IPFS Contributing Engineer

As an IPFS contributing engineer at Fission, you will be working on truly cutting edge technologies aimed at pushing the web, edge computing, and user agency forward.

You will be contributing to multiple open source projects including go-ipfs, the main reference implementation of the IPFS network.

We have additional interests and protocol work to be done in combining IPFS with distributed auth, encrypted file systems, and edge database functionality. Combining WASM with IPFS and IPLD is another area of active work.

You'll be active in participating in the IPFS spec and implementation community. We currently think of this as a GoLang primary role, and experience in writing Go is a core requirement, but we also have a lot of interest in Rust and WASM work with IPFS.

## ## What You’ll Bring

• Proficient in Golang
• Excellent communication skills
• An interest in web3, dweb, or edge data
• Experience working in a distributed, remote team environment
• Building production-grade applications/APIs
• A natural curiosity, thirst for knowledge, and interest in diving into p2p and distributed systems and their complex code bases will help you succeed in this role. Our most successful engineers have a desire to learn, improve, and innovate.

## ## Nice to Haves

• Interest in Rust and Wasm
• A working understanding of distributed systems
• Comfortable working with a CI/CD pipeline
• DevOps experience — especially Nix, k8s, AWS, and/or bare metal

Don’t have all of the above? Don’t worry — we recognize that very few people on the planet understand any of this, let alone all of it! We’re passionate about building a diverse team of humans and as such, if you think you’ve got what it takes for our chaotic-but-fun, remote-friendly, start-up environment—apply anyway! We have a good idea of what we’re looking for, but are ready for you to challenge our thinking on who would be successful in this role.

## ## Why Join Fission?

Flexible & Remote First You’ll be collaborating with a team distributed across multiple continents and cultures. Feel free to be a digital nomad, work from a farm, or take calls outside a city cafe. When not in the middle of a global pandemic, we bring the team together a few times a year for in-person collaboration.

Continuous Learning Enjoy learning? Then we have the right spot for you! You’ll be exposed to the latest concepts, ideas, and technologies from internal and external peers. We encourage participating in conferences, meetups, and seminars. We are constantly acquiring new skills, and want you to, as well!

Cutting Edge Not only will you get to work with the latest technologies, but pioneer them, too! A lot of what we work on is at the edge of what has been explored. You will have support from our existing R&D engineers and external partners, but are also encouraged to find new and innovative solutions to problems that have no established solution.

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Salary and compensation

$80,000 — $130,000/year

Location

🌏 Worldwide