Senior Haskell Engineer

IO Global, creator of the blockchain platform Cardano, is searching for a Senior Haskell Engineer to join the Plutus Apps team. The Plutus Apps team builds the core components for writing and executing smart contracts on the Cardano network and maintains libraries and integrations with community- developed projects.

In addition, the Plutus Apps team is responsible for helping the community write applications on the Cardano blockchain. Our work includes the PAB, the Plutus starter project, and documentation around writing and structuring smart contract applications. We also support both internal and external projects through our open-source workflows.

As a Senior Haskell Engineer, your mission is to make the Plutus Apps tooling into a world-class product, capable of handling the diverse needs of our users while staying within the technical constraints of the system. In addition to writing high-quality code, you will help enhance your team's effectiveness by leading and mentoring your more junior colleagues. To support you, our products have software architects, product managers, project managers, formal methods specialists, and QA test engineers, with whom you must communicate professionally, effectively, and efficiently.

Your mission

• Technical leadership and mentoring of junior engineers
• Working with the team to define and implement the needs for smart-contract support infrastructure
• Contributing to the broader Plutus strategy, design, and implementation
• Engaging in code review and collaborative design sessions with the team
• Reviewing specifications produced by architects and formal methods specialists
• Working with the support team to resolve community issues and feedback
• Following the agile software development practices used by the team
• Working with teams across time zones
• Carrying out software development tasks independently
• Covering your code with unit, property, and integration tests when applicable
• Creating high quality pull requests with clear communication of design intent
• Reviewing the pull requests of others in the team
• Fixing bugs in your own and legacy code
• Integrating software components and third-party libraries
• Verifying and deploying programs and systems
• Troubleshooting, debugging and upgrading software
• Writing documentation for code and technical user manuals
• Developing your knowledge of distributed and concurrent computation and of cryptography.
• Developing your knowledge of blockchain and related financial technologies.

Requirements

Your expertise

• Background in programming languages/ functional programming theory
• A minimum of two years’ development experience (professional or otherwise) in Haskell
• Some exposure to blockchain and UTXO-based ledgers would be a bonus
• Empathetic
• Highly organized
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience with Git/GitHub/open-source workflows
• Thoughtful and able to provide critical feedback to design decisions
• Collaborative and inquisitive.

Benefits

Location

IOG is a fully distributed organization and therefore this is a remote position. Due to team distribution we are ideally searching for someone in a European or East Coast USA time zone.

All Colleagues

• Flexible schedule
• Remote work - ability to work anywhere
• Laptop reimbursement
• New starter package to buy hardware essentials (headphones, monitor, etc)
• Learning & Development opportunities
• Competitive PTO and Sick Leave plan

US Employees

• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits coverage through Anthem with 100% premium cost covered by IO Global for the employee and dependents
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance

UK Employees

• Monthly Health Stipend to use towards any wellness or medical coverage/service
• Pension