Blockchain Engineer - Solidity and/or Cadence
Verisart, United Kingdom
Job Description
**What we’re looking for**
A Blockchain Engineer interested in the potential of blockchain to solve problems at the intersection of art and technology, especially NFTs. You are comfortable across the DApp stack with strong Ethereum and/or Flow experience. You care about the product end-to-end and making life easy for customers. You have an appetite to learn new technologies and to share ownership of major parts of our platform. You're up for the challenge of a greenfield project for a client-driven NFT marketplace.
**Who you are**
* A blockchain engineer comfortable writing smart contracts in Solidity and/or Cadence and integrating them into frontend applications using technologies like web3.js/Flow FCL
* Accountable and able to take ownership of your work from start-to-finish
* Passionate about product and the impact your code has on end customers
* You enjoy collaboration with product, design and commercial colleagues in a cross-functional product team
**Who we are**
Verisart (verisart.com) is a digital certification platform using blockchain technology to transform the art and collectibles market. We believe in giving creators and creative businesses more control and connecting them with collectors who love their work and products. We’re the pioneers in this space and are backed by VCs as well as leading artists who use and invest in our platform. We’re at an exciting turning point and we're growing our team to take things to the next level.
**What will you work on**
* Leading or co-leading development of a greenfield client-driven NFT marketplace on a major blockchain platform
* Augmenting the platform's offering for NFTs including better integration between digital certificates and artwork NFTs
* Helping build solutions which bridge the gap between the digital and physical art world
Requirements
* 2 years experience building DApps on a major smart contract-based blockchain such as Ethereum or Flow
Good understanding of the blockchain ecosystem including knowledge of virtual machines, smart contracts, blockchain architecture etc.
* 3 years working with modern frontend web applications using frameworks like React, Vue or Ember and a variety of modern languages like Javascript, Typescript, C#, Java or Kotlin
* Familiarity with integrating with APIs and third-party services and understanding the potential pitfalls
**Nice to have**
* Building NFT and/or finance-based smart contracts
* Backend technologies including Next.js and Spring Boot
* Integrating with external blockchain APIs and design of public APIs
* Different testing approaches such as unit, end to end, UI testing with Cypress/Selenium
* Cloud environments (Heroku, AWS or Google Cloud).
* Build automation (Docker, CI/CD, alerting, monitoring)
* Security and cryptography experience
* A degree in computer science or a related field
Benefits
Opportunity to work with a passionate team defining a new market in blockchain technology for art and collectibles
* Chance to work with a greenfield project with the latest technologies and frameworks
* Bright workspace in Mayfair, London with good transport links.
* Competitive salary and stock options
* Partial remote after trial period
* Competitive salary and stock options