Senior Software Engineer Babylon Core (Remote)

Babylon’s mission is to bring Bitcoin’s unparalleled security to the decentralized world via a new public Cosmos-SDK PoS blockchain (Babylon) and a suite of inter-chain protocols.

As Senior Software Engineer on the core team, you’ll be contributing to the life cycle of the core components of the Babylon system, from design to maintenance. Some example core components are the Babylon node, and the relayers between Babylon and other blockchains such as Bitcoin and Cosmos chains.

We’re hiring an experienced and crypto-native software engineer with intimate knowledge about blockchain consensus and security. You are passionate and ambitious about blockchain and want to make the maximum impact and get rewarded. You follow best practices in software development and have high work standards. You are open, responsible, and willing to help others.

What You’ll Do:

• Design, implement, and maintain the core blockchain network software that powers Babylon full nodes, relayers between Bitcoin and Cosmos, and the peripheral programs that are operated by stakeholders of the Bitcoin Staking protocol.

• Work closely with the cryptography and security to keep the network secure.

• Optimize existing systems for scalability, efficiency, and reliability.

• Collaborate with other teams at Babylon to integrate new features and technologies.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, electrical engineering, or equivalent

• 4+ years of experience in blockchain layer-1 development, with mainnet launch experience

• 1+ years of experience with Cosmos module development

• Proficient in Golang

• Familiar with applying CI/CD pipeline

• Fluent oral and written communication in English

Our team is remote first and we are hiring across the world. Here at Babylon, you’ll be joining a world-class team with tremendous growth potential as we bring secured Bitcoin staking to the world. We’ve raised over $80M from top venture funds like Paradigm, Polychain Capital, Bullish, Hack VC, Polygon Ventures, Framework Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, OKX Ventures, among other investment firms and strategic partners. Come join us and build the future of trustless Bitcoin staking!