Staff Software Engineer, Non-EVM Integrations

As a Staff Software Engineer at Chainlink Labs, you'll lead the integration of our applications into non-EVM blockchains. You'll collaborate with other engineers to construct the complete experience for your products, which includes developing decentralized applications (dApps), data services, smart contracts, and necessary monitoring and tooling systems.

Candidates for the Staff Software Engineer role at Chainlink Labs should have 2+ years of Web3 experience and 5-10+ years of professional programming experience. Proficiency in smart contract programming languages like Solidity, Rust, or others is essential, along with a strong understanding of blockchain concepts, APIs, and microservices.

While not mandatory, experience with distributed systems and peer-to-peer networking is highly beneficial for a Staff Software Engineer at Chainlink Labs. Participation in hackathons or having an active GitHub profile showcasing personal projects would also be a great advantage.

Yes! All roles at Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based. We encourage team members to overlap some of their working hours with Eastern Standard Time (EST) to facilitate collaboration.

Chainlink Labs is committed to equal opportunity employment. All qualified applicants for the Staff Software Engineer position will receive fair consideration without regard to race, color, gender, disability, or any other protected characteristic in compliance with applicable laws.

When discussing your experience with non-EVM blockchain integrations, emphasize specific projects where you've implemented integrations. Detail the challenges faced, your problem-solving approach, and the technologies used to achieve the desired outcomes.

Highlight your proficiency in smart contract programming languages such as Solidity, Rust, or others. Mention any projects you've worked on, the complexity involved, and how you ensured security and efficiency in your code.

Discuss your philosophy regarding API design, including principles like RESTful design and microservices architecture. Provide examples from your past experience, illustrating how these designs improved system functionality or user experience.

Detail a specific project where you led a complex integration, outlining the project’s scope, your role, and the stakeholders involved. Focus on the strategies you used to coordinate with various teams and the outcomes achieved.

Talk about your systematic approach to troubleshooting blockchain applications. This includes initial error identification, analysis of logs, and interfacing with peers for collaborative problem solving.

Share the methods you use to stay informed, such as attending Web3 conferences, following relevant blogs, participating in online forums, and continuously engaging in personal projects to experiment with new technologies.

Discuss experiences with decentralized system architecture, including challenges faced and how you optimized performance or security within those systems. Highlight any innovative solutions you implemented.

Explain your communication strategies when working remotely. Focus on how you maintain clear, effective communication and collaboration with asynchronous teams, emphasizing tools and practices you find useful.

Discuss the concept of scalability in blockchain solutions, providing examples of how scalability can affect integration processes. Mention any strategies you've employed to handle scalability issues in previous projects.

Outline your understanding of security practices specific to blockchain development. Discuss relevant frameworks, testing techniques, and examples of how you've ensured security in the projects you've worked on.