Who We Are

​Bold. Unapologetic. Hardworking. We are building something special. Put simply: We power and secure the next global financial system.

At Core Scientific, we host best-in-class enterprise level blockchain hardware in expansive, state-of-the-art data center facilities. Our proprietary software stack automates blockchain mining optimization, pushes machine images and firmware, and monitors all aspects of our operations, ensuring our customers receive the highest possible ROI on their hardware investment.

But what makes us different from others in our industry, apart from our unrivaled white-glove customer service? We invest heavily in growing our own digital asset holdings, and pioneering innovative financial products and services to maximize our own, and our customers' portfolios, through blockchain technology.
Come join us as we focus exclusively on the game changing, hypergrowth financial technologies that are already diversifying markets and democratizing access to stores of value. Pioneering an industry isn’t for the faint of heart. We require smart, creative, collaborative minds, who work hard and fast.

Intrigued? Then apply and be a part of something truly revolutionary at Core Scientific.

Title: Senior Software Engineer

Reports To: VP, Product

Job Description:

Senior Software Engineers develop, document, and test software to ensure the optimization and performance of the hardware meets the needs of end-users and achieves business goals. This role provides technical and optimization insights to product and DevOps teams. This role requires engineering distributed, large-scale systems, and high availability services.

Responsibilities:

• Use Lean Software Development concepts such as Agile and Scrum to deliver products at “start-up speed.”
• Use Test-Driven Development and Continuous Deployment to maintain a high-quality standard.
• Serve as a mentor and coach to other engineers on the team, helping them develop their professional skills and grow their careers.
• Experiment with whatever technology we need to get the job done.
• Develop, test, maintain and improve software by following high standards of quality, good practices, and software design patterns.
• Analyze, design, and make recommendations about software solutions based on a solid understanding of computer science theory and best practices.
• Add value to peers and teammates with constructive and critical code reviews, and participate in grooming, sprint planning, research, technical debates, and other agile methodologies and practices.
• Design and implement supporting toolsets and utilities like monitoring, benchmarking and test harnesses.
• Effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions.
• Work remotely and independently with minimal guidance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• 8+ years of commercial software development experience
• Knowledge of commercial software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Strong experience in Javascript/Typescript or another OOP language is required.
• Experience building or understanding of front-end applications with modern frameworks (Vue, React, Angular).
• Hands-on expertise in many disparate technologies, typically ranging from front-end user interfaces through to back-end systems and all points in between.
• Demonstrated understanding of the operating system software, Golang, NodeJS, Python, etc.
• Design expertise with heavy involvement through all phases of the SDLC using concepts that may include Service Oriented Architecture, caching, load balancing, SQL/NOSQL databases, microservices, serverless architecture and commercial cloud services.
• Utilized object-oriented design concepts to program large multi-tier systems. Knowledge of common and useful design patterns.
• Experience in dealing with the following in production contexts: scalability, reliability (incident response), and security.
• Experience building, scaling and hardening event-driven microservice architectures.
• Experience with containerization architecture (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Extensive UI design experience, with a keen eye for usability and user experience is a plus.
• Experience with big data or reporting platforms is a plus.
• Responsive, flexible, and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment.
• Work independently with minimal guidance.
• Effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions to non-technical audiences.
• Believer in fail-fast, learn, and iterate.