We seek a Senior Software Engineer (Rust Developer) to build novel software technology in the world of blockchains - decentralized computing systems that put people back in control of their digital lives.

About Us

Mina Foundation is a public benefit corporation serving the Mina Protocol, the world's lightest blockchain. Mina Protocol's native cryptocurrency, MINA, is the first with a small constant-size blockchain. The Foundation supports participants, strategically allocates resources, ensures network health and security, promotes adoption, and champions MINA in the wider world. Mina solves 3 of the most difficult challenges in the blockchain space: privacy, scalability, and decentralization.

Join the team realizing this vision.

Responsibilities

As a Software Engineer, you will:

• Develop software primarily in Rust
• Implement improvements to the Mina Protocol
• Collaborate with Product, Cryptography, and other teams in the ecosystem to design, develop, build, and release changes to the Mina Protocol, new related products, and developer tools
• Connect with the ecosystem participants (software engineers and node operators, for example), address their needs, and incorporate their feedback into Mina

Profile

You have:

• Demonstrated ability to deliver software written in Rust in a professional context
• Five (5) or more years of experience delivering successful software
• Some technical understanding of blockchain or distributed systems
• Strong technical background (ideally software engineering or computer science)
• Excellent communication skills
• Familiarity with software development concepts such as APIs, GraphQL, DevOps, Git

Mina Foundation

Mina Foundation stewards the Mina Protocol - the world's lightest blockchain, powered by participants. Our team is fully remote and globally distributed. Mina Foundation is overseen by a team of industry-leading experts.

Opportunity

We work on technologies with the potential to reimagine social structures. It is important to incorporate diverse perspectives from conception through realization. This is your chance to join a small, collaborative team and to work on fascinating cross-disciplinary problems that span cryptography, engineering, product design, economics, and sociology.

We offer competitive compensation both in salary and equity as well as top-of-the-market benefits.