Optimism Staff Engineer - Remote

Overview

Agora is working towards a new paradigm for group collaboration by creating the tools for communities to work together onchain. This is not yet-another-productivity-saas. We believe that to enable the next era of collaboration, we need software that can bend current and create new incentives. No amount of removing friction will change how we work together if our reward functions are misaligned.

So to this end, Agora is working tirelessly on the best end-to-end governance platform for crypto protocols – the first instance of at scale onchain collaboration. Leading communities like Optimism, ENS, Uniswap, Nouns, and more rely on Agora to coordinate their community around critical protocol upgrades, ecosystem funding, and steward their ecosystem for the future.

But that’s not where we stop. Our goal is to build deep collaboration tools for people who couldn’t care less about crypto so that one day (soon), your friends back home are using Agora without ever knowing we’re on Ethereum.

In Short

• You will work with co-founder and staff engineers on the Optimism roadmap.
• Focus on the Optimism Governance app, OP Retro Funding app, and OP Governance API.
• Contribute to various work streams across different teams within the OP collective.
• Deliver high-quality, maintainable code.
• Be excited about Optimism and start committing code on day one.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in production software development.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with front-end frameworks like React, Next.js, Remix or equivalent.
• Strong TypeScript fundamentals and expertise.
• Deep understanding of Ethereum architecture and familiarity with L2 solutions.
• Ability to read Solidity code.
• Experience building or working with indexers (e.g., Subgraph, Shovel, Ponder).
• Strong computer science fundamentals, particularly in building scalable and maintainable systems.
• A track record of delivering high-quality, maintainable code that facilitates collaboration within a codebase.
• You are excited about Optimism.
• You want to start committing code on day one.

Benefits

• Ownership in responsibility and equity.
• Competitive benefits including health and dental.
• No-limit company card for productivity.
• A strong team that values experience, character, and integrity.
• A seat at the table in strategic discussions.
• A path to grow into senior leadership roles.