Pioneering advancements in blockchain technology infrastructure, Blockstream is the leading company extending Bitcoin at the protocol level to support a broad range of new asset types and financial markets. Blockstream supports values of decentralization, privacy, end-to-end security, user control, and open, permissionless innovation.
We are looking for an experienced software engineer to help us build the premier platform for crypto-finance applications. Your initial responsibilities will include engineering a secure production service that must operate at low-latency and with high-availability.
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Requirements
- Modern C++ (version 14 or newer, 5 years experience)
- Python
- Development and testing in a continuous integration environment
- HTTP REST and websocket APIs -- client and server
- Linux
Pluses
- High availability, low latency applications
- Data streaming platforms
- Cryptocurrencies
- Development and deployment into public cloud infrastructure (GCP or AWS)
- Financial services and exchange markets
- Kafka
