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Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for a Bot Engineer to join the Across protocol team. You’d be working alongside top tier engineering talent, world class data driven product development, and a team motivated to be hugely impactful for the exciting interoperable future that we’re racing towards. You’re a person who loves optimizing and building at the intersection of technology, finance, and data.
- You thrive in environments that require problem-solving skills and innovative thinking to push the boundaries of what's possible in cross-chain interoperability.
- Your curiosity drives you to understand the underlying mechanics of blockchain technology and you relish the opportunity to contribute to a cutting-edge protocol.
- A collaborative spirit is your hallmark; you're eager to share knowledge and also learn from your peers, enhancing the collective expertise of the team.
- You appreciate the freedom of a remote work setting and embrace the responsibility it comes with, ensuring you deliver high-quality work.
- You identify with a culture that prioritizes economic freedom, openness, integrity, continual learning, and taking calculated risks to achieve exceptional results.
What the job involves
- Responsibilities:
- Bot-System Ownership: Writing off-chain code to interact with smart contracts with passion and expertise. Bot systems should have a high degree of correctness, efficiency, and antifragility. If you enjoy writing trading, arbitrage, or MEV bots, this role is for you.
- Protocol Architecture: Research and develop protocol upgrades and new financial concepts. Across is always changing, and you will be asked to help evolve Across to encompass new use cases, technologies, and expand to more environments.
- Code Review and Mentorship: Write code in a highly collaborative open source ecosystem. In depth reviews of others’ contributions is expected with a focus on helping others grow their technical expertise.
- Requirements:
- 4+ years full-time experience in Software Engineering at a software, financial services , or related technology organization
- 2+years experience with blockchain-based projects (hackathons or personal projects as well) with bot infrastructure experience
- Outstanding critical thinking skills; low ego, high curiosity and comfort in being wrong
- Deep interest in software; desire to understand the why and the how of everything you work on
- Passion for blockchain technology, cryptonomic protocol design, game theory, and decentralized finance
- Growth mindset; a desire to learn from and mentor those around you
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, especially written
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Company
Across' purpose: Across is to fulfill crypto’s potential by making blockchains more usable, more accessible and more efficient. Across’ Vision: Intents are the standard in cross-chain interoperability.
About the company
Risk Labs is the foundation and core team behind UMA, and some top tier products built with it such as oSnap, Oval, and the Across protocol . The Risk Labs team, operates as one cohesive (amazing!) culture, but focuses on two core protocols, UMA and Across. UMA and Across are decentralized protocols governed by community members across the globe in DAOs, and are supported by Risk Labs Foundation. UMA's optimistic oracle (OO) can record any verifiable truth or data onto a blockchain. Across is leading the future of interoperability with its frontier intents based architecture.
Benefits & perks
- Compensation and Benefits
- Pay packages include competitive salaries & meaningful token options.
- Salaries for this role range from $100-200k (USD), and your token allocation can grow with your voting rewards while you participate in the growing ecosystem.
- Will pay in stablecoins or fiat
- Philosophies for a culture that show we care: Take vacation when you need it, family care, training and development (just to name a few)
- 100% remote, which means we encourage you to create the work environment that you thrive in
- At least two team wide offsites a year
Company Values
- 1) We value each individual’s right to economic freedom
- 2) We value openness, honesty, and directness
- 3) We value integrity
- 4) We value iterative learning
- 5) We value taking smart risks. We value creating an environment where everyone “does their best work”.
Founders
Hart Lambur is a notable figure in the world of fintech and blockchain technology, currently serving as the co-founder of blockchain protocols Across and UMA. He has held a director role at Risk Labs Foundation for over 6 years, fostering the growth of UMA and Across protocols. Previously, Lambur founded Openfolio, a personal finance tracking platform, which was then acquired by Stone Ridge Asset Management. Before venturing into entrepreneurship, he spent nearly eight years working as an Interest Rate Trader at Goldman Sachs. Lambur is an alumnus of Columbia University, holding a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Computer Science. He is also associated with Robot Ventures as a Venture Partner and has pledged a significant part of his future earnings to charity through Founders Pledge.