Blockchain Software Engineer (C++)

About Zilliqa

Zilliqa is the world's first high-throughput public blockchain platform - designed to scale to thousands ​of transactions per second.

Zilliqa brings the theory of sharding to practice with its novel protocol that increases transaction rates as its network expands. The platform is tailored towards enabling secure data-driven decentralised apps, designed to meet the scaling requirements of machine learning and financial algorithms. ​

Zilliqa has been under research and development for two years, and powered several ground-breaking deployments commercially.

Position

• Deliver code that turns the vision and roadmap of Zilliqa into monthly milestones
• Conduct thorough tests on the Zilliqa blockchain for performance, scalability, and reliability
• Document designs, development, and testing to facilitate teamwork and collaboration
• Keep up with latest technologies in the blockchain space and understand when and where to adopt them
• Work closely with collaborators in the community or partner enterprises

Your qualification

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Good knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• 3+ years hands-on experience in writing robust C++ code and object-oriented design patterns
• Good working knowledge of TCP/IP and Linux programming
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in an agile team

Will be a plus

Experience in development on blockchain (e.g., Ethereum)

What we offer

The Zilliqa project is a challenging mix of different fields in Computer Science including but not limited to distributed systems, networks, system and application security, cryptography and programming languages. It offers a unique opportunity to apply cutting-edge research advances into building a system that opens up avenues to real-world decentralized applications. The Zilliqa team consists of excellent researchers in the blockchain space and developers with experience of building large-scale secure systems. We offer competitive salary, relocation to Singapore, a creative work environment and a special opportunity to get involved with an ever growing blockchain community.