Software Engineer, Cosmos SDK

We have joined the Interchain Foundation, and rebranded Skip to Interchain Labs, as we become the ICF’s main development, product, and growth subsidiary! Read the announcement to learn more.

Who we are

📌 Interchain Labs (formerly, Skip) leads development for the Cosmos Hub, ecosystem, and stack -- the leading platform for building sovereign, interoperable blockchains. We're dedicated to offering developers full-stack programmability, complete ownership of their economics, and best-in-class distribution to users everywhere.

Our mission is to build a more free, more fair internet with the Cosmos platform at the core. The best teams already build with Cosmos across every category: defi (dYdX, Osmosis, Injective), infrastructure (Babylon, Celestia, Initia),  Depin/AI (Akash, Artificial Superintelligence Alliance, Allora), privacy (Nillion, Penumbra), and many more. We want to help these teams and many more help bring the values of sovereignty and decentralization to the rest of the internet by developing the Cosmos stack and hub. 

We hire best-in-class talent anywhere within 6 hours of the NYC timezone but we also love it when we hire people to work together in person in NYC to build a collaborative and supportive culture. 

Core team member responsibilities

1. Work to solve hard technical problems at the cutting edge of blockchain research alongside the founders.
2. Be empowered to make bold technical and strategic decisions.
3. Play a critical role in determining the people we hire, our culture, our engineering practices, and the products we ship.

How we work

1. We value ambition, work ethic, and m (slope) over prestige, accomplishments, and y-intercept. - This means initiative, self development, and adaptability are non-negotiable, even for the most experienced candidates.
2. We value thoughtful and contentious dialogue over siloed and unilateral decision-making.
3. We value acknowledging uncertainty/weakness and seeking support over unabated confidence and solo performances.
4. We’re obsessive about documenting everything, learning, and shipping as fast as possible with short feedback cycles. 

Interchain Labs is committed to inclusion.

Interchain Labs. is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages individuals from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. We believe the purpose of crypto is to expand who has agency in society, which starts at home, by empowering people with diverse gender identities, ethnic backgrounds, and life experiences within our own organization. Interchain Inc. offers dedicated mentorship to support personal growth and a bright career in crypto.

Benefits

In USA

✈️ 18 days of paid leave

🧑‍⚕️ Premium health insurance

🏦 Competitive regional compensation and token compensation

📁 Office space and accommodations for remote work

Elsewhere in the world we provide competitive and equitable benefits depending on your country norms.

Description:

We are looking for a Intermediate Software Engineer to develop and maintain the Cosmos SDK, the application framework backing the Cosmos.

The ideal candidate believes decentralization and trust minimization are critical to ensuring a bright and open future for the internet. They care deeply about writing clear and maintainable code, not just solving tasks quickly. They believe that thoughtful software design and thorough testing processes speed up, rather than slow down development. They value customer input deeply and always recognize that no engineering decisions are made in a vacuum. Someone who doesn’t enjoy building in public and interacting with their users won’t excel in this role.

Role

• Build and maintain core components of Cosmos SDK so that it can be the best-in-class way to build an application-specific blockchain
• Serve as the expert on and primary owner of a critical sub-system in Cosmos SDK (e.g. store modules, client, etc…)
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues with customers and team members.
• Contribute to testing, monitoring, and observability systems to ensure our software works in production across 100+ diverse blockchains

Qualifications

• Requirements:
  • 3+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Expertise in Go or similar languages.
  • Experience developing or contributing to blockchains, especially the Cosmos SDK.
  • Strong problem solving skills and ability to work in collaborative environment.
• Bonus:
  • Familiarity with open-source development practices.
  • Familiarity with the Cosmos SDK
  • Comfort with external facing customer interactions.