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Job Description
Join Parity, a leader in Web3 infrastructure, to work on cutting-edge smart contract execution environments on Polkadot. This Senior Software Engineer role focuses on low-level software, virtual machines, and performance engineering within a remote-first, highly collaborative team.
Key Information
- Location Model: Remote-first
- Location Details: Global (opportunity to relocate to Germany or Portugal)
- Salary Range: Competitive remuneration packages (includes tokens where possible)
- Years Experience Min: N/A (Focus on relevant skills/experience)
- Employment Type: Permanent
- Company Industry: Blockchain Infrastructure / Web3
- Visa Sponsorship: Yes (for relocation to Germany or Portugal)
- Relocation Assistance: Yes (Opportunity to relocate to Germany or Portugal)
- Working Hours: Flexible hours
Technical Stack
- Core (Must-Have):
- Low-level software development experience
- Experience with or excitement to learn about Virtual Machines
- Experience with or excitement to learn about Compiler concepts (optimization, code generation)
- Experience with or excitement to learn about Low-level memory management
- Experience with or excitement to learn about Low-level operating system interfaces (Linux)
- Nice-to-Have:
- RISC-V, AMD64 assembly
- Dynamic recompilation
- Bytecode interpreters
- Security sandboxing
- Performance engineering
- Zero knowledge proof systems / virtual machines
Role & Responsibilities
- Key Responsibilities:
- Support and improve the execution of smart contracts on Polkadot.
- Work on low-level software components like PolkaVM and revive.
- Contribute to compiler and virtual machine technologies.
- Engage in performance engineering and optimization.
- Work autonomously while collaborating in an open-source environment.
- Must-Have Qualifications:
- Proven experience or strong interest in low-level software/systems.
- Ability to work autonomously and solve problems independently.
- Experience working effectively in collaborative, open-source settings.
- Strong sense of ownership and ability to see work through completion.
- Good communication skills, including ability to present complex topics simply.
- Nice-to-Have Qualifications:
- Experience with specific technologies listed in "Technical Stack - Nice-to-Have".
- Experience writing technical blog posts or presenting at conferences.
Company & Culture
- Benefits Highlights:
- Competitive remuneration packages (including tokens where possible)
- Flexible working hours
- Remote-first "future of work" environment
- Opportunity to learn from industry experts
- Work laptop
- Team and company-wide retreats
- Opportunity for visa sponsorship/relocation to Germany or Portugal
- Potential Red Flags / Things to Note:
- Comfort with "chaos" and rapid adaptation in the Web3 space is mentioned.
- Specific salary range not provided, stated as "Competitive".
- Company Culture Snippets:
- Highly motivated and mission-driven collective.
- Excited about groundbreaking and complex projects.
- Emphasis on autonomy, collaboration, and accountability.
- Culture of continuous learning.
Job description Parity is one of the world's most experienced core blockchain infrastructure companies, having built and pioneered some of the most advanced technologies in the blockchain sector. Parity was founded by Dr. Gavin Wood, co-founder and former CTO of Ethereum, the primary engineer behind the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), inventor of the Solidity programming language, and primary author of the Ethereum Yellowpaper. Based in Berlin, London, and Lisbon, Parity has built clients for Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Zcash and has pioneered a completely new, next-generation blockchain protocol with Polkadot and the framework it’s built with, Substrate. Parity builds the open-source technologies needed to power an unstoppable, decentralised web—known as Web3—and helps developers and organisations implement and build upon the Web3 tech stack. People in Our Collective Are Highly motivated to contribute to Parity’s mission and be part of something bigger Excited to work on projects that are groundbreaking and complex Autonomous workers that self-initiate, but also collaborate well with others Taking maximum accountability and having minimum ego at work Comfortable with chaos and adapting to the ever-changing Web3 space Continuously educating themselves about Parity and the wider ecosystem About the Team The role is part of the Smart Contracts team which is responsible for supporting the execution of smart contracts on Polkadot. This ranges from low level software like PolkaVM and revive to our smart contract execution environment . Job requirements About You You have experience or are excited to learn about things such as... Virtual machines, RISC-V, AMD64 assembly, dynamic recompilation, bytecode interpreters, compilers (in particular code optimization and machine code generation), low level memory management, low level operating system interfaces (Linux in particular), security sandboxing, performance engineering, zero knowledge proof systems in general and zero knowledge virtual machines in particular You work autonomously and solve problems independently You work well in a collaborative, open-source culture and environment You take ownership of your work and actively see it through to the end, gathering and incorporating feedback as you progress You have good communication skills and you can present your work in “plain English”, not only to your colleagues, but also in blog posts or at conferences About Working for Us Competitive remuneration packages based on iterative market research, including tokens (where legally possible) “Future of work” environment that’s remote-first and self-initiating with flexible hours Team mates that are genuinely excited about their impact and projects Access to the brightest minds in this space to learn about Web3 and develop your skills and knowledge while on the job Becoming part of the wider ecosystem (career and networking opportunities) Team and company-wide retreats Work laptop Opportunity to relocate to Germany or Portugal (with visa sponsorship) All done! Your application has been successfully submitted! Other jobs
Job Details
Location
Remote / Zürich, Switzerland
Key Skills
CompilersRisc VCode OptimizationAmd64 AssemblyBytecode InterpretersDynamic RecompilationLow Level Memory ManagementLow Level Operating System InterfacesMachine Code GenerationVirtual Machines