Software Engineer (Compilers & Virtual Machines)

Parity is one of the world's most experienced core blockchain infrastructure companies, having built and pioneered some of the most advanced technologies in the blockchain sector. Parity was founded by Dr. Gavin Wood, co-founder and former CTO of Ethereum, the primary engineer behind the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), inventor of the Solidity programming language, and primary author of the Ethereum Yellowpaper.

Based in Berlin, London, and Lisbon, Parity has built clients for Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Zcash and has pioneered a completely new, next-generation blockchain protocol with Polkadot and the framework it’s built with, Substrate. Parity builds the open-source technologies needed to power an unstoppable, decentralised web—known as Web3—and helps developers and organisations implement and build upon the Web3 tech stack.

People in Our Collective Are

Highly motivated to contribute to Parity’s mission and be part of something bigger

Excited to work on projects that are groundbreaking and complex

Autonomous workers that self-initiate, but also collaborate well with others

Taking maximum accountability and having minimum ego at work

Comfortable with chaos and adapting to the ever-changing Web3 space

Continuously educating themselves about Parity and the wider ecosystem

About the Team

The role is part of the Smart Contracts team which is responsible for supporting the execution of smart contracts on Polkadot. This ranges from low level software like PolkaVM and revive to our smart contract execution environment.

Requirements: About You

You have experience or are excited to learn about things such as...

Virtual machines, RISC-V, AMD64 assembly, dynamic recompilation, bytecode interpreters, compilers (in particular code optimization and machine code generation), low level memory management, low level operating system interfaces (Linux in particular), security sandboxing, performance engineering, zero knowledge proof systems in general and zero knowledge virtual machines in particular

You work autonomously and solve problems independently

You work well in a collaborative, open-source culture and environment

You take ownership of your work and actively see it through to the end, gathering and incorporating feedback as you progress

You have good communication skills and you can present your work in “plain English”, not only to your colleagues, but also in blog posts or at conferences

About Working for Us

Competitive remuneration packages based on iterative market research, including tokens (where legally possible)

“Future of work” environment that’s remote-first and self-initiating with flexible hours

Team mates that are genuinely excited about their impact and projects

Access to the brightest minds in this space to learn about Web3 and develop your skills and knowledge while on the job

Becoming part of the wider ecosystem (career and networking opportunities)

Team and company-wide retreats

Work laptop

Opportunity to relocate to Germany or Portugal (with visa sponsorship)