Gear Solutions Architect - Gear Technologies

Gear is a highly parallel smart contract execution platform providing the most intuitive and frictionless environment for web2 to transition into web3. Gear allows developers to program in known languages like Rust, Typescript, and C++. We are looking for talented individuals to join our fast-paced, global team! 

Vara Network, a standalone L1 and the first deployment using Gear, is live on mainnet. 

Gear is led by a talented team of executives with backgrounds from Parity, Coinbase, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America. The project is well funded and backed by top investors including Gavin Wood, Blockchange, Lemniscap, Distributed Global, Mechanism Capital, and many more. 

You will work closely with the CEO and COO of Gear.

About the position

As solutions architect, your job will be to advocate and support partners who seek to deploy dApps on Gear. This includes:

• Crafting technical solutions for key partners in deploying on Gear

• Collaborating with partnerships and marketing teams across infrastructure, defi, gaming, and enterprise

• Identifying unique use cases for Gear smart contracts

• Providing feedback and co-creating solutions to create a delightful developer experience

• Providing technical expertise for Gear events, such as workshops and hackathons

What we’re looking for

• Training in computer science

• 3+ years if software development experience

• Experience working with multiple developer platforms (desktop, mobile, web, cloud) 

• Must know Rust

• Strong written and verbal communication

About you

• Responsive, solutions-oriented self-starter 

• Work collaboratively with a team

• Intellectually curious

• Customer focused

• Interest or passion for all things crypto

• Work productively on a globally distributed team

• Must be willing to travel up to 30%

• Prefer someone who is accessible to San Francisco or New York

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.