Remote Software Engineer, Data APIs

Description:

• Dune is seeking a talented Rust Engineer to assist in building and optimizing the next generation of APIs for real-time data processing.
• The engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining high-performance, real-time APIs using Rust to meet industry-leading performance and stability standards.
• Collaboration with the team to develop new features, enhance data decoding, and improve API coverage for various blockchain data will be a key aspect of the role.
• Performance improvements such as optimizing CPU usage, reducing latency, and implementing caching strategies for better data fetching will be a focus.
• Exploring and implementing cutting-edge data storage solutions, stability improvements, and enhancing the robustness of real-time systems are also part of the responsibilities.
• Contribution to the internal developer experience by enhancing local test setups, integration tests, and incremental deployment processes is expected.
• The role involves working on one of the fastest engineering teams in the industry.

Requirements:

• The ideal candidate should have at least 4 years of experience, including 6+ months of working with Rust.
• Deep understanding of systems programming concepts, especially in high-performance or real-time applications, is required.
• Familiarity with technologies like Parquet or similar and experience in optimizing data storage and retrieval processes is necessary.
• Ability to address performance issues, optimize CPU usage, reduce latency, and implement efficient caching mechanisms is essential.
• Strong problem-solving skills, particularly in distributed and real-time systems, are a must.
• Team player with good communication skills, capable of collaborating effectively with other engineers to achieve common goals.
• Enthusiasm for exploring new ways to enhance system performance and reliability is desired.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and equity package, both ranking in the top 25% of companies in the space.
• Employee equity scheme with employee-friendly terms, including a heavily discounted strike price (~90%) and a 10-year exercise window.
• 5 weeks of PTO plus local public holidays that can be swapped to suit individual preferences.
• Fully remote-first approach within a distributed team with flexible working hours.
• Emphasis on a healthy mix of async and sync work to avoid meeting overload.
• Private medical insurance, dental, and vision coverage provided.
• Paid parental leave with 16 weeks for primary caregivers and 6 weeks for secondary caregivers, fully paid, along with a 2-week part-time phased return at full pay.
• Quarterly offsites in various exciting locations for team bonding and collaboration.
• Yearly travel allowance for connecting and co-working with others.
• Allowance for at-home setup or local co-working space payment.
• Opportunity to work with exceptional individuals and receive Dune swag.