Senior Software Engineer (Rust)

About us

Aurora Labs is the development company behind Aurora—the EVM blockchain that runs on the NEAR Protocol. We are also the developers of, and integration partner behind, Aurora Cloud—a suite of products that allow Web2 companies to capture the value of Web3. We as well support development and share technical expertise for NEAR ecosystem projects.

We invite you to be part of the team to support development and further maintenance of NearIntents. It is at the forefront of innovation in the web3 and DeFi space, dedicated to creating cutting-edge solutions for decentralized finance. As a key player in the industry, NearIntents fosters a culture of excellence, collaboration, and forward-thinking. We are operate in a startup mode that values creativity, agility, and a strong sense of purpose. The mission is to build a decentralized future where financial systems are open, transparent, and accessible to everyone.

Requirements

- Senior Rust Expertise

- Software design, architecture and engineering skills

- Experience with message based and event sourced architectures

- Proven track record of smart contract development

- Previous experience in the blockchain industry, Layer 1

- Extreme ownership mentality - ability to take extreme ownership and full responsibility of tasks and projects

- Professionalism and quality in work ethic

- Desire to support and improve existing code

Nice to have     

- Previous experience with the NEAR ecosystem, e.g. nearcore codebase

- Experience developing and auditing security-sensitive code- Familiarity with EVM / web3 ecosystem

Responsibilities 

- Maintain and improve services written in Rust which are part of the business-critical infrastructure

- Research and prototype application of cutting edge blockchain technologies

- Review and provide feedback on technical architecture across the company

- Participate in technical governance of OSS projects around NEAR ecosystem

- Communication and collaboration with a fully distributed team

- Collaborate with Ethereum and be active in the Ethereum engineering forums