmable onchain infrastructure. Backed by Lightspeed and Redpoint.

About the role

As part of the Nitro Backend team at Offchain, you will work on the core infrastructure powering Arbitrum, the leading Ethereum scaling solution. In this role, you’ll tackle complex distributed systems challenges, optimize performance, and contribute to the security and scalability of Arbitrum. You’ll collaborate closely with our research, product, and blockchain engineering teams, working at the cutting edge of blockchain technology alongside world-class engineers, including many industry leaders.

What they're looking for

  • Possess extensive production experience with a programming language that supports concurrency (e.g. Go, C++, or Rust)
  • Possess a strong sense of ownership in your work which drives you to find new and innovative ways to solve complex problems through rigorous experimentation
  • Always up to speed on the latest technologies
  • Possess an open, transparent and direct communication style and have experience working in tight collaboration with your teammates
  • Always open to feedback, new ideas and opportunities for self-improvement
  • You look for ways to help out beyond your immediate day-to-day work
More about this role

At Offchain, we aren’t just building products: we’re leading a movement.

As pioneers in blockchain scalability and security, we're at the forefront of transforming how the world interacts with decentralized applications. We're laying the foundation that will define the next generation of digital commerce, governance, and human interaction. This involves tackling real-world challenges that come with scaling blockchain technology, without compromising on its core principles: decentralization, security and transparency.

At the center of this vision is our people. Our team is made up of thinkers and doers that embrace new challenges and seek solutions that push existing boundaries. If you’re energized by solving unprecedented problems, and believe in the role that decentralized systems will play in creating a more equitable digital future, then we want to hear from you.

Why Offchain?

Offchain is setting the pace for the entire Ethereum ecosystem. We built the Arbitrum stack that powers Arbitrum One, the most widely adopted Ethereum scaling solution that exists today.

Arbitrum’s ecosystem is undergoing tremendous growth with hundreds of projects and dApps on Arbitrum One today. Over...

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