Rust Engineer
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At a glance
Job overview
Tempo is hiring a Rust Engineer. Tempo is building a layer-1 blockchain for stablecoins and real-world payments, drawing on Stripe's experience in global payments and Paradigm's crypto tech expertise. The platform aims to provide a scalable, low-cost, and predictable backbone for high-volume payment use cases. Tempo collaborates with global leaders in AI, e-commerce, and financial services to bring substantial economic flows on-chain.
Key focus areas include Design, develop and ship complex features, indexing on performance and benchmarking and Own development throughout the entire lifecycle, with a focus on deep collaboration, quick iteration cycles and incorporating stakeholder feedback.
Successful candidates bring Significant Experience Building Scalable Distributed Systems In Rust, Self‑Motivated And Independent, and Collaborative And Exceptional Communicator. Important skills include Rust, EVM, Execution Layer, Reth, Consensus Mechanisms, and Self-Motivated. Preferred (not required): Excellent Organizational Skills and Excellent Logistical Skills.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Full job description
Tempo is a layer-1 blockchain purpose-built for stablecoins and real-world payments, born from Stripe’s experience in global payments and Paradigm’s expertise in crypto tech.
Tempo’s payment-first design provides a scalable, low-cost predictable backbone that meets the needs of high-volume payment use cases. Our goal is to move money reliably, cheaply, and at scale. Our north star is simplicity for users: fintechs, traditional banks, merchants, platforms, and anyone else looking to move their payments into the 21st century.
We're building Tempo with design partners who are global leaders in AI, e-commerce, and financial services: Anthropic, Coupang, Deutsche Bank, DoorDash, Mercury, Nubank, OpenAI, Revolut, Shopify, Standard Chartered, Visa, and more.
We’re a team of crypto-optimists, building the infrastructure needed to bring real, substantial economic flows onchain. We like to move fast and swing for the fences — join us!
Responsibilities
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Design, develop and ship complex features, indexing on performance and benchmarking
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Own development throughout the entire lifecycle, with a focus on deep collaboration, quick iteration cycles and incorporating stakeholder feedback
Qualifications
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Significant experience building scalable, distributed systems in Rust
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Deep familiarity with the Ethereum ecosystem, particularly the EVM and Execution Layer, as well as reth and consensus mechanisms; hands-on experience working across the entire Ethereum stack is ideal
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Self-motivated and independent, and excited by ambiguity and opportunities to develop concrete solutions to nebulous problems
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Collaborative and an exceptional communicator
Attributes
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High motor
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Razor-sharp thinker with precise command of language
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Concise, evidence-based communicator
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Excellent organizational and logistical skills
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Intense curiosity and open-mindedness
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Scrappiness; willingness to roll up sleeves
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Growth mindset
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