Senior Software Engineer

About Us

Defuse Labs develops NEAR Intents to enable seamless cross-chain interactions in an automated world — connecting AI, services, and financial applications. At Defuse Labs we design intent-driven liquidity layers, where smart contracts breathe, AI transacts and chains sync in real-time With expertise in AI, cryptography, and decentralized finance, our team is redefining how intelligent agents interact across blockchain networks.

We invite you to be a part of our team of smart, professional, result-oriented and fun individuals. Join us to help ensure that our background processes run smoothly while we are striving to become the best in the industry.

About the Position

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to contribute to the improvement and maintenance of the innovative DApps in the NEAR ecosystem. Someone who wants to work in a fast-paced start-up and is motivated at the prospect of building something new from the ground up, gets engaged at an early stage of projects.

This position is focused on building a blazing-fast frontend and an SDK for a cross-chain DEX utilizing multi-party computation, chain signatures, secure enclaves and intent-based architecture. Our goal is to bridge the gaps between EVM and non-EVM chains so a deep understanding of web3 technologies is required.

You will work closely with the Protocol team, designers, QA and external partners to provide the best possible user and developer experience. You will bridge the gap between business requirements and technical implementation, taking an active role on both sides and defining how the application looks as well as how it works.

Your responsibilities include:

• Ensuring that precise financial instruments are easy to use and to understand.
• Optimizing every millisecond of user interactions.
• Implementing deep tracing and observability of user flows.
• Creating the best SDK for other DApps to use.
• Designing, testing and implementing the most resilient state machines for managing RFQs.

Here are some of the technologies we work with:

• Typescript.
• React.
• Next.js.
• Xstate.
• Wagmi.
• DatoCMS.
• React Native.

Must have:

• 10+ years of experience as a software engineer, with a proven track record of shipping products.
• Strong sense for design and UI/UX.
• Ability to code with multiple target form factors (mobile, tablet, desktop) in mind.
• Experience in building functional and effective platforms.
• Strong attention to detail, ensuring clean, organized, and maintainable code.
• The ability to effectively collaborate with coworkers across multiple time zones.
• Familiarity with cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or a closely related field.