Rust Engineer

Tempo is a layer-1 blockchain purpose-built for stablecoins and real-world payments, born from Stripe’s experience in global payments and Paradigm’s expertise in crypto tech.

Tempo’s payment-first design provides a scalable, low-cost predictable backbone that meets the needs of high-volume payment use cases. Our goal is to move money reliably, cheaply, and at scale. Our north star is simplicity for users: fintechs, traditional banks, merchants, platforms, and anyone else looking to move their payments into the 21st century.

We're building Tempo with design partners who are global leaders in AI, e-commerce, and financial services: Anthropic, Coupang, Deutsche Bank, DoorDash, Mercury, Nubank, OpenAI, Revolut, Shopify, Standard Chartered, Visa, and more.

We’re a team of crypto-optimists, building the infrastructure needed to bring real, substantial economic flows onchain. Our team primarily works in-person out of our San Francisco and NYC offices (with remote flexibility for engineer roles). We like to move fast and swing for the fences — join us!
The Role

You’ll play a key role in developing the project’s low-level systems. This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology at the frontier of crypto.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and ship complex features, indexing on performance and benchmarking

• Own development throughout the entire lifecycle, with a focus on deep collaboration, quick iteration cycles and incorporating stakeholder feedback

Qualifications

• Significant experience building scalable, distributed systems in Rust

• Deep familiarity with the Ethereum ecosystem, particularly the EVM and Execution Layer, as well as reth and consensus mechanisms; hands-on experience working across the entire Ethereum stack is ideal

• Self-motivated and independent, and excited by ambiguity and opportunities to develop concrete solutions to nebulous problems

• Collaborative and an exceptional communicator

Attributes

• High motor

• Razor-sharp thinker with precise command of language

• Concise, evidence-based communicator

• Excellent organizational and logistical skills

• Intense curiosity and open-mindedness

• Scrappiness; willingness to roll up sleeves

• Growth mindset