### About Powerloom
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Powerloom Protocol is a composable data network primarily aimed at serving the
onchain data needs of smart contract-based applications within DeFi, GameFi,
NFTs, and more. We incentivize participating peers to reach a consensus on
state transitions and event emissions observations across many smart
contracts. By utilizing data compositions on atomic, consensus-backed units of
data, Powerloom stands as a peer-validated and accurate information source,
empowering rich data applications like dashboards, bots, aggregators, and
insights trackers.
Learn more: <https://powerloom.io/>
**This position allows you to be fully remote and comes with all the benefits
and room for creative freedom that one would expect from such a role. We meet
once every 8-10 weeks to converge on our direction, touch base and keep the
team spirit intact.**
### Before you apply
_Please do not apply in case you don 't have the freedom to join on an
immediate basis or have a notice period longer than 4 weeks at your present
employment_
The following will help you get a complete picture of the work we do and the
systems we build. Having a comprehensive understanding of the same would be
considered an appropriate demonstration of interest and keenness.
* [Official Blog](https://blog.powerloom.io/)
* [Docs](https://docs.powerloom.io/)
* [Github](https://github.com/PowerLoom/)
_Share links to your open source contributions or projects to prioritize your
place in the selection process. Original projects, hackathon entries, bounty
submissions have the potential to get a pass straight to the technical
evaluation round without a screening round._
### Responsibilities
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A protocol systems engineer at Powerloom is fundamentally responsible for the
following across a broad range of modules and components:
* Protocol Development and Optimization
* Implementing protocol enhancements to improve performance and scalability
* Collaborating with Core team to build new features
* System architecting
* sequence diagrams, functional diagrams etc
* behavior mapping
* Building monitoring and observability systems
* Analyzing system performance and identifying bottlenecks
* Support internal teams
* Support external clients, for eg, node operators
* Building clean interfaces and connectors
* Documentation
* API collections and test suites
* Community and Developer Support
* Engaging with the developer community to provide technical assistance and gather feedback
* Creating technical content, such as tutorials, FAQs, and best practices, to facilitate adoption and usage
### Skills
### Web3 and Python
### Must haves
* Programmable blockchains
* RPC to interact with blockchain clients, for eg, Ethereum JSONRPC API
* Python and web3 libraries. web3.py, eth-utils etc
* Asynchronous modules and frameworks
* asyncio
* FastAPI
* websockets
* overall clear understanding of asynchronous patterns in Python so as to quickly pick up and apply any relevant async module to development
* Smart contract development, testing and prototyping tools and frameworks
* Hardhat
* Foundry
* Remix
* DeFi concepts and implementations
### Nice to haves
* Hands on knowledge of at least two major DeFi protocols
* the math behind them
* smart contract design and architecture
* swaps, lending, borrowing,
* cross DeFi protocol composability
* cross chain composability
### Backend and systems engineering
### Must haves
* Decentralized systems
* data structures of blocks/transactions/proofs/storage
* Scaling services with distributed systems
* caching
* queue based worker systems
* concurrency primitives
* Docker
### Nice haves
* Data vectorization and wrangling in Python
* Timeseries data analysis
* Database engines(SQL, NoSQL, FlatFile)
* Appropriate database selection based on storage needs
* Applications of cryptography for efficient storage
### What do you get out this
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Just as with any engineering role at PowerLoom Protocol, you will be working
at an exciting intersection of diverse techincal as well as non-technical
fields like Web3 tools/frameworks/protocols, decentralized/distributed
systems, game theory, cryptoeconomics, DeFi(decentralized finance), to name a
few. You will be interfacing with multitude of internal as well as external
stakeholders in relation to the systems that you will be responsible for.
### Remote Work Culture - Benefits and Expectations
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* **Flexible Work Hours** : Enjoy freedom with flexible work hours, and experience zero micro-management over hours clocked and other trivial issues.
* **Health and Fitness Culture** : Being healthy and fit is an integral part of our company culture. Our Slack channels mirror this wellness-focused attitude.
* **Asynchronous Communication is Key** : Ability to communicate and coordinate asynchronously is vital for the success of remote teams. We expect every team member to be committed to this communication style. Be adept at long-form, asynchronous communication throughout every step of the planning and development lifecycle.
* **Documentation and Clarity** : Document all design decisions. Maintain architecture diagrams and references for all modules. Ensure clear and complete information presentation on Slack, eliminating the need for second-guessing and extrapolation by other team members. Proactively ask questions to your assigned mentor and all stakeholders involved in the design, development, and testing of the feature/codebase/architecture.
* **Synchronous Communication** : When synchronous communication is required, coordinate well in advance. Block calendars mutually to minimize scheduling conflicts and ensure productive discussions.
### General Must-haves
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* Ability to listen unbiasedly and gather requirements as accurately described in calls/meetings, architectural discussions and engineering documents
* Ability to clearly communicate progress, blockers and perform independent research
* Ability to document and take ownership of the functional correctness of any assigned work
* Ability to quickly iterate, learn from mistakes and apply lessons from the same as future strategy
### Cherry on top
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These skills are not a strict requirement to qualify for the role yet can add
the extra edge required to engineer a protocol like PowerLoom:
* Experience of working extensively with Git and project management tools that enable fast development and coordination across multiple teams in the future
* Experience with NoSQL data stores and caches like Redis/Memcached
* Knowledge of Unix/Linux fundamentals - shell scripting, CLI tools etc.
* Familiar with deploying and managing services on cloud platforms like AWS/GCP/Azure
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If the vision of fostering a vibrant, interconnected Web3 ecosystem excites
you, we urge you to apply.
We promise, you won't be disappointed.
