Senior Software Engineer – DeFi

VDEX is a fast-growing DeFi startup focused on building a decentralized perpetual exchange.Powered by Virtual Rollup, the VDEX  architecture is designed to overcome the performance and cost limitations of traditional blockchain systems by allowing the users to trade with instant finality, zero gas fees and omnichain (trade among different chains without requiring any bridge).We are looking for a motivated Junior developer to join our tech team and help us build our platform and reshape the future of DeFi.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with business and other engineers to design and develop backend services in Golang and Typescript for our DeFi platform and improve our frontend in Typescript.
• Maintain and improve the existing backend, frontend, and our smart contracts on EVM chains.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving engineering practices.
• Support integration with new features and DeFi protocols.
• Mentor juniors, and come up with an appropriate system design.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of working experience in highly scalable software development.
• Understanding of blockchain fundamentals and DeFi concepts like EVM,  tokens, yields.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and microservices.
• Solid programming skills in Golang (Go) and Typescript.
• Familiarity with SQL (postgres), RESTful APIs, Event-driven architecture, Kafka, and microservices.
• Knowledge of basic cryptographic principles and key management.
• Comfortable using Git, Docker, AWS and CI/CD tools.
• Good communication and collaboration skills.
• Self-starter mindset and willingness to learn fast.

Nice To Have:

• Understanding of traditional finance concepts like order books, perpetuals and trading concepts.Ability to reason in mathematical terms and provide formal arguments of correctness and security of a system.
• Experience working with smart contracts (Solidity).
• Familiarity with Ethereum and etherjs library.
• Contributions to other open-source projects or previous work in DeFi and crypto.

In this role, you’ll be an integral part of a dynamic team focused on building next-generation cryptographic technologies to enhance the functionality, security, and user experience of Web3. Your work will help us push the boundaries of current Web3 capabilities and catalyze broader adoption of decentralized systems. Compensation includes competitive salary and equity.