Software Engineer (Noir Generalist)

Role focus:

We're looking for entrepreneurial thinkers that are interested in tackling new problems working across the entire codebase to:

• Understand the full system architecture end to end
• Prioritize and document technical debt and unnecessary complexity within the system
• Implement solutions and improvements for key stakeholders
• Refactor code, improving readability, documentation, maintainability and unit testing
• Influence and enhance current engineering bar
• Ensure we're using the most up-to-date tooling and development workflows for maximum developer efficiency

In particular, some of the tasks you could be working on include:

• Improving the developer experience of writing Noir through extending its LSP (among other tools).
• Improving the testing framework for Noir programs and performing exploratory work on testing smart contracts written in Noir.
• Implementing new language features
• Extending the Javascript tooling for working with Noir and identifying bottlenecks for proving in the browser.
• Implementing optimized cryptographic primitives in Noir

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in related technical field
• 3+ years solid engineering experience (ideally in a web3/blockchain setting)
• Fluent in Rust/Typescript (3+ years experience)
• Previous compiler experience (very desirable but not required)
• Able to provide clear and constructive feedback on less senior engineers’ PR’s, mentoring where necessary

Nice-to-have experience:

• Located in the UK or can operate in Greenwich Mean Time Zone
• Familiarity with other ZK languages and associated tooling (for inspiration)
• Familiarity with current Ethereum tooling (for inspiration)
• Passion for the web3 space
• C++ experience