\nInstnt is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join our team of innovators and engineers.  This role reports directly to the VP, Engineering and works closely with DevOps, Product Design, QA and Data Science.  The Lead Software Engineer is instrumental in the building and maintenance of Instnt’s product focused on the Instnt’s API and backend services.  \n\nDuties and Responsibilities:\n\n\n* Design, code, and troubleshoot new features, while debugging as necessary.\n\n* Write clean code to develop functional APIs and backend services.\n\n* Act as a mentor to fellow Engineers, review code, sharing knowledge and contributing to the team’s continued growth and improvement.\n\n* Working closely with other engineering teams, Data Scientists, Customer success teams and vendors to resolve engineering issues on a timely manner\n\n* Keep current with technology and developments within the financial technology space.\n\n\n\n\nTechnical Skills Required:\n\n\n* Agile SDLC\n\n* Python\n\n* Django\n\n* SQL\n\n* AWS serverless stack - API gateway, lambda, cloudwatch, Cloudformation\n\n* Deep understanding of Serverless architecture (AWS Lambda)\n\n* Container orchestration, docker, kubernetes, AWS ECS, EKS and Fargate\n\n* Clear grasp and implementation knowledge of software qualities like security, simplicity, maintainability, traceability, extensibility, scalability, availability\n\n* Authentication and authorization\n\n* Sound understand of CI/CD process, Python Django dependency management using Poetry\n\n* Good experience in logging and debugging production APIs/services using Python., log management, log analytics\n\n* Good experience in microservices and event driven architecture\n\n* Understanding and experience in api performance tuning, linting, profiling\n\n* Experience in TDD, writing unit tests and functional review of the QA test cases\n\n\n\n\nTechnical Skills Nice to Have: \n\n\n* Knowledge on blockchain, Self sovereign identity / decentralized Identity, Hyperledger Aries\n\n\n\n\nThe Ideal Candidate will possess:\n\n\n* Minimum of 6 year’s experience in a related position\n\n* Ability to create architecture/design specifications from requirement\n\n* Ability to define agile stories, breaking down the high-level product features\n\n* Proven work experience as a Backend Developer\n\n* Excellent analytical and time management skills\n\n* Experience working in a start-up organization is preferred but not required\n\n* Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude\n\n\n\n\nInstnt values our employees and wants you to be healthy and happy! As an employee, you will enjoy a wide range of benefits and perks including:\n\n\n* Culture that values empathy, kindness, teamwork, humor, and direct honesty\n\n* Generous Equity Package\n\n* Full Remote\n\n* Unlimited PTO\n\n* Competitive company paid Maternity / Paternity Leave Policy\n\n* Comprehensive Healthcare plan (medical, dental, & vision)\n\n* Supplemental Ancillary Benefits\n\n* Employee Events\n\n\n\n\nSalary: $140k+ (Salary depends upon several factors, including the applicant’s prior relevant job experience, skill set, and geographic location)\n\nNO PHONE CALLS PLEASE\n\nWe are an equal opportunity employer. M/F/H/V \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Python, Django, API, Engineer and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n $60,000 — $100,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nNew York City, New York, United States

<p>Are you looking to be part of an early-stage venture and have a proven technical profile?</p>\n<p><strong>Location: Remote across India.</strong> Your team is based in India and Europe.</p>\n<p>Working Language: <strong>English</strong></p>\n<p><strong>About the project</strong></p>\n<p>The #1 Crypto rewards platform where daily rewards meet smart investing.</p>\n<p>Klink is a leading crypto platform that innovatively combines quest-based task rewards with strategic investing opportunities on its multi-service platform. Klink provides a unique opportunity for its users to earn cryptocurrencies for participation in affiliate-sponsored quests whilst growing their investments simultaneously.</p>\n<p>The company is backed by top-tier VCs in the US &amp; Asia.</p>\n<h2 id="tasks">Tasks</h2>\n<p>We are now looking for an ambitious QA Engineer to join the team. You will be joining a team of 8 (5 with technical background) with a live product with over 10,000 users already. As you work on building an innovative solution competing with products on a global scale, you will always be up to date on all the latest technologies and best practices, especially regarding the web3 space.</p>\n<p><strong>You will:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Design, develop, and implement comprehensive test plans to ensure the reliability and performance of our mobile and web based products, emphasizing the bridge between CeFi and DeFi opportunities.</li>\n<li>Create, manage, and optimize automated testing frameworks, ensuring our products&#39; continuous and flawless updates.</li>\n<li>Conduct thorough testing across various platforms, focusing on identifying bottlenecks, errors, and vulnerabilities to enhance throughput and execution flawlessness.</li>\n<li>Collaborate with FinTech and Blockchain industry partners to validate and assure the quality of integrated solutions, augmenting our product suite.