Backend Engineer (Blockchain Dev - Specialist)

Description

About Datachain's Initiatives

On September 5, 2024, we announced a project to build a cross-border remittance infrastructure with international organizations! By using stablecoins, digital currencies whose value is linked to fiat currency, we aim to enable fast, cheap, and convenient international remittances.

Since its founding in 2018, Datachain has been conducting R&D on technology and business opportunities with the goal of creating a de facto infrastructure as a "global x deep tech" initiative originating in Japan.

Our company aims to become a decacorn (a startup with a corporate value of over $10 billion), and it's often said that to achieve this goal, we need to "win in global x deep tech."

The aforementioned cross-border remittance infrastructure project was launched as a major first step toward this goal. Currently, we are moving forward with the project with an advantage thanks to Japan's advanced legal framework. However, given the large size of the market, global competition is expected to intensify in the future.

In this climate, we are rapidly expanding our hiring, primarily for our development team, to spearhead the creation of a "de facto infrastructure" based on "global x deep tech" from Japan.

Why Datachain Can Realize This 

• We have already begun developing an international remittance platform using stablecoins in collaboration with international organizations that connect financial institutions around the world.
• In June 2023, Japan became the first developed country to enact a bill regarding blockchain stablecoins, making Japan a world leader in legal development. This is important for major companies to utilize stablecoins.
• Datachain's research and development of inter-blockchain communication technology is world-leading.

What Makes This Position So Rewarding 

To advance new and significant business ventures, we need to consider the development of new blockchains, further develop technologies that connect blockchains, and develop core technologies that will serve as the foundation for further business growth.

You will conduct your own research based on research themes that address business challenges and implement the technology based on English academic papers and other sources.
It's exciting to bring unprecedented technology to the world.

Technologies Used 

*May vary by project

Blockchain

• Language: Go, Rust, Solidity, Kotlin
  Network: Ethereum, BNB Chain, Cosmos, etc.

Server-Side/Backend Development

• Language: Go
  Database: PostgreSQL (Azure Cosmos DB)

Front-End Development

• TypeScript, Next.js, wagmi, Chakra UI

Infrastructure/SRE

• Cloud: Azure, Kubernetes
  CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Argo Workflows
  Monitoring: OpenTelemetry, Grafana

Requirements

• Development experience requiring basic implementation skills (one of the following)
• • Experience developing libraries, frameworks, and middleware
  • Experience developing publicly available products such as peer-reviewed papers and open source software
  • Experience developing highly technical projects with high load (social games, ad tech), reliability (data infrastructure, fintech), and decentralization (blockchain, IoT)
    • Ability to implement systems based on English-language literature
    • Fundamental knowledge of implementation, including algorithms, data structures, networks, security, and design patterns
    • Interest in the technologies that make up blockchain

Welcome requirements

• Experience implementing blockchain or related technologies
• Advanced knowledge of distributed systems
• Advanced knowledge of security and cryptography
• Advanced knowledge of concurrent/asynchronous programming
• Ability to communicate in English

Desired profile

• Ability to define and implement the ideal implementation of programs, such as OSS, that will be used in the medium to long term.
• Ability to understand and implement low-level system processing, including networking, security, data structures, and computational costs.
• Experience contributing to OSS and a strong interest in advanced technical topics.