The promise of crypto is to upgrade the very foundations of our society – from money, finance, and governance to media, gaming, and science. To deliver on that promise, decentralized technologies are to be integrated into the everyday experiences of billions of people. For engineering, this is a mountain of a challenge. Eiger was founded to develop infrastructure for blockchain mass adoption. We help technology companies improve and integrate the core technologies of crypto to meet the climbing demands for scale and performance. We currently employ 40+ senior blockchain engineers across the globe and work with some of the most ambitious organizations in the industry, including Celestia, Polkadot, Stellar, Zcash, Axelar, Avail, Internet Computer, Aleo, Starknet, Fireblocks, XRP Labs, Solana, Aptos, zkSync to name a few. We are looking for a Senior Rust Engineer to join us. You would be working with our distributed team of engineers on new products, core protocols, or client projects. The position is remote-first, but we hope to get some face time in the form of company retreats.   Job duties include, but are not limited to: Researching and understanding complex protocols Designing, implementing, and documenting distributed systems Developing protocols or protocol-driven applications in Rust Designing and developing testing and quality assurance processes Communicating with clients or open source communities   Must-have skills and qualifications: Experience in systems programming Ability to design interoperable software architectures At least 5+ years of experience in collaborative software development At least 3 year of hands-on Rust experience Full proficiency in English   Good-to-haves: Experience with domain-specific languages Cryptography & infosec knowledge Experience in leading small teams Salary & benefits: Salary and benefits will be negotiated separately based on the candidate’s skills and experience. Please note that we hire our international talent residing outside of Finland with contractor status, this means that you'd be invoicing us every month and paying your own social security contributions. In terms of paid time off, you would get sick days, paid national holidays of the country of residence and 5 weeks of paid vacation per year (2.0833 accumulated vacation days per month worked). Take this into consideration and make sure to include your salary request in the application! More about the company: Read more about our vision and projects on our website eiger.co and explore our open-source work on GitHub . Please, include in your application: Answers to all the open questions below, be as detailed as you wish Links to any relevant content (Github, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) Your salary request Potential starting date Please check your spam/junk folder after applying, as our confirmation email and future emails throughout the application process may end up there! We look forward to meeting you! Your application may be processed by EQG or its subsidiaries, and may also be considered for other suitable roles within the group.