</li>\n<li>Maintain active and open communication with the technical lead and team members, contributing insights and feedback on quality assurance strategies and product improvements.</li>\n<li>Lead and participate in peer reviews of test plans and related code to maintain high standards of quality, efficiency, and adherence to best practices in QA.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2 id="requirements">Requirements</h2>\n<p>We do not focus on the time you have spent sitting in the lecture halls of this world but we want to understand what makes you feel comfortable, extraordinarily motivated and suitable to take over this position. We are looking for a team member who feels comfortable working remotely and in English in an international environment with a self-driven “Get stuff done” mindset.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Proficient in automated testing tools and frameworks relevant to serverless architectures and microservices.</li>\n<li>Strong grasp of Javascript and Typescript for testing purposes, with experience in testing frameworks such as Jest or Mocha.</li>\n<li>Demonstrable experience in crafting and executing test cases for cloud solutions, preferably Amazon Web Services (AWS).</li>\n<li>A good understanding of Blockchain and Web3 technologies, with a keen eye for identifying potential issues in these areas.</li>\n<li>In-depth knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and both relational and non-relational databases from a testing perspective.</li>\n<li>Familiarity with security testing best practices in cloud and decentralized environments.</li>\n<li>Hands-on experience with frontend technologies for testing purposes, such as React.js and familiarity with MVC frameworks like Laravel for backend testing.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2 id="benefits">Benefits</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Join at an early stage and be involved in decisions that shape the company’s future and the opportunity to build your own success story</li>\n<li>You will have a lot of autonomy and freedom in your role to innovate, test and fail</li>\n<li>Be a part of setting up the first office in India, enjoy working remotely and participate in regular team events</li>\n<li>You will receive a competitive salary with the opportunity to participate in the employee token scheme</li>\n<li>Take a trip with an international team of highly skilled individuals who will always support you on this journey</li>\n</ul>\n<p>If you want to know more about this opportunity please complete this application with your most recent work profile and we will get back to you ASAP.</p>\n<p>We are excited to meet you!</p>\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Web3, Defi, Crypto, JavaScript, Finance, Laravel, Cloud, Typescript, Mobile, Engineer and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n $60,000 — $110,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n

The Role\n\nLeaflink is seeking a Director of Engineering over our core platform to join our remote-friendly team, headquartered in NYC, who is passionate about working with teams rapidly solving interesting and large-scale problems. This role will primarily be responsible for owning the infrastructure, the technical foundation for our user-facing applications, and security roadmaps. They will also focus on team growth and the partnership between DevOps, QA, Engineering, and IT stakeholders to ensure our platform and processes meet our organization’s needs to build and serve high-quality and reliable products to our customers.  As a member of our engineering team, you will have a direct and lasting impact everywhere in the business. Your contribution will be immediate and have positive ripple effects across not only our business but each customer’s business, as well!\n\nThis role will be the leader of our new Platform team that brings our existing app platform, SDETs, DevOps, and Cloud Engineers together as one team and one platform that focuses on the performance, reliability, quality, security, and scalability of our systems and infrastructure while enabling product teams to build rapidly and efficiently. As the Director overseeing this crucial function and team, your role has the opportunity to help shape and grow the team, strategy, and processes as a whole. You will work with modern technologies and concepts such as containerized and serverless design patterns, Python, Kubernetes, AWS-managed and self-hosted services,  third-party integrations, and event-driven and distributed architectures. It’s an exhilarating time to join our engineering team!\n\nIdeal candidates for this position should possess a keen mind for solving unique challenges with fitting solutions and partnering effectively with various team members along the way. They should be personable, efficient, flexible, and communicative, have a strong desire to implement change, grow, mature, and have a passion and love for their work. This role comes with the opportunity to be a high performer within a fast-paced, dynamic, and quickly growing department.