Software Engineer, Ledger
Backend Scala
Equity (stock options) available
2-5 days a week in office
Platform for digital assets and Web3
Job no longer available
Platform for digital assets and Web3
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
Equity (stock options) available
2-5 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To secure the new disruptive class of crypto assets.
Role
Who you are
- Knowledge of backend services programming
- Knowledge of relational databases and SQL (we use Postgres)
- Knowledge of Linux operating systems
- Adaptability to do teamwork in a fast-evolving environment: You are autonomous, proactive, and capable of self-training
- Experience with continuous integration/deployment solutions
- Knowledge of Containerization and Cloud deployments
- Having an interest in cryptocurrencies and wishing to work with blockchain technology is a real plus
- Enthusiastic about teamwork, learning, and teaching (meet-ups, hackathons, training…)
What the job involves
- We are looking for a backend developer. You will be responsible for developing and scaling backend applications to allow millions of people to securely benefit from Web3 and process their transactions in the cryptocurrency world
- Do you want to develop high-performance solutions? Thriving for the best software quality is a requirement for your day-to-day tasks. Join a team, be part of one of the world’s pioneers in one of the most innovative technology sectors!
- You will join the backend blockchain team which is in charge of building and maintaining Ledger blockchain infrastructure, data services, and indexing layers
- The team is composed of passionate Engineers who believe in the benefits and strength of functional programming to develop robust and scalable platforms and APIs, while also being eager to understand and implement product and business requirements
- We use Scala extensively to build our backend services and tooling
- Have a hand-on experience with it is a great plus, but if you don't know it we will teach it to you
- We are convinced that being an engineer is also taking time to challenge, discuss and share what we are working on
- We take time to have every other week a dedicated knowledge-sharing meeting and participate actively in the community (Meetups, Conferences, Open source contributions, etc…)
- Build highly available, consistent, and performant services to power Ledger’s products
- Leverage all the power of functional programming with Scala and the Typelevel stack
- Deploy and maintain a large fleet of blockchain nodes in a scalable fashion
- Dive into cryptocurrencies protocols internals
- Conduct benchmarks to identify bottlenecks and optimize the overall performance of our services
- Deliver a high-quality piece of software (Test it, Document it, Demonstrate it)
- Design monitoring systems to detect unexpected failures/behavior
- Use CI / CD to deploy and secure workflows
Our take
Ledger has grown into one of the world’s largest hardware wallets for digital assets since its 2014 inception, with well over 6 millions of devices sold across the globe. By offering physical devices to store private keys, customers are able to secure their digital assets offline.
The company is attempting to support the continued growth of the crypto eco-system by offering cryptocurrency owners an alternative to storing their assets on an online exchange. There, a simple password breach could cause untold damage.
Ledger’s hardware solution has proven popular with investors, seeing them receive huge funding from 10T Holdings, Cathay Innovation, and Draper Associates to name just a few.
Keen to move on and ensure against any recurrence, Ledger has since secured even more investment, and formed astute partnerships with other big names in the Crypto world, including an integration with Coinbase.
Kirsty
Company Specialist
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Mar 2023
$109m
SERIES C
Jun 2021
$380m
SERIES C
Total funding: $584.6m
Company benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Personal development initiatives
- Flexible working hours, remote-friendly environment
- 5 weeks of paid vacation + 10 days of RTT
- High performance office equipment
- Comprehensive health insurance policy
- Meal vouchers with Swile
- Reimbursement for sports and cultural activities
- Annual company outings and regular socials
- Employee discount on Ledger products
Company values
- Pragmatism
- Audacity
- Trust
- Transparency
- Engagement
Company HQ
Mail, Paris, France
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Leadership
Pascal Gauthier
(Chairman & CEO, not founder)Before becoming CEO at Ledger, they worked as Venture Partner in Mosaic Ventures, a London based venture capital firm focusing on Series A stage companies. They are also the non-executive chairman of Kaiko, a financial data website on Bitcoin.
Nicolas Bacca
(Co-Founder & VP Innovation Lab)Former R&D Solution Architect at embedded digital security company Oberthur. Founder & CEO of both Ubinity and BTChip, which preluded Ledger. They are the Metaverse Finder for Le Centre.
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