Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Crypto

Fountain - The Operating System for Web3

Fountain is a venture-backed tech startup building a B2B focused Web3 operating systems. See details.

Fountain platform leverages Fountain protocol to enable companies to enforce granular permission mechanisms on smart contract wallets and utilizes Fountain oracle to automate and execute batched transactions with customizable triggers. Fountain is building the first of its kind Web3 operating platform that is entirely smart contract based focusing on serving on-chain use cases. Our mission is to bridge the gap that would enable the next wave of enterprises, funds and institutions to operate on-chain in a safe, compliant and efficient way. We are dedicated to enable any organizations to adopt Web3 operation best practice easily and seamlessly.

After graduating from Alliance, the top crypto incubator in the industry and raising a seed round backed by Alpha Labs Capital Group, UOB Bank, Foundation Capital, NGC, MHC, and other leaders in the crypto space, we are hiring a few exceptional founding engineers who want to work on complex problems with massive impact in a fast-paced environment.

We are based in Manhattan, New York City. We have an remote + in-person office culture for the core team members. Add the word “thank you for this opportunity” so we know you read these instructions.

Why Fountain:

We have ambitious goals. We want to help the next billions of organizations and workers across the globe onboard to operate on-chain.

We are seeing a paradigm shift for which an increasing number of operations are moving from centralized exchanges and services to DEX and on-chain infrastructures. As we believe the next wave of crypto adoption will come from Enterprise/B2B, Fountain is building the next generation of middleware platform enabling organizations to adopt on-chain operations. You will have large scale impact by working on one of the most important areas in crypto that is reaching an inflection point in terms of technology maturity and market adoption.

We are tackling hard problems and building innovations in areas such as permission control for granular smart contract interactions, intent-based transaction automation, gas fee and order matching optimization. This is a unique opportunity to pioneer building a product that is at the frontier of the industry.

You will work in a fast-moving field to drive Fountain’s product and engineering vision and tackle difficult product, performance, and security challenges alongside with a small and agile team that is passionate about what they are working on!

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The heart of Fountain is engineering; the heart of our engineering team is our founding engineers, who set the tone and pace of engineering at Fountain.

In this role, you will:

• Work directly with the CEO and have visibility into all aspects of the company


• Work across the entire technical stack including: platform, protocol and more


• Design infrastructure and protocol systems


• Directly engage with our customers to iterate and build a best-in-class user experience


• Stay up to date with latest developments in crypto infrastructure and Defi areas

What we’re seeking:

• 3+ years of experience in hands-on software engineering with familiarity working with languages and frameworks such as TypeScript and Solidity


• Experience in smart contract development


• Experience with tools, practices, and programming patterns for ensuring software correctness


• Strong problem solving skills with experience independently delivering large initiatives end-to-end, from idea to live and adding value


• Excellent communication skills in both an internal and customer-facing context and fluent in writing design documentation as well as participating in technical discussions and reviews synchronously, asynchronously, in person or remotely


• Product-driven mindset with deep empathy for our customers


• Strong desire to work at a very early stage startup with interest to take on project from zero to one with collaboration with the rest of the core team


• Love working hard and enjoy a fast-paced environment with a delivery-minded mentality: innovate, iterate, and ship fast


• Intellectually honest and low ego. Thoughtfulness and enthusiasm in company, team, and culture building BS or MS in computer science, engineering, or other technical degrees

How to Apply:

Email us at jobs@fountainplatform.com and we will get in touch with you!

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