Job FunctionsDesign and build software toolsDevelop software to analyse and interpret cryptocurrency usage behaviours and trends on the clear and dark webImplement observability mechanisms to detect problems in your environment(s), and run associated business processes to resolve
Job Requirements5+ years commercial experienceHas built infrastructure with TerraformExperience with "on call" incident response team (though this role does not involve an "on call" component)
SkillsExpert level in at least one language (Javascript, Typescript, Python)Familiarity with Postgres and K8sExperience with "big data" technologies, the management of data, and data pipelinesFamiliarity with functional programming conceptsHas run production workloads of 1000s QPSPassionate interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchains and their usage (both from a technical and economic perspective)Demonstrably great coding skillsIncreased operational efficiency by integrating disparate systemsEnjoy working as part of a close-knit team on highly impactful problemsPromote a positive culture of collaboration, through open and effective communication, particularly when addressing issues or raising concernsAble to form well reasoned, data driven or otherwise evidence based arguments, to influence key stakeholders across the business
About the Role
As the senior engineer in our Crypto Intelligence Engineering team, you’ll be working in the heart of Elliptic, building a platform for our intelligence organisation to efficiently and robustly collect intel on crypto crime.The mission of your new team is to scale the collection efforts of Elliptic. Streams of intelligence come from myriad sources: external feeds, internal automation, internal analysis, client submitted data. It all needs to be classified, stored, and reviewed, before it can be processed into our market leading proprietary graph database. You will work with two other engineers - and with our technical founder - to create tooling, optimise processes, and remove bottlenecks in these intel pipelines.
What you will do
- Design and build software tools to improve and enhance our intelligence collection and analysis efforts. Examples of such tools range from compiled build-and-load programs up to browser extensions and web applications.
- Develop software to analyse and interpret cryptocurrency usage behaviours and trends on the clear and dark web
- Implement observability mechanisms (we use DataDog) to detect problems in your environment(s), and run the associated business processes to resolve
- Work with the existing engineers on your team to foster their growth and development, and facilitate best practices, through mentoring and coaching
- Be highly opinionated about the engineering strategy of your team, and a key contributor to the same.
You will be a great fit here if you
- Have a passionate interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchains and their usage (both from a technical and economic perspective) in the real-world
- Demonstrably great coding skills in at least one language and the proven ability to engineer good solutions
- Have increased operational efficiency by integrating disparate systems
- Enjoy working as part of a close-knit team on highly impactful problems
- Promote a positive culture of collaboration, through open and effective communication, particularly when addressing issues or raising concerns.
- Are able to form well reasoned, data driven or otherwise evidence based arguments, to influence key stakeholders across the business.
Required Skills and Experience
- Has 5+ years commercial experience
- Expert level in (Javascript|Typescript|Python)
- Familiar with Postgres and K8s
- Feels at home in AWS console
- Has built infrastructure with Terraform
Bonus points
- Has worked in an intelligence collection setting
- Experience with “big data” technologies, the management of data, and data pipelines
- Familiarity with functional programming concepts
- Has run production workloads of 1000s QPS
- Has been part of an “on call” incident response team (though this role does not involve an “on call” component)
> How we work:
- Hybrid working and the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year
- £500 Remote working budget to set up your home office space
> Learning & Development:
- $1,000 Learning & Development budget to use on anything (agreed with your manager) that contributes to your growth and development
> Vacation/ Leave:
- Holidays: 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
- An extra day for your birthday
- Enhanced parental leave: we provide eligible employees, regardless of gender or whether they become a parent by birth or adoption, 16 weeks fully-paid leave and leave.
> Benefits:
- Private Health Insurance - we use Vitality!
- Full access to Spill Mental Health Support
- Life Assurance: we hope you will never need this - but our cover is for 4 times your salary to your beneficiaries
- £100 Crypto for you!
