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and even loyalty points, making it the world’s first distributed currency exchange. ========= The Senior Software Engineer will design and build server-side applications that will allow our current and future partners to integrate with the Ripple Protocol. Ripple Labs is a pioneer in using object-oriented Javascript to build scaling applications for utilizing cryptocurrency protocols, and we’re looking for someone who can bring out the best in our developers to continue this thought leadership. ========= You will: Design and build Node.js applications for partners and our open-source community Use tools like redis, nginx, postgres, resque, websockets, zeromq, couchdb, aws and others to build enterprise-grade open-source financial software. Work closely with our Integration team on partner requirements and compatibility Build RESTful APIs (github.com/ripple/ripple-rest) for submitting payments and monitoring accounts on the Ripple network Contribute crypto-currency and financial system plugins to gatewayd (github.com/ripple/gatewayd) Contribute to ripple-lib (github.com/ripple/ripple-lib), our JS library for connecting to the rippled server locally and remotely Hone your test-driven development skills as part of a classy and focused engineering team Share our approach and principles with developer communities both in San Francisco and worldwide ========= Your background: Experience building scalable server applications We don’t discriminate by language but you could have built large-scale server applications in Node.js, Ruby on Rails, Python (Django), Java (Spring and Strut) More broadly we seek professional engineering experience in a diverse set of languages and understanding of engineering concepts: Object-oriented and classical inheritance paradigms Unix process and concurrency models Server application deployment and infrastructure automation Messaging and Job Queuing with Redis, Resque, Zeromq, RabbitMQ, and others Relational databases, non-relational databases (MySQL, Postgres, NoSQL, CouchDB, DynamoDB) Working knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS) a plus Ability to communicate effectively and a scientific mindset - empirically test your hypotheses. We believe in not standing in the way of creativity, be deserving of the freedom we'll give you. You direct your own work and are pro-active in asking for input. Startup experience or past work with cryptocurrencies are an added bonus Interests: open-source, entrepreneurship, economics and financial markets, equal access for all people globally, strong work ethic, creative thinking, systems thinking, cryptography, creative logic, fast-paced environment ========= What we offer: Competitive salary and compelling seed stage equity Fully paid medical and dental insurance for employees, 50% contribution for spouses and dependents Take time off when you need it - unlimited vacation policy Industry-leading maternity and paternity leave policies Open source projects 100% of the time A learning environment where you can dive into the latest technologies and engineering principles as well as mentor our upcoming engineers Work with some of the best - early Bitcoin pioneers and cryptographers, ex-NASA engineers, ex-Fed regulators State-of-the-art penthouse facility in the heart of San Francisco’s Financial District and flexibility to work remotely The opportunity to change the way we transact ========= To apply, email careers@ripple.com