About the company
Bitfinex is a digital asset trading platform offering state-of-the-art services for digital currency traders and global liquidity providers. Founded in 2012, Bitfinex was one of the first professional platforms set up to accomodate for the booming interest in cryptocurrency trading. Since then, the team has gained invaluable experience whilst cementing their spot as the go-to platform for digital asset traders and institutions. In addition to a suite of advanced trading features and charting tools, Bitfinex provides access to peer-to-peer financing, an OTC market and margin trading for a wide selection of digital assets. Bitfinex’s strategy focuses on providing unparalleled support, tools, and innovation for professional traders and liquidity providers around the world.
Job Summary
Currently looking for: Blockchain Integration Specialist [Remote]
Key responsibilities
Build, improve and maintain clusters of blockchain daemons/consensus nodes in a scalable and highly redundant way Develop Node/JS workers, in Bitfinex’s microservices infrastructure, that interface with blockchain nodes API (REST/Websocket) interfaces Implement robust monitoring tools to control the stability of Bitfinex’s blockchain infrastructure Create good quality policies, procedures and technical documentation
Requirements
Previous experience in interacting with blockchain nodes (ie. Bitcoin, Ethereum) Strong passion for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies Advanced Node/JavaScript skills Familiar with microservices architecture and REST APIs Ability to quickly learn new technologies Advanced understanding of security practices
Nice to have
Solidity, Rust or Golang skills are a plus Other technologies of interest: Message queues (Redis), Caches and Job Queues
