Neon Labs Careers

Please note, this role is only open to EU residents that are based in a European time zone. Also, it is very important to have leadership experience.

About Neon

Neon EVM is a high-performance, open-source platform for launching decentralized applications on the Solana blockchain using the same programming languages and developer tooling as Ethereum. Ethereum developers can scale performance and access new liquidity without significant code changes, or build scalable applications from day one.

Who You Are

The Neon team is looking for a crypto-native individual who, whether working full-time in crypto or not, continue to go deeper down the rabbit hole. They are comfortable with self-custody, get hands-on with DeFi, NFTs, and the newest crypto products, and bring firsthand product experience to enrich every interaction with ecosystem partners.

While this is not a technical role, the ideal candidate has an understanding of how various decentralized applications are constructed in order to understand our partners’ dependencies. He/she will also be familiar with the basics of Ethereum and Solana.

Your Impact

As a Partnership Director, you will play a crucial role in growing the Neon ecosystem through the full lifecycle of developing a partnership, including initial outreach, product deployment, co-marketing, ongoing feedback, and relationship management.

What You Will Do

• Sourcing: Identify leading applications across the spectrum of web3 verticals (DeFi, NFTs, gaming, etc.) and user/developer infrastructure/tooling
• Planning: Build and maintain a pipeline of partnership integrations
• Outreach: Create relationships with developers and teams building innovative blockchain products
• Collaborate: Work with the COO and Head of Strategy to align business development efforts with the overall focus of the organization. Loop in the marketing team on collaborations with ecosystem partners. Stay updated with the technical and product teams on the latest with Neon EVM and potential future products
• Curate: Oversee the Neon + Solana landscape to identify missing products, ways to connect composable features to build new products, review grant submissions, and thoughtfully build out the ecosystem

Requirements

• Proven track record of success in business development at a top technology or financial services company
• Experience selling SaaS or open-source software
• Enthusiasm for web3 demonstrated by comfortability writing and speaking about products and trends in various web3 verticals
• Be passionate about user experience and customer service
• Experience with decentralized governance a plus

Benefits

• Competitive salary 💰
• Working in a disruptive and fast-growing industry where the possibilities are endless 🚀
• Fully remote: your life, your way of working 🌎
• Freedom, autonomy, and responsibility 💪

How to Apply

Does this role sound like a good fit? Email us at [email protected].

• Include the role’s title in your subject line.
• Send along links that best showcase the relevant experience.
• Send a cover letter explaining to us why you are the best fit.

Please note, this role is only open to EU residents that are based in a European time zone. Also, it is very important to have leadership experience.

About Neon

Neon EVM is a high-performance, open-source platform for launching decentralized applications on the Solana blockchain using the same programming languages and developer tooling as Ethereum. Ethereum developers can scale performance and access new liquidity without significant code changes, or build scalable applications from day one.

Who You Are

The Neon team is looking for crypto-native individuals who, whether working full-time in crypto or not, continue to go deeper down the rabbit hole. They are comfortable with self-custody, get hands-on with DeFi, NFTs, and the newest crypto products, and bring firsthand product experience to enrich every interaction with ecosystem partners.

While this is not a technical role, the ideal candidate has an understanding of how various decentralized applications are constructed in order to understand our partners’ dependencies. He/she will also be familiar with the basics of Ethereum and Solana.

Your Impact

As a Partnership Director, you will play a crucial role in growing the Neon ecosystem through the full lifecycle of developing a partnership, including initial outreach, product deployment, co-marketing, ongoing feedback, and relationship management.

What You Will Do

• Sourcing: Identify leading applications across the spectrum of web3 verticals (DeFi, NFTs, gaming, etc.) and user/developer infrastructure/tooling
• Planning: Build and maintain a pipeline of partnership integrations
• Outreach: Create relationships with developers and teams building innovative blockchain products
• Collaborate: Work with the COO and Head of Strategy to align business development efforts with the overall focus of the organization. Loop in the marketing team on collaborations with ecosystem partners. Stay updated with the technical and product teams on the latest with Neon EVM and potential future products
• Curate: Oversee the Neon + Solana landscape to identify missing products, ways to connect composable features to build new products, review grant submissions, and thoughtfully build out the ecosystem

Requirements

• Proven track record of success in business development at a top technology or financial services company
• Experience selling SaaS or open-source software
• Enthusiasm for web3 demonstrated by comfortability writing and speaking about products and trends in various web3 verticals
• Be passionate about user experience and customer service
• Experience with decentralized governance a plus

Benefits

• Competitive salary 💰
• Working in a disruptive and fast-growing industry where the possibilities are endless 🚀
• Fully remote: your life, your way of working 🌎
• Freedom, autonomy, and responsibility 💪

How to Apply

Does this role sound like a good fit? Email us at [email protected].

• Include the role’s title in your subject line.
• Send along links that best showcase the relevant experience.
• Send a cover letter explaining to us why you are the best fit.

About Neon Labs

We come from diverse professional backgrounds and welcome individuals who are passionate about blockchains and defi protocols and eager to tackle challenging tasks on a daily basis. Fostering a diverse and inclusive environment is at the top of our minds. Our international team is 100% remote. We are working closely with the Solana core team.

Your Responsibilities

• Write quality code that can be used in the development and published;
• Propose solutions to fix code/architecture bottlenecks;
• Participate in the development and specification of the next versions of Neon Labs products.
• Implement proposed solutions using Golang programming language and low-level optimization techniques.
• Ensure quality, reliability, and performance of developed solutions using automated (unit, integration, performance) and manual and automation testing in collaboration with the QA team.
• Maintain and improve implemented modules according to business needs and feedback.

