Rust Developer

Enoda
We are looking for an experienced Rust Developer to join our rapidly expanding team in Edinburgh
As a Rust Developer (CosmWasm) at Enoda, you will be immediately challenged to take ownership of key development track(s) related to smart-contracts and backend systems.
As part of a team, you will work to define requirements, develop new features, and write tests to deliver secure and efficient smart-contracts in Rust for CosmWasm-based blockchains. Your role will involve building backend systems that interact with smart-contracts and assisting in their integration into decentralized applications.
This position demands a strong grasp of Rust and smart-contracts, as well as tools that extends the capabilities of smart-contracts. It requires an understanding of web3 technologies and frameworks, and experience in building secure and efficient decentralized applications.
Who we are
Energy is the primary input to everything. Our continued prosperity is dependent on reliable, affordable, clean electricity.
Enoda is an innovator in energy platforms, developing advanced technologies for grid operators and developers that remove constraints to decarbonisation.
Integrated hardware and software solutions slot into existing infrastructure, enabling the grid to become self-balancing and the primary provider of system stability.
We are a mission-driven organisation committed to enabling humanity to prosper on 100% renewable energy. We are averse to introducing bureaucracy and are building a working culture that enables us to achieve our purpose and change the world.
You’ll spend your time:

• Driving development and contributing to continuous improvements in coding standards, performance, and scalability
• Designing smart-contracts and their integrations in multiple systems
• Building decentralized applications (web2.5 or web3)
• Engaging in new feature design and implementation, bug fixing, and performance tuning
• Writing clean, well-documented, and maintainable code that follows software engineering best practices
• Conducting open-ended research around cutting edge blockchain technologies and solutions for scalability, security, and privacy, including ZK technologies, modularity
• Regularly reviewing code
• Creating technical documentation, including design specifications, development guides, and API references

The key experience we’re looking for:

• Expertise in Rust, including a high comfort level with advanced concepts such as generics, lifetimes, memory management, concurrency
• 3+ years of experience in Rust
• Having experience with TypeScript
• Experience building decentralized applications
• Strong commitment to code quality, building sustainable, maintainable and reusable systems
• Proficiency in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, along with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform)
• Understanding of the Tendermintconsensus engine and CosmosSDK
• Experience with code reviews and distributed version control systems, like Git
• Knowledge of current ZK tools and frameworks, and the ability to quickly learn new tools
• Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

The following would be advantageous:

• Experience in cloud environments (AWS or Google Cloud)
• Experience with open-source contributions
• Hands-on experience with blockchain platforms like Cosmos, Polkadot, Solana, EVM, or WASM virtual machines
• Familiarity with smart contract development in CosmWasm
• Experience building rollups
• Understanding of Zero-Knowledge proof systems (zk-SNARK, circom, Plonk/Halo2, zk-STARK), elliptic curve cryptography, and circuit design
• Contributions to open-source software
• Experience in deploying and managing blockchain deployments

What we offer:

• Salary: £70,000 – £90,000 dependent on skills & experience
• Private Medical Insurance
• Flexible Pension policy tailored to your requirements
• 33 days annual leave + Holiday purchase/sell scheme
• Dental cash-back scheme
• Cycle-to-Work scheme
• Season travel ticket loan
• Enhanced company sick pay & Income Protection
• Life Assurance

Enoda is cultivating a culture where we embrace our vision of sustainable prosperity for everyone. Built on the principles of win-win outcomes and extreme ownership, we strive to act with integrity and be accountable.
Teams are encouraged to be relentless in the pursuit of scientific truth; we strive on the challenge of solving the most complex problems together.
Interview process:

• Exploratory call with a member of the Talent Acquisition team (Virtual)
• 1st Stage Interview with the Hiring Manager and wider team (In-Person or Virtual)
• Final Stage Interview with the Hiring Manager and Engineering Leadership (In-Person or Virtual)