Senior Software Engineer

Who are we?

IOG, is a technology company focused on Blockchain research and development. We are renowned for our scientific approach to blockchain development, emphasizing peer-reviewed research and formal methods to ensure security, scalability, and sustainability. Our projects include decentralized finance (DeFi), governance, and identity management, aiming to advance the capabilities and adoption of blockchain technology globally.

We invest in the unknown, applying our curiosity and desire for positive change to everything we do. By fueling creativity, innovation, and progress within our teams, our products and services are designed for people to be fearless, to be changemakers.

About Lace:

Lace is a light wallet platform from IOG that brings together a wealth of Web3 features, from managing digital assets, to accessing NFTs, DApps, and DeFi services, so you can discover and enjoy a new world of digital experiences. Securely send and receive digital assets, easily stake your ada and participate in the Cardano network, or send multiple assets to different addresses in one transaction. Lace does everything a wallet does – and more. Lace is already evolving, with many new features in the pipeline. From a DApp Store, to a mobile app, digital identity solutions, and more – this is just the beginning. https://www.lace.io/ 

What the role involves:

As a Software Engineer at IOG, you are responsible for writing high-quality code for our products. You have the exciting challenge of working with cutting-edge research and technology with a focus on the market's needs. To support you on 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.

• Follow Agile software development practices.
• Work with teams across multiple 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 previously agreed 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 teammates.
• Fix bugs in your code and legacy code from others.
• Integrate software components and third-party libraries.
• Verify and deploy programs and systems.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing software.
• Write documentation for the code.
• Write technical user manuals.
• Be knowledgeable of the basics of cryptography

Who you are:

• A degree in Computer Science is desirable but not essential  
• A minimum of 5+ years of development experience (professional or otherwise) in the required language (JavaScript, TypeScript, Rust, or in different languages depending on the role) 
• Experience working with Git and Git workflow
• Practical experience with Agile software development methods
• Knowledge of functional and object-oriented programming paradigms
• Experience in the Self-Sovereign Identity domain (W3C/DIF/Aries), VC/VP, DIDCommV2.
• Experience with React/ReactNative framework.
• Write idiomatic code that satisfies the acceptance criteria of a given task.
• Write tests (unit tests, property tests) that provide sufficient and non-superfluous efficient code coverage.
• Document code and APIs concisely and unambiguously
• Break down tasks into sub-tasks that are completable in a short amount of time, and report completion as required by managers.
• Pragmatically adhere to software engineering principles (modularity, incremental development, no premature optimization, no feature creep, no speculative generality, ...)

• Remote work
• Laptop reimbursement
• New starter package to buy hardware essentials (headphones, monitor, etc)
• Learning & Development opportunities
• Competitive PTO 

At IOG, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.