This position requires candidates to be based in Boston, MA

VIA is revolutionizing the way data is protected. Don’t miss your chance to be a part of it!

We’re on a mission to make communities cleaner, safer, and more equitable. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Fortune 50, and energy companies around the globe trust VIA to help them solve their toughest data protection challenges. Using its DoD-accredited and patented Web3 platform, VIA enables real-time data verification, replicable integration, and privacy-preserving analysis of energy and highly classified data.

An impressive mission requires an equally impressive Senior Software Engineer. VIA is looking for someone who is motivated to drive the development of secure, privacy-preserving solutions that empower customers to leverage VIA’s advanced Web3 technologies. Your work will directly impact the delivery of innovative, scalable microservices and cutting-edge products, ensuring reliability, performance, and trust in privacy-focused applications.

Individuals who excel in this role are proactive problem-solvers with a passion for innovation, a deep curiosity for cutting-edge technologies, and an unwavering commitment to delivering secure, high-quality software solutions. Are you ready to join us?

In this role, you will:

• Provide technical expertise on privacy and security to support the delivery of customer projects
• Design and build secure, reliable, and scalable microservice components
• Manage the deployment and delivery of applications, ensuring efficient and reliable releases
• Leverage the Web3 components of VIA’s platform to provide privacy-preserving functionality
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize post-deployment performance
• Quickly grasp new technical concepts and effectively apply that knowledge to address challenges and drive innovative solutions
• Utilize the latest advancements in privacy, cryptography, and distributed systems to create cutting-edge products that precisely cater to customer needs
• Develop automated unit and integration tests to deliver high quality software
• Analyze, test, and optimize critical software modules to mitigate performance bottlenecks

What you will bring to this role:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or science
• 5+ years of relevant full stack or backend development experience
• Strong experience with cloud-based software development in a microservices environment and cryptography techniques, including:
• Developing RESTful APIs (using frameworks such as FastAPI) secured by OAuth2/Auth
• Integrating asymmetric and/or symmetric encryption in applications
• Thorough working knowledge of data structures, algorithms, databases (SQL and NoSQL), and in-memory data storage
• Extensive knowledge of parallel processing, message brokers, and/or distributed task queues
• Working knowledge of Docker containers
• Previous experience leading an Agile team of developers a plus:
• Proven on-time delivery of multiple quality software projects
• Ability to advocate for technical excellence, maintaining the highest standard of software engineering practices
• Model an ability to identify blockers and use critical thinking to provide creative solutions
• Proficiency in documentation and the desire to clearly communicate technical processes to both non-technical and technical audiences.

Exposure to the following a plus: IETF RFCs, blockchain systems, zero-knowledge proofs