• Design, build, and maintain the systems that power our products end-to-end. • Architect, build, and ship backend systems that can scale to millions of requests/day. • Design, implement, and optimize APIs that power our research and media products. • Own database design, optimization, and reliability (MySQL/Postgres). • Implement caching and performance strategies with Redis or similar tools. • Lead backend feature development from planning to production release. • Diagnose and resolve scalability, performance, and reliability issues under real-world load. • Raise the bar on testing, monitoring, and observability across the stack. • Collaborate with frontend, product, and data teams to ensure seamless integrations.

• Understanding and Communicating Rust Code: mapping and accurately communicating how the existing Rust client works. • Writing high-quality code in Zig: translating the Rust code into Zig while maintaining high-quality code, including performance and readability. • Performance Research: iteratively analyzing and optimizing software bottlenecks in Zig while leveraging high-performance tools such as SIMD operations to achieve performance requirements. • Code Ownership: lead the implementation, benchmarking, and testing of your validator components from start to finish. • Collaboration: leveraging strong communication skills to break down complex ideas into simple terms and demonstrating a knack for collaboration across a large group of engineers.

THE OPPORTUNITY. NVOK [/inˈvōk/] is hiring empathetic, curious developers to join our growing team. We work in a fast-paced and energizing atmosphere, helping our clients’ ideas come to life by building bespoke web applications and experiences. Our technologies vary by project, so we value flexibility and willingness to learn. As tech consultants, our goal is to help bring visions into focus, which in turn provides our partners with the confidence to do more. THE FIT. This role is a good fit if you... - Are driven by curiosity and enthusiastic about learning new technologies - Are motivated by solving problems and finding creative solutions - Believe in autonomy and taking initiative - Have professional programming experience - Have built and shipped code that is durable, secure, and scalable - Have a strong understanding of data modeling - Have familiarity with CI/CD and experience setting up deployment pipelines - Have owned the delivery of major features and components - Proactively identify risks and approach them with a solution-oriented mindset - Are comfortable using IDEs, version control and command line tools - Confident in providing recommendations on the best ways to solve platform problems - Consider all ‘perspectives’ and can successfully balance KPIs with technical constraints - Enjoy mentoring other developers THE NICE TO HAVE. Candidate may receive bonus points if you... - Have an appreciation for inclusive and accessible UI implementations - Experience with Payload CMS, Vercel, and Next.js - Worked with emerging technologies like Machine Learning, Voice and/or AR/VR - Have code samples or a GitHub account to share THE CULTURE. You’ll love this job if you... - Are comfortable collaborating and communicating with teams and clients - Find it rewarding to improve existing code to make it more maintainable and elegant - Enjoy pair programming - Believe the job isn’t finished until your code is covered by unit tests - Pride yourself on your work and take responsibilities and commitments seriously - Value daily opportunities to immerse yourself deeply in your work - Thrive in an environment where everyone’s unique contributions are encouraged - Value a feedback culture that fosters personal and professional growth What we want to INVOKE.. We offer a place to be yourself. Our differences, both visible and invisible, benefit our teams, our communities, and the solutions we create. You’ll work hard here; however, we’ll balance that with a culture that supports your growth and cares about your well-being. We’re committed to creating an environment where every team member can thrive.

• Develop, enhance, and maintain platform features, ensuring quality, performance, and scalability; • Participate in the technical definition of solutions together with Product and Engineering teams; • Write clean, well-structured code following architectural and security best practices; • Create and execute unit tests and support delivery quality together with the QA team; • Perform analysis and troubleshooting, seeking sustainable and efficient solutions; • Contribute to code reviews and continuous product improvements; • Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, contributing to technical decisions and system evolution.