Build end-to-end full-stack product features, integrate smart contract/blockchain calls, design resilient backend systems and indexers, optimize performance, lead QA and mentor junior engineers.
About Plume
Plume is a public, EVM‑compatible blockchain built for Real World Assets (RWAs). We go beyond tokenization — enabling assets to be used like crypto: stake, swap, lend, borrow, loop, and more.
By integrating institutional‑grade assets with DeFi tools, Plume makes private credit, ETFs, commodities, and other traditionally inaccessible assets permissionless, composable, and usable at a click. Our mission: bridge traditional finance and crypto through adoption without sacrificing transparency or user experience.
- 180+ RWA companies building dapps and tokenizing assets on Plume’s testnet, ranging from collectibles and real estate to equities and private credit
- 50+ technology partners working with Plume and offering special services to our ecosystem partners
- Experienced team of 20+ crypto, finance, and tech professionals from:
- Crypto: Coinbase, dYdX, LayerZero, Binance, Galaxy Digital, Kraken
- Finance/Tech: JP Morgan, Robinhood, Google, Coupa, Affirm
- Backed by great investors and operators including:
- YZi Labs, Brevan Howard, Haun Ventures, Galaxy Digital, Lightspeed, Faction, Superscrypt, SV Angel, and more
Highly motivated, independent Web3 engineer that thrives in uncertainty, believers in the startup ethos of shipping fast, constantly iterating, and not being afraid to pivot. As one of the first full time engineers at Plume, you will work directly with the CTO to build beautiful, responsive, and robust user experiences.
Overall Responsibilities
- Build full-stack product experiences like our end-to-end onboarding platform and testnet campaign dashboard
- Work with smart contract engineers to integrate blockchain calls in Plume apps
- Work with designers to create a beautiful, responsive frontend
- Design and implement a resilient backend architecture to support API servers, databases, and indexers
- Optimize backend and frontend code to reduce latency and increase reliability
Within 1 month, you should expect to…
- Onboard to the team and existing application code
- Understand the product operating model at Plume and how we prioritize our core product areas
- Ship at least 2 new features and make improvements on top of our end-to-end onboarding platform
- Design the backend architecture to support the testnet campaign dashboard
- First learn and then lead our weekly QA, and present product demos to the team
Within 3 months, you should expect to…
- Launch the incentivized testnet campaign dashboard
- Integrate the Plume chain and all Plume products with robust monitoring and alerting infrastructure
- Work directly with the CTO to propose and implement security policies
- Brainstorm novel product experiences to build for Plume mainnet
- Mentor and give guidance to junior product engineers
- Interview prospective engineering hires and participate in the hiring committee
Qualifications
- Web3 Hands on Development Exp on apps/dapps that are in productions being used by 1000s of users. Project work is not considered as part of your experience or Web2. MUST have Web3 experience
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering at a reputable startup or a large tech company
- 3+ years of experience in frontend / full-stack development, with specific experience in React or a React-like framework, NodeJS, Express, Docker, AWS, Solidity, NOT JAVA!
- 3+ years of experience in backend / full-stack development,
- You must be based out of Canada or the US
- Familiarity with AWS services or deep familiarity with other cloud providers
- Candidates without a Bachelor’s degree in a computer science / engineering-related field must have an exceptional work history
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