Software Engineer

Wormhole Labs is a pioneering blockchain technology company building decentralized systems for a freer and fairer global economy. We're reshaping financial infrastructure across the entire crypto stack, from core protocol development to trading systems and user-facing applications.

At our core, we're technology innovators bridging traditional finance with the emerging possibilities of crypto. Our seasoned team leverages deep technical expertise to develop solutions that advance the industry. We're seeking talented individuals who share our vision, and have the technical prowess to help build it — join us!

As a Software Engineer at Wormhole Labs, you will make significant open source contributions to the Wormhole cross-chain messaging protocol and other major protocols.

What you will do

• Contribute to the open-source development of the Wormhole cross-chain messaging protocol.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather customer requirements, analyze business needs, and translate them to enhancements in these components and libraries.
• Follow best practices for secure development and build future best practices alongside Wormhole security researchers.
• Maintain and improve testing frameworks and thoroughly test your code with multiple kinds of tests.
• Stay up to date with the latest in web3 development best practices, tooling, and industry trends.

The ideal candidate will

• Have 5+ years of experience production software used by millions.
• Be high agency and effect the outcomes they wish to see.
• Demonstrate customer obsession and feel pride in building great experiences.
• Be highly collaborative within Wormhole Labs, with other Wormhole contributors, and with customers.
• Care deeply about the business outcomes of your work and challenge priorities when the business impact is unclear.
• Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, although equivalent practical experience will also be taken into consideration.

We provide

• Competitive salary and restricted token units, dependent on position type and location.
• Discretionary bonus dependent on company and individual performance.
• Unlimited time off, healthcare premium reimbursement, and 401K.
• Macbook or Windows laptop and dedicated workstation as needed.
• Flexibility of working from wherever you have work authorization, as long as you are available ~10-6PM US Eastern Time. We minimize unnecessary meetings, but building decentralized systems requires synchronous communication.