\nWhat You’ll Be Doing\n\n\n* Work with the VP of Engineering, Principal Engineer of Platform, and department stakeholders to properly plan short and long-term goals and execute a technical roadmap that continues to evolve LeafLink’s infrastructure and core Platform capabilities and functionality to meet the needs of our platform users\n\n* Communicate effectively with engineering and product leadership to manage expectations, remove blockers, and ensure adequate resourcing to meet commitments\n\n* Advise technical and non-technical leadership on technical product strategy, quality and reliability vulnerabilities, and what is needed to scale current products, keeping in mind TCO and current capabilities\n\n* Mentor and manage a team of engineers and managers, focusing on both their day-to-day responsibilities as members of the Platform team and also their career growth, interpersonal and leadership skills, and future-facing goals\n\n* Plan, lead, and help ensure the delivery of projects, partnering closely with technology peers and external stakeholders\n\n* Oversee the architectural design and development objectives and processes for our growing suite of tools and services based on a flexible infrastructure and architecture roadmap alongside your IC leaders \n\n* Successfully see the rollout of our new testing automation framework that enables product engineering to plug and play into and improves the overall test coverage of our distributed architecture and experiences\n\n* Establish clear goals and success criteria for the various projects being worked on so KPIs can be measured and reported accurately to determine project health\n\n* Participate in and lead quarterly goal planning and execution sessions with both your direct reports and your peers, working closely with tech leadership to craft challenging but reachable goals for each\n\n* Interview and contribute to the growth of the LeafLink engineering org, focusing on finding and then retaining candidates that will continue to elevate and diversify our ever-expanding set of in-house engineering talent\n\n* Partner effectively with other teams within engineering and IT that are responsible for supporting our security and additional products and business lines today\n\n* Help cultivate and advance a collaborative culture that values ownership and finding the best solution to a given problem while also emphasizing the importance of automation and enablement\n\n* Give our product and data engineering teams a best-in-class user experience through an internal developer platform that encompasses developer documentation, automation, toolchains, libraries, and workflows that developers use to write, test, and roll out their code with efficiency\n\n* Experience managing SOC 2 Controls and assisting on audits\n\n\n\nWhat You’ll Bring to the Team \n\n\n* 10+ years of experience in software development roles with a proven record of working with DevOps, SRE, Cloud, and QA teams\n\n* 5+ years of experience leading teams and managing individuals, including managers.\n\n* Experience with strategic planning and technical road mapping that takes into account business and product stakeholders\n\n* A passion for building and retaining teams of individuals who are highly motivated and excited about the work they’re contributing to\n\n* Extensive experience communicating estimations and project visibility to senior management and stakeholders\n\n* Experience managing project processes, resourcing, timelines, and delivery efforts with cross-functional teams\n\n* Experience working in and advocating for agile environments\n\n* Extensive experience working within AWS and with its managed products (EKS, ECR, R53, SES, Elasticache, RDS, etc.)\n\n* Strong experience working with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, etc.)\n\n* Strong experience with containers (Docker, Compose, ECS, Kubernetes)\n\n* Strong experience with various managed and self-hosted CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, Travis, CircleCI, Spinnaker, Harness, Flux, ArgoCD, etc.)\n\n* Strong experience with API Management and Gateway tools (Kong, AWS Gateway, Mulesoft, Postman, etc.)\n\n* Extensive experience working in service-oriented, API-driven application tech stacks and working knowledge of the challenges and gotchas that can bring to the SDLC\n\n* Exceptional written and oral communication skills\n\n* Exceptional documentation skills\n\n* Experience with vendor and cost management\n\n* Experience driving efficiencies through automation, toolchains, and workflows developers use to write, test, and roll out their code\n\n* Passionate about data-driven decision-making and continuous iteration and delivery\n\n* Experience working with and leading teams within e-commerce, B2B, and their ancillary systems as well as their mobile counterparts a plus\n\n\n\nLeafLink Perks & Benefits\n\n\n* Flexible PTO - you’re going to be working hard so enjoy time off with no cap!\n\n* A robust stock option plan to give our employees a direct stake in LeafLink’s success\n\n* 5 Days of Volunteer Time Off (VTO) - giving back is important to us and we want our employees to prioritize cultivating a better community\n\n* Competitive compensation and 401k\n\n* Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision)\n\n* Commuter Benefits through our Flexible Spending Account\n\n\n\n\nLeafLink’s employee-centric culture has earned us a coveted spot on BuiltInNYC’s Best Places to Work for in 2021 list. Learn more about LeafLink’s history and the path to our First Billion in Wholesale Cannabis Orders here. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, Testing, Serverless, Cloud, API, Mobile, Senior and Engineer jobs that are similar:\n\n $50,000 — $95,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nNew York City, New York, United States