Senior Javascript Engineer | Ripple Labs | San Francisco
REDACTED_EMAIL | www.ripplelabs.com
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Our Mission:
Enable the world to move value like information moves today.
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About Ripple Labs:
Ripple Labs (a for-profit company) developed Ripple, an open-source, distributed payments protocol that enables the exchange of value in any currency, instantly and for free. Ripple Labs focuses on improving the core protocol and building tools for developers and enterprise financial services firms to use Ripple as settlement infrastructure for real-time payments. Ripple’s distributed ledger can accommodate any store of value, including dollars, yen, euros, bitcoins, and even loyalty points, making it the world’s first distributed currency exchange.
We’re looking for someone who can bring out the best in our JavaScript developers through example and mentorship.
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You will:
Create and implement novel cryptographic protocols such as threshold signature systems, novel identity and authentication methods and...
Participate in the wider JavaScript community to shape the vision for JavaScript as a powerful, versatile and open language.
Create trusted execution environments for running untrusted JavaScript through Software Fault Isolation (SFI) to enable smart contracts.
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What you look like:
Career stage: 5+ years of software development experience building large-scale applications in Java, Clojure, Scala, Ruby on Rails, Python or Javascript
Hands-on experience with JavaScript Frameworks such as Angular.js, Ember.js, Flex, Ext.js, Node.js, Crypto.js
Professional engineering experience in a diverse set of languages and understanding of engineering concepts:
functional, object-oriented paradigms
concurrency models
Ability to communicate effectively and a scientific mindset - empirically test your hypotheses.
We believe in not standing in the way of creativity, be deserving of the freedom we'll give you. Direct your own work and be pro-active in asking for input.
Interests: open-source, entrepreneurship, economics and financial markets, equal access for all people globally, strong work ethic, creative thinking, systems thinking, cryptography, creative logic, fast-paced environment
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What We Can Offer You:
Competitive salary, compelling equity, 100% benefits coverage!
Work on open source projects pretty much 100% of the time
Challenging and fun projects with a dynamic team at a fast-growing startup in an exciting industry
Work experience in an entrepreneurial environment on a high-impact team
An opportunity to drive personal career development for yourself and the team as a whole
Outstanding office location in the heart of San Francisco, CA
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