Software Engineer, Mid-level (L2), GeckoTerminal at coingecko

CoinGecko is a global leader in tracking cryptocurrency data. Operating since 2014, CoinGecko has built the world's largest cryptocurrency data platform, tracking over 10,000 tokens across more than 400 exchanges, serving over 300 million page views in more than 100 countries, and handling more than 45 billion API calls every month. We are proud to have played a major part in mainstream awareness, adoption, and education of cryptocurrency globally. We at CoinGecko believe that cryptocurrency and blockchain will define the future of finance, bringing greater financial and economic freedom around the world. In anticipation of that future, CoinGecko is building the foundation to scale cryptocurrency market data to serve billions. We practice transparent salaries and a level structure at CoinGecko: • The salary for this position is RM12,053 - RM 13,258. • Learn more about our level structure at CoinGecko's Career Progression. What You Will Be Doing • Web Design & Development: Design and develop backend and frontend features for GeckoTerminal, our DEX tracker that processes and presents on-chain trading data, token analytics, and DeFi metrics to millions of users. Execute full software development lifecycles based on the department's strategy. • Software Development: Write clean, reusable and maintainable code and libraries. Develop and push code into the production environment effectively. Apply clear understanding of fundamentals and best practices in technical skills including code quality, integrating tools and dependencies and extending the code base. Keep source code and dependencies up-to-date. • Maintenance & Reliability: Participate in bug rotation and pagerduty to maintain application health. Assist with infrastructure and database management tasks. • Data Syncing: Build and maintain background jobs to sync data from third-party services and blockchain RPCs. • Code Reviews: Conduct code reviews. Propose, implement and uphold best practices in code for your immediate team and projects, and contribute to technical debt initiatives. Be well-versed in reading code, detecting code smells and escalating potential defects that may arise. • Documentation: Write concise and coherent documentation. Contribute to team knowledge base and resources, and keep them up-to-date. • Defect Recovery: Replicate defects, provide insights from code implementation, and resolve the issues according to team objectives. Work closely with QA and other teams. • Sharpen the Saw: Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in software development and contribute to knowledge sharing. Learn advanced programming techniques or new tools that improve the team’s code base and productivity. Demonstrate thorough understanding of a subject matter and how to apply it effectively. • Team Player: Work collaboratively with engineers, product managers and designers to deliver in a timely and effective manner. Answer technical questions from other departments or outside the organization related to features that are being worked on/assigned. • Coaching: Mentor interns and junior software engineers, or contribute to communities, user groups and open-source projects. • Support any ad hoc tasks as required by the company. What We Look For In You • Proven Track Record: Have 1-3 years of software development experience or similar roles in Agile teams, and have shipped high quality, scalable apps in production. • Education: Have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related fields, or relevant professional-level certifications. • Product Knowledge: User of CoinGecko products and demonstrates some understanding in finance, blockchain or cryptocurrencies. • Blockchain Familiarity: Understanding of blockchain concepts such as on-chain data, token standards (e.g. ERC-20), or DeFi protocols. Direct experience building or contributing to crypto products is a strong plus. • Web Development Knowledge: Demonstrate proficiency in programming languages and write high quality, well-tested code. Proficient with front-end and back-end development and simple deployment tools. Keen attention to design details. Prior experience delivering in Agile/SCRUM. • People Skills: Communicates clearly and have experience working with other individuals in a team towards achieving a common goal. • Leadership: Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision. Contributes to existing projects & workflows to improve team productivity. • Scope of Work: Work mostly on clearly defined and scoped individual features or problems of moderate scope independently within guidelines set. Make reliable estimates on time and complexity of your own work. • Problem Solving: Passionate about solving problems faced by stakeholders together with strong user empathy. • Nice to Have: • Working knowledge in Ruby, Rails, Javascript, Postgres, Redis, Clickhouse and cloud services. Perks at CoinGecko: • Remote Work Flexibility: Work wherever you feel most productive. We also provide office space in 1Powerhouse (Malaysia) and WeWork (Singapore) if you ever feel like meeting your colleagues in person. • Comprehensive Insurance Coverage: We provide life and hospitalization coverage for you, along with hospitalization coverage for your dependents. • Virtual Share Options: You'll be entitled to virtual options, with terms and conditions. • Bonus: You’ll be entitled to a bonus, with terms and conditions. • Parking Allowance: Allocated on a claim basis to ease the cost of travelling. • Meal Allowance: You will be given a monthly fixed allowance of RM600 or SGD400 to subsidize the cost of your meals. • Learning Allowance: You will be allocated an annual budget of USD500 (claim basis) to help you continuously learn in the pursuit of your professional and personal development. • Social Activity Allowance: Want to set a date to watch a movie or play futsal with your colleagues? Get it organized and we subsidize a portion (claim basis) of the cost. • Annual Company Offsite: We gather once a year to meet each other in person, reflect on the year, and partake in social activities! CoinGecko is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, military or veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Interested in being a Gecko? Hit the apply button to get started on your application!