- Cycle to Work Scheme
Life at Elliptic
Thrive Here & What We Value1. Hybrid Working and Remote Working Budget | 2. Learning & Development Opportunities | 3. Enhanced Parental Leave Policy | 4. Private Health Insurance and Life Assurance Benefits | 5. Cycle to Work Scheme</s> | Competitive salary | Share options | Holiday - 24 days of annual leave in addition to Singapore gazetted holidays | Personal training budget | Laptop + equipment you need | Home office allowance | Full access to Spill Mental Health Support</s> | 2. Remote Working Budget | 3. Learning & Development | 4. Vacation/Leave | 5. Benefits</s> | 1. ValuesLed Company | 2. Cares About the Growth of Its Employees | 3. Hybrid Working and Remote Working Budget | 4. Learning & Development Opportunities | 5. Enhanced Parental Leave | 6. Private Health Insurance Using Vitality! | 7. Full Access to Spill Mental Health Support | 8. Life Assurance: Cover for 4 Times Your Salary to Your Beneficiaries | 9. £100 Cryptocurrency for You! | 10. Cycle to Work Scheme</s> | Values led company that cares about the growth and development of its employees | Hybrid working environment based in London with flexibility to choose work-from-home or office mix | £500 Remote working budget to set up your home office space | $1,000 Learning & Development budget to use on anything (agreed with your manager) that contributes to your growth and development | Enhanced parental leave: we provide eligible employees, regardless of gender or whether they become a parent by birth or adoption, 16 weeks fully-paid leave and leave. | Private Health Insurance - we use Vitality! | Life Assurance: we hope you will never need this - but our cover is for 4 times your salary to your beneficiaries | 1. Values led company that cares about the growth and development of its employees | 2. Growth mindset environment including close attention to career development | 3. Ongoing learning about the role, wider industry and personal development | 4. Hybrid working and the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year | 5. £500 Remote working budget to set up your home office space | 6. Learning & Development: $1,000 Learning & Development budget to use on anything (agreed with your manager) that contributes to your growth and development | 7. Vacation/ Leave: Holidays: 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays; An extra day for your birthday; Enhanced parental leave: we provide eligible employees, regardless of gender or whether they become a parent by birth or adoption, 16 weeks fullypaid leave and leave. | 8. Benefits: Private Health Insurance we use Vitality! Full access to Spill Mental Health Support; Life Assurance: we hope you will never need this - but our cover is for 4 times your salary to your beneficiaries; £100 cryptocurrency for you! Cycle to Work Scheme.</s> | Hybrid working with the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year | $1,000 learning & development budget to use on anything (agreed with your manager) that contributes to your growth and development. | Life assurance: we hope you will never need this - but our cover is for 4 times your salary to your beneficiaries. | 3. Vacation/Leave | 4. Benefits</s> | 4. Vacation/Leave Benefits | 5. Private Health Insurance | 6. Cycle to Work Scheme</s> | 1. Valuesled company that cares about the growth of its employees | 2. Openness is one of our core values at Elliptic | 3. Hybrid working and the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year | 4. Learning & Development: $1,000 Learning & Development budget to use on anything (agreed with your manager) that contributes to your growth and development | 5. Vacation/ Leave: Holidays: 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays; An extra day for your birthday; Enhanced parental leave: we provide eligible employees, regardless of gender or whether they become a parent by birth or adoption, 16 weeks fullypaid leave and leave. | 6. Benefits: Private Health Insurance we use Vitality! Full access to Spill Mental Health Support; Life Assurance: we hope you will never need this - but our cover is for 4 times your salary to your beneficiaries; £100 Crypto for you! | 7. Cycle to Work Scheme</s> | 1. Hybrid working and the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year | 2. £500 Remote working budget to set up your home office space | 3. Learning & Development: $1,000 Learning & Development budget to use on anything (agreed with your manager) that contributes to your growth and development | 4. Vacation/Leave: Holidays: 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays; An extra day for your birthday; Enhanced parental leave: we provide eligible employees, regardless of gender or whether they become a parent by birth or adoption, 16 weeks fullypaid leave and leave. | 5. Benefits: Private Health Insurance we use Vitality! Full access to Spill Mental Health Support; Life Assurance: we hope you will never