As a Senior Back-End Engineer, you will be responsible for the backend infrastructure, performance, stability, and scaling of user-facing dApps. You will work closely with smart contract, protocol, and front-end engineers, as well as DeFi strategists and AI Researchers. You will bridge the constraints posed by web-scale applications, AI applications, and blockchain technology. As an early employee, you will be a critical part of our core team and significantly influence the company's direction.

### **Responsibilities**

- Design and implement AI endpoints and support infrastructure for proprietary models.
- Maintain the backend infrastructure for Volume’s Defi dApps, Bots, and AI models.
- Work with LLMs (e.g., Llama3) to enhance AI capabilities with user-specific context.
- Develop and maintain data management dashboards for user interaction and context control.
- Maintain services and scripts for the marketing team infrastructure with Mixpanel, Storyblock, and Discourse.
- Write high-quality, reusable, and well-tested code to meet our company goals.
- Demonstrate security and secret management across numerous services.

### **Requirements**

- Excellent JavaScript skills
- Excellent Python skills
- Degree in Computer Science
- Experience with [Node.js](http://node.js/), Docker, DBMS technology including postgresSQL and SQLlite and caching mechanisms such as Redis, Memcache
- In-depth understanding of the Python software development stacks, ecosystems, frameworks, and tools such as Numpy, Scipy, Pandas, Dask, spaCy, NLTK, sci-kit-learn, and PyTorch.
- AI/LLMs: Experience with large language models and prompt engineering.
- Familiarity with blockchain governance or enthusiasm to learn.
- Team player and are comfortable reviewing others' code and implementing feedback from others on your work.
- Exceptional communication skills.
- Comfortable with asynchronous written communication, synchronous video calls, pair programming, etc.

### **Nice to have**

- Good Rust skills
- Proficient knowledge of Go

Senior Back-End Engineer (Javascript, Python)

Here at Volume, we work with the best partners to make decentralized finance protocols valuable. We solve problems of protocol utility, governance, and growth for the leading DeFi protocols. From our team effort, we are able to drive massive growth of user transactions and the launch of the protocol economy. If a protocol fails to attract user activity, token value falters and innovation will flow away from the network.

Volume delivers software tools and user experiences that increase protocol token utility and community engagement, measured by protocol transaction volume growth. The Volume team’s interests are the protocol interests: Growth of user transactions.

Volume's investors include Curve, Solana, SimplyVC, and many others.

We are always looking for individuals who desire a high-impact, high-visibility role within a company that is making crypto and decentralized protocols valuable.

**Role Summary:**

As a Senior AI Researcher, you will lead our efforts to integrate AI with blockchain technologies. You will focus on developing secure, innovative applications that utilize personal data to enhance user interaction. Your expertise in crypto-economic protocols and blockchain technology will be crucial in shaping our solutions.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Spearheaded the development of AI models using quantitative research and advanced data analytics for enhanced predictive accuracy.
- Design and implement blockchain-based solutions for data security, smart contracts, and crypto incentives.
- Oversee the protocol design, tokenomics, and integration of blockchain technologies to ensure a robust and scalable framework.
- Design and implement solutions for augmented reality glasses, enhancing user interaction with AI through physical and digital integration.
- Manage daily production and execution of projects, ensuring they align with strategic goals and leverage the latest in AI and blockchain technology.
- Play a key role in startup operations, from strategy and technology development to fundraising and team building.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the latest AI technologies and services to keep the project ahead of industry trends.

**Required Skills and Qualifications:**

- Graduate Degree in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Engineering, Physics, or a related field with a strong quantitative background.
- Deep expertise in blockchain technology, smart contracts, and tokenomics, with a proven track record in the cryptocurrency sector.
- Demonstrated proficiency in programming and system design, with extensive experience with AI in practical applications.
- Experience with 3D modeling and design, particularly in augmented reality settings.
- Strong familiarity with AI technology and services' current state and future potential.
- Strong leadership skills with experience in managing complex projects in a startup environment.
- Proven track record in managing startup operations, including fundraising and team management.

