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\n\nVALR Company Information\n\nVALR has built the largest cryptocurrency platform headquartered in Africa, serving over 300,000 customers. We are proud to offer a suite of products that are helping increase economic freedom and build a financial system that recognizes the oneness of humankind.\n\nThere are a few things we look for across all hires we make at VALR, regardless of role or team. First, we look for signals that a candidate will thrive in a culture where we: \n\n\n* Default to a high degree of autonomy and ownership combined with positive energy and truth-seeking\n\n* Embrace feedback \n\n* Disrupt ourselves\n\n* Expect sustained high performance \n\n\n\n\nSecond, we seek people with the desire and capacity to build and share expertise in the frontier technologies of crypto and blockchain, in whatever way is most relevant to their role.\n\nOur first step on that journey is making digital currency accessible and approachable for everyone, which weโre working to achieve with our suite of products that serve South Africans and eventually customers globally.\n\nWith the above in mind and our goals of disrupting the financial system and serving humanity, we require unique, dedicated, and incredibly talented people to join the VALR family.\n\n\n\n\nSenior Engineer - TypeScript/Node.js\n\nVALR is looking for experienced backend developers with a focus on blockchain and/or security, to join our Engineering Team to help us continue to deliver the best trading experience possible for our customers.\n\n\n\nWhat would you be doing?\n\n\n* Implementing new features to extend our blockchain integrations\n\n* Keeping up with the latest crypto and blockchain research\n\n* Understanding and applying security tools and techniques\n\n* Writing easy to read, maintainable code\n\n* Going above and beyond when the need arises\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat are the requirements? \n\n\n* 6+ years of experience working in production environments\n\n* Extensive knowledge of Node.js, JavaScript and/or TypeScript\n\n* Designing and developing integrations into databases\n\n* Creating backend REST & Websockets APIs\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCore strengths\n\n\n* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal\n\n* Ability to operate independently in a demanding and dynamic environment\n\n* Strong sense of ownership\n\n* Driven by a passion to learn constantly\n\n* Critical thinker not afraid to make quick decisions and follow-through\n\n* Ability to move quickly and adapt to a changing environment\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAny nice to haves?\n\n\n* Prior experience in a SecOps (or similar) role\n\n* Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform and/or Amazon Web Services\n\n* Passion for cryptocurrencies, blockchains, and alternative financial systems\n\n* Experience working remotely in an early-stage startup environment\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat you can expect from VALR\n\n\n* Competitive salary: Get paid well to work in an exciting industry\n\n* Leave: Flexible leave policy with 3 weeks minimum\n\n* Remote work: Work from wherever you like - Employees to ensure that there is secure, stable internet connectivity in order to effectively work remotely\n\n* Home office setup: Mac laptop and a discretionary allowance to buy all the extras needed to work happily from home - all of it yours to keep after 3 years\n\n* Learning fund: R10,000 per employee per year for anything that helps you upskill for work, in addition to scheduled VALR training\n\n* Performance bonus: When you contribute to VALRโs success, youโll be rewarded with discretionary bonuses\n\n* 3 months maternity and 1-month paternity paid leave\n\n* Regular get-togethers outside of work (COVID permitting)\n\n* Annual company retreats (COVID permitting)\n\n\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n
No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Amazon, Crypto, JavaScript, Cloud, Typescript, Senior, Engineer and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n
$60,000 — $110,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n
๐ฐ 401(k)\n\n๐ Distributed team\n\nโฐ Async\n\n๐ค Vision insurance\n\n๐ฆท Dental insurance\n\n๐ Medical insurance\n\n๐ Unlimited vacation\n\n๐ Paid time off\n\n๐ 4 day workweek\n\n๐ฐ 401k matching\n\n๐ Company retreats\n\n๐ฌ Coworking budget\n\n๐ Learning budget\n\n๐ช Free gym membership\n\n๐ง Mental wellness budget\n\n๐ฅ Home office budget\n\n๐ฅง Pay in crypto\n\n๐ฅธ Pseudonymous\n\n๐ฐ Profit sharing\n\n๐ฐ Equity compensation\n\nโฌ๏ธ No whiteboard interview\n\n๐ No monitoring system\n\n๐ซ No politics at work\n\n๐ We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nSouth Africa - Remote OK
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