Description:

Agora is creating tools for communities to collaborate onchain, aiming for a new paradigm in group collaboration.
The company focuses on building the best end-to-end governance platform for crypto protocols, facilitating coordination for communities like Optimism, ENS, and Uniswap.
The role involves building the next generation of Agora's governance applications, emphasizing product development, scaling, and user experience.
The engineer will collaborate closely with the head of engineering, design, and product to build and own features from start to finish.
Responsibilities include working on the front-end, determining backend data storage, and writing automated tests and documentation.
2025 is expected to be a significant year for Agora, with numerous new customers and improvements in contracts, architecture, data layer, and mobile experience.

Requirements:

Candidates must have experience working on at least three production-grade stacks and distributed systems using object-oriented languages.
Proficiency in Typescript, React, and Next.js is essential, along with experience in data pipelines using Python and SQL.
A solid understanding of Ethereum’s architecture and familiarity with Layer 2 solutions is required.
Ability to read and understand Solidity code is necessary.
Strong computer science fundamentals, particularly in building scalable and maintainable systems, are expected.
A proven track record of delivering high-quality, maintainable code that promotes collaboration within a codebase is essential.
Candidates should be ready to start committing code from day one.

Employees will have ownership in both responsibility and equity, with compensation structured to reflect their contributions to the product and company.
Competitive health, vision, and dental benefits are provided.
Team members will work in a small, experienced team that values character and integrity, fostering mutual respect.
Employees will have a seat at the table in strategic discussions and will participate in all offsites.
There is a clear path for growth, with the goal of retaining early hires as senior leaders as the company scales, valuing expertise and deep context over traditional management roles.