need this - but our cover is for 4 times your salary to your beneficiaries; £100 cryptocurrency for you! Cycle to Work Scheme</s> | 1. Values led company that cares about the growth of its employees. | 2. Openness is one of our core values at Elliptic, where we strongly encourage engineers to challenge convention and find unique and innovative solutions to customers' problems. | 4. Learning & Development: $1,000 Learning & Development budget to use on anything (agreed with your manager) that contributes to growth and development. | 5. Vacation/Leave: Holidays: 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays; An extra day for your birthday; Enhanced parental leave: we provide eligible employees, regardless of gender or whether they become a parent by birth or adoption, 16 weeks fullypaid leave and leave. | 6. Benefits: Private Health Insurance we use Vitality! Full access to Spill Mental Health Support; Life Assurance: we hope you will never need this - but our cover is for 4 times your salary to your beneficiaries; £100 cryptocurrency for you! Cycle to Work Scheme.</s> | Enhanced parental leave: we provide eligible employees, regardless of gender or whether they become a parent by birth or adoption, 16 weeks fully-paid leave. | Benefits: Private Health Insurance - we use Vitality! Full access to Spill Mental Health Support | Learning & Development: $1,000 Learning & Development budget to use on anything (agreed with your manager) that contributes to your growth and development. | Vacation/Leave: Holidays: 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays. An extra day for your birthday. Enhanced parental leave: we provide eligible employees, regardless of gender or whether they become a parent by birth or adoption, 16 weeks fully-paid leave and leave. | Benefits: Private Health Insurance - we use Vitality! Full access to Spill Mental Health Support. Life Assurance: we hope you will never need this - but our cover is for 4 times your salary to your beneficiaries. £100 cryptocurrency for you! Cycle to Work Scheme.</s> | Emphasis on physical and mental health | Personal development opportunities</s> | Vacation/ Leave: Holidays: 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays; An extra day for your birthday; Enhanced parental leave: we provide eligible employees, regardless of gender or whether they become a parent by birth or adoption, 16 weeks fully-paid leave and leave. | Benefits: Private Health Insurance - we use Vitality! Full access to Spill Mental Health Support; Life Assurance: we hope you will never need this - but our cover is for 4 times your salary to your beneficiaries; £100 cryptocurrency for you! Cycle to Work Scheme</s> | 1. Fascinating and challenging work is the norm—working at Elliptic is never boring! | 2. We take your physical and mental health seriously that’s why we provide private healthcare and access to Spill Mental Health Support, as well as a $500 work-from-home budget to make that home office extra comfy | 3. Your personal development is important to us, so you’ll have a $1000 annual budget to use, not just on professional qualifications, but on anything that pushes you towards your goals.</s> | Vacation/Leave: Holidays: 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays; An extra day for your birthday; Enhanced parental leave: we provide eligible employees, regardless of gender or whether they become a parent by birth or adoption, 16 weeks fully-paid leave and leave. | Benefits: Private Health Insurance - we use Vitality! Full access to Spill Mental Health Support; Life Assurance: we hope you will never need this - but our cover is for 4 times your salary to your beneficiaries; £100 Crypto for you! Cycle to Work Scheme. | 1. Committed to building a diverse, inclusive team | 2. Championing an inclusive, highquality candidate experience | 3. Providing eligible employees with enhanced parental leave | 4. Offering private health insurance and life assurance benefits | 5. Allowing hybrid working and the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year</s> | 4. Vacation/ Leave: Holidays: 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays; An extra day for your birthday; Enhanced parental leave: we provide eligible employees, regardless of gender or whether they become a parent by birth or adoption, 16 weeks fullypaid leave and leave. | 5. Benefits: Private Health Insurance we use Vitality! Full access to Spill Mental Health Support; Life Assurance: we hope you will never need this - but our cover is for 4 times your salary to your beneficiaries; £100 cryptocurrency for you! Cycle to Work Scheme.</s> | 1. MissionDriven Team | 2. Collaboration with Government Agencies, Crypto Industry, and Strategic Partners | 3. HighConsequence Investigation Work | 4. Purpose, Precision, and Impact at Scale | 5. Learning & Development Opportunities | 6. Private Health Insurance Vitality! | 7. Enhanced Parental Leave | 8. Benefits Package</s>