**Preferred Skills:**

- Experience with decentralized systems and understanding of crypto-economic mechanisms.
- Familiarity with the latest trends and technologies in AI and blockchain.

Senior AI Researcher

Here at Volume, we work with the best partners to make decentralized finance protocols valuable. We solve problems of protocol utility, governance, and growth for the leading DeFi protocols. From our team effort, we are able to drive massive growth of user transactions and the launch of the protocol economy. If a protocol fails to attract user activity, token value falters and innovation will flow away from the network.

Volume delivers software tools and user experiences that increase protocol token utility and community engagement, measured by protocol transaction volume growth. The Volume team’s interests are the protocol interests: Growth of user transactions.

Volume's investors include Curve, Solana, SimplyVC, and many others.

We are always looking for individuals who desire a high-impact, high-visibility role within a company that is making crypto and decentralized protocols valuable.

As a Sr. Cryptography Engineer on our Engineering team, you will work with us to design, evaluate, and implement zero-knowledge proof constructions, distributed cryptographic protocols, distributed key generation, as well as cryptographic protocols such as elliptic curves and hash functions. Working as an integral member of our Engineering team, you will put this cryptography into practice for privacy and scalability.

As our Sr. Cryptography Engineer, you will have a chance to work across the full spectrum of our protocol architecture that is built around the Cosmos-SDK, built in Golang, Rust and Solidity. Our software empowers Sommelier validators to secure the Sommelier network which offers financial automation globally. As an early employee you will be a critical part of our core team and have a significant influence over the direction of the company.

### **Responsibilities:**

- Evaluate and analyze existing zkSNARK and zkSTARK proof systems such as Groth '16, Ben-Sasson '18, and PLONK for security, expressivity, and performance while also monitoring the state of the research field for compelling new theoretical advances
- Update and alter existing cryptographic protocols, customizing them for specific proof-of-concept and production use-cases
- Produce technical specifications for designs and instances of cryptographic protocols and assist with implementation
- Implement, review, and test cryptographic operations and protocols, primarily in Rust
- Evaluate existing implementations
- Bring DeFi to reality on Cosmos-SDK-based chains.

### **Requirements:**

- 5+ years experience in software development and relevant experience in blockchain technologies.
- Degree in Computer Science or related field
- Prior experience with cryptographic protocols, especially zkSNARKS or zkSTARKs
- Experience with a proof assistance such as Idris, Coq, or Agda
- Prior experience in low-level systems programming, ideally in Rust. C++ experience ok.
- Experience with Cosmos-SDK.
- Knowledge of fault-tolerant consensus protocols like PBFT or Raft.
- Ability to write production-quality code.
- Proven track record of delivering applications on time and on budget.
- Experience working with distributed teams across timezones
- Experience designing and building performant and scalable network protocols.
- You are passionate about blockchain, have used DeFi dApps and believe in the opportunity of decentralization and blockchains to change how the financial world works today
- You thrive in a startup environment and feel best working in a small, cross-functional team where you can roll up your sleeves and be hands on
- You have an interest in working in a self organizing environment and bring creativity to start your own initiatives within the Cosmos Stargate SDK

**About Volume:**

Volume is a dynamic start-up company, and our successful candidate must have the ability and desire to work in a fast-paced environment. As a distributed team, we hire anywhere in the world, and at various levels of experience (entry, senior, staff). We look for people with unique perspectives and diverse backgrounds.

Volume is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse workplace. All applicants will be considered equally without regard to race, color, ethnicity, veteran status, religion, national origin, marital status, political affiliation, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, membership in an organization, or any other non-merit factors.

We sponsor H1B visa professionals. We have a great benefits package, including parental leave, contributions to your retirement, competitive pay, and unlimited time off. For U.S.-based employees, we also provide platinum-level health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family.

Senior Cryptography Engineer

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