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Ripple Labs - http://www.ripplelabs.com - San Francisco, CA =========================== Senior Javascript Engineer =========================== Our Mission: Enable the world to move value like information moves today. =========================== About Ripple Labs: Ripple Labs is a company committed to minimizing the costs of payments. The company created Ripple, the open payment protocol that enables free, instant payments in any currency - including dollars, yen, euros, bitcoins, and even loyalty points. Ripple was created to enable the world to move and exchange value like information does today. It’s our business model that makes us unique. Ripple Labs doesn’t charge fees. Instead, we strive to create a vibrant ecosystem around the open Ripple protocol and support the community in every way that we can. This lifts the value of the Ripple currency and allows us to finance our operations. We’re looking for someone who can bring out the best in our JavaScript developers through inspirational and spiritual leadership. You would: Create and implement novel cryptographic protocols such as threshold signature systems, novel identity and authentication methods and... Participate in the wider JavaScript community to shape the vision for JavaScript as a powerful, versatile and open language. Create trusted execution environments for running untrusted JavaScript through Software Fault Isolation (SFI) to enable smart contracts. =========================== What our Ideal Candidate looks like: Career stage: 5+ years of JavaScript development experience building large-scale applications, hands-on experience with JavaScript Frameworks such as: Angular.js, Ember.js, Flex, Ext.js, Node.js, Crypto.js Professional engineering experience in a diverse set of languages and understanding of engineering concepts: functional, object-oriented paradigms concurrency models Ability to communicate effectively and a scientific mindset - empirically test your hypotheses. Be deserving of the freedom we’ll give you. We have a flat, informal organization, which means you have the responsibility to direct your own work.. Interests: open-source, entrepreneurship, economics and financial markets, equal access for all people globally, strong work ethic, creative thinking, systems thinking, cryptography, creative logic, fast-paced environment, surfing, biking, jokes =========================== What We Can Offer You: Competitive salary, compelling equity, 100% benefits coverage! Challenging and fun projects with a dynamic team at a fast-growing startup in an exciting industry Work experience in an entrepreneurial environment on a high-impact team An opportunity to drive personal career development for yourself and the team as a whole Outstanding office location in the heart of San Francisco, CA =========================== To apply, email careers@ripple.com !