Position: Solidity Developer
Company: UPPeople
Experience required: 3y
English level: intermediate

At Games for a living we develop exciting AAA blockchain games, as well as tools to help gamers and game developers benefit from crypto. We are looking for a Backend Engineer with experience in Web3 framework to help us build the next generation of Web3-based applications and products.

In this role, you will be responsible for the full product life-cycle of our upcoming crypto games and infrastructure, from development to launch and beyond. You will also be working on our 3rd party platform for developers, which will be a key piece of our technology stack.

We are a fast-paced and rapidly growing company, so we need someone who is able to work independently and take ownership of their projects. If you are a self-starter with a passion for blockchain technology and gaming, then we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities:
— Write code in Solidity.
— Rewrite and update code for our indexer.
— Ensure code follows latest coding practices and industry standards.
— Work closely with backend developers to understand and properly use the system’s APIs.
— Write both unit and integration tests, and develop automation tools for daily tasks.
— Challenge ideas and opinions to avoid pitfalls and inefficient solutions.
— Own off-chain services that maintain on-chain systems on several chains.
— Design and implementation of microservices to gaming and financial systems and payment networks.
— Write reusable, testable, and efficient code.
— Analyse requirements, vendor APIs, and translate into application designs.
— Implementation of security and data protection systems.
— Build applications according to the design and provide designers with feedback and suggest tradeoffs when required.

About You:
— Distributed networks: Blockchain; Consensus models or Rust or any Smart Contract programming language.
— 6+ years coding experience, experience with Solidity. Experience with GoLang will be nice to have.
— You have a working understanding of blockchains and smart contracts, and a birds-eye view of the state of L1 tech.
— You have familiarity with applied cryptography (merkle trees, ecdsa, etc)
— You have strong opinions on system design and code cleanliness.
— Experience developing technologically complicated products for untrained end-users.
— You are passionate about blockchain, have used DeFi dApps and believe in the opportunity of blockchains to change how the financial and gaming worlds are working today.
— You thrive in a startup environment and feel best working in a small, cross-functional team where you can roll up your sleeves and be hands-on.
— You have an interest in working in a self-organising environment and bring creativity to start your own initiatives within the EVM ecosystem.
— We would prefer someone with a proven track record in the blockchain industry, but we are open to considering candidates looking for a new opportunity.

Benefits:
— 25 days of paid holiday.
— Start-up atmosphere with free coffee & fruit, social events and cool office facilities.
— Front-row seat in the development of a Web3 future.
— Innovation-driven work environment.
— Work hands on with an outstanding team of video game professionals.