Skills and Experience

• 7+ years of commercial experience in software development.
• 2+ years of experience in development of high-performance/high-concurrency/low-latency systems.
• Deep knowledge of two or more programming languages. Extensive experience with Golang (3+ years).
• Good understanding of fundamental, creational, structural, behavioral, and concurrency design patterns and principles of work with them.
• Strong adherence to principles of effective software engineering and corresponding practices.
• Good understanding of computer systems and software architecture - multithreading, Linux OS, data structures, and algorithms.
• Debugging, profiling, and performance optimization skills.
• Understanding work principles with NoSQL, newSQL, key-value, and Graph storage.
• Strong communication skills in English (upper intermediate English or higher).
• Understanding Software Lifecycle, Teamwork, and the principles of Agile and Scrum, and the practical use of best practices from there.
• Degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent professional experience.

Nice to have

• Good understanding of CI/CD.
• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes.
• Multi-platform development experience.
• Experience working with open-source projects.
• Experience with Python and JavaScript.
• Experience with Web3.js and the Ethereum ecosystem.
• Good understanding and experience with the development of the contract (Solidity).

Strong plus

• Experience with Rust or C/C++.
• Experience in developing basic blockchain protocols.
• Participation in the design and development of blockchain nodes.
• Experience in building distributed and scalable systems.
• Prior experience working as a software architect.
• Experience in Solana (Rust) contract development. Understanding of Solana architecture.

Benefits

• Competitive salary 💰
• Working in a disruptive and fast-growing industry where the possibilities are endless 🚀
• Fully remote: your life, your way of working 🌎
• Freedom, autonomy, and responsibility 💪

How to Apply

Does this role sound like a good fit? Email us at [email protected].

• Include the role’s title in your subject line.
• Send along links that best showcase the relevant experience.
• Send a cover letter explaining to us why you are the best fit.

About Us

Neon EVM is a high-performance, open source platform for launching decentralized applications on the Solana blockchain using the same programming languages and developer tooling as Ethereum. Ethereum developers can scale performance and access new liquidity without significant code changes, or build scalable applications from day one.

Who We’re Looking For

The Neon team is looking for the experienced Rust Developer who wants to work on challenging blockchain products.

Your Skills and Qualifications

• Extensive experience with Rust language.
• Ability to work with different programming languages and tools, a plus - experience with Python and JavaScript.
• Extensive experience in programming using GNU/Linux.
• Interest in learning the latest technology.
• Solid experience in core blockchain protocols design.
• Scientific mindset: constantly on the lookout for new and innovative ways to solve complex problems through rigorous experimentation.
• Ability to read and understand research papers, analyse the tradeoffs and offer new improved solutions.
• Passionate about solving real world problems that impact the present blockchain space.

Your tasks

• Write high-quality code that can be used for the development process and can be published.
• Propose solutions for resolving the bottlenecks in the code / architecture
• Consult Neon EVM clients on tech implementation
• Contribute to the design and specifications of the next versions of the Neon Labs products.

Benefits

• Competitive salary 💰
• Working in a disruptive and fast-growing industry where the possibilities are endless 🚀
• Fully remote: your life, your way of working 🌎
• Freedom, autonomy and responsibility 💪

How to Apply

Does this role sound like a good fit? Email us at [email protected].

• Include the role’s title in your subject line.
• Send along links that best showcase the relevant experience.
• Send a cover letter explaining us why you are the best fit.

Please note, this role is only open to EU residents that are based in a European time zone.

About Neon

Neon EVM is a high-performance, open-source platform for launching decentralized applications on the Solana blockchain using the same programming languages and developer tooling as Ethereum. Ethereum developers can scale performance and access new liquidity without significant code changes, and build scalable applications from day one.

Responsibilities

• Conduct protocol analysis from a financial and token engineering perspective
• Conduct in-depth research on various chains and protocols and evaluate the underlying mathematical design behind each project
• Produce detailed and insightful reports based on thorough analysis and evaluation
• Perform quantitative analyses of blockchain data
• Monitor trends across L1/L2 ecosystems, DeFi, and GameFi projects
• Use tools to analyze dApp projects, L1/L2 ecosystems, and blockchain infrastructure providers
• Generate insights about Neon and other ecosystems, as well as emerging trends in crypto use cases

Requirements:

• Strong educational background in quantitative finance, mathematics or computer science
• In-depth understanding of blockchain and decentralized finance
• Experience using crypto data providers such as Nansen, Dune Analytics, and Messari
• Proficiency in SQL and Python
• Experience writing research reports
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to produce data-driven insights
• Excellent written and spoken English

Nice to Have:

• The ability to explain complex technical concepts in a simple, non-technical manner
• Previous experience with data analysis, statistical analysis, econometrics, and/or financial modeling
• Experience in quantitative analytics and quantitative research

Benefits

• Competitive salary 💰
• Working in a fast-growing industry where the possibilities are endless 🚀
• Fully remote: your life, your way of working 🌎
• Freedom, autonomy and responsibility 💪

How to Apply

Does this role sound like a good fit? Email us at [email protected] or feel free to contact out Talent Acquisition Zlata Kraft via Telegram @frau_kraft.

Please include:

• The title of the role in your subject line.
• Links that best showcase your relevant experience.
• A cover letter telling us why you’re the best fit for the role