Description
IO Global, creator of the Cardano blockchain platform, is looking for a Technical Consultant to join the Cardano ecosystem bootstrapping team. Cardano will soon add support for smart contracts – and is inviting the community to build decentralized applications for users on its peer-reviewed, secure, scalable, and interoperable third-generation blockchain platform. Many exciting projects are looking to benefit from the advantages of Cardano over other blockchain platforms. They are rallying to implement their ideas as DApps on Cardano.
IO Global wants to help promising projects succeed, so that together we can build the foundation for a fast-evolving and inclusive global financial and social ecosystem. To achieve this, we are setting up a dedicated team that will focus on discovering and evaluating strategically relevant use cases. The team will also provide technical support and guidance during the DApp implementation phase carried out by selected partner projects.
Your mission
We are looking for a Technical Consultant with a strong background in software development, as well as in solution design of distributed systems. You will support a product manager and work with engineering leads and with development teams working on partner projects.
Duties will include:
- Reviewing the architecture and solution design of partner projects, including feasibility analysis
- Providing technical support and coordinating with development teams to address any issues and any technical constraints at the platform level raised by partners
- Identifying and assessing reusable frameworks across use cases for integration at the platform, tools, or product level
- Supporting projects going through an application certification program.
Requirements
Your expertise
- A degree in engineering, software development or a related field
- Strong software development background, including as a tech lead
- Knowledge of Haskell and functional programming
- Demonstrable experience of software solution design. API design in a microservices architecture is a plus
- Ability to communicate technical requirements to distributed development teams
- Experience of distributed systems and blockchain frameworks, particularly with smart contracts and DApps
- Experience of smart contracts programming languages and platforms such as Solidity and EVM is a plus.
Benefits
Location
IOG is a fully distributed organization and therefore this is a remote position. Due to team distribution we are ideally searching for someone in an European timezone.
All Colleagues
- Flexible schedule
- Remote work - ability to work anywhere
- Laptop reimbursement
- New starter package to buy hardware essentials (headphones, monitor, etc)
- Competitive PTO and Sick Leave plan
US Employees
- Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits coverage through Anthem with 100% premium cost covered by IO Global for the employee and dependents
- Health Savings Account
- Life Insurance
UK Employees
- Monthly Health Stipend to use towards any wellness or medical coverage/service
- Pension
Deadline for applications: 07.03.2022.
