Software Engineer

About this role

Set’s mission is to accelerate the adoption of an internet financial system. To do so, it developed the leading crypto asset management protocol on Ethereum and has launched the Index Coop, the leading decentralized provider of exchange-traded products and one of the most active communities in DeFi.

We’re looking for a talented and passionate engineer to help realize that mission. You’ll work across the stack; if you’ve been looking to learn blockchain development this role is for you. If you have experience in financial services or fintech, even better!

What you’ll achieve

• Write code that processes millions of dollars a day
• Collaborate cross-functionally to build best-in-class financial products
• Bolster engineering excellence through strong teamwork, and technology leadership
• Learn and master the most in-demand technology in crypto

What you bring:

• 5+ year of professional software development experience
• Work well autonomously and can drive strong culture at early stage startups
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and can collaborate effectively on a breadth of technical topics
• 3 hour time zone difference of US Pacific Time and comfortable working in a distributed environment

Even better if you have:

• A passion for DeFi and/or crypto
• Demonstrable experience interacting with the EVM and writing high-quality, well-tested Solidity
• Prior experience building systems for financial markets

Technologies We Use and Teach: Solidity, Typescript, Golang, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, React, Node, Truffle, Web3

Don’t check all the boxes? No problem. We’re passionate about building a diverse team, so if you think you’ve got what it takes—apply anyway. While we have a good idea of what we need, we’re ready for you to challenge our thinking on who needs to be in this role.

Our Values

• Collaborate Empathetically: Be caring to customers / partners, understand people’s actions and what they’re going to need; We proactively understand where people are coming from and try to understand why they do what they do. We recognize that each entity we interact with are human beings. We’re not beneath doing anything, willing to do anything to help others and for us to succeed
• Deliver Results: Deliver with the right quality and in a timely fashion; We apply judgment to ensure we focus on results vs. process; We think strategically and articulate what we are and are not trying to do
• No Rugging: Express information in a clear and accurate way without disguising its unpleasantness. Be open, trustworthy, and truthful; Hide no secrets; Do not leave others abruptly in a problematic or difficult situation. If you say you are going to do something, it is assumed you will complete it unless you otherwise communicate.
• Think Like a Scientist: Create hypothesis, try proving / disproving them, always willing to run experiments and change our minds, intellectual honesty, accepting the brutal truth, keeping an open mind, learn to unlearn / relearn

Benefits of working at Set

We believe people do their best work when they are healthy and happy. At Set, we offer:

• Competitive salaries and equity compensation
• Flexible vacation time
• Health and dental insurance.
• A flexible remote-friendly work environment

We’re passionate about personal development and providing the resources you need to grow including company offsites, industry conferences and access to online courses or anything else you feel would help you to level up.