Junior Software Engineer Jobs

Are you interested in Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain and want to build cool products? We're growing our team 🚀

This is a Hybrid Role with an office in Downtown Miami. You will be asked to come into the office at least once a week.

We are looking for developers that are hungry and want to challenge the status quo by using AI and cutting edge coding tools to 10X their ability. We are a team of techies and nerds and also entrepreneurs and founders and creatives. A perfect new team member shares our energy for building cool technology and wants to change the world for the better and make a ton of money along the way. If this job interests you - please send an email to [email protected] with your name and the role you are applying for! Also submit an application here.

About Cryptan Labs / Benefits of this role

Cryptan Labs is an emerging tech incubator that partners with companies to create and launch cutting-edge products. We do this through three core offerings: a) our Incubator program partners with companies to build apps by bringing our developers in b) our Accelerator program intakes 25 tech companies per quarter and advises them on what to do to reach their next milestone and c) our events and community efforts connect various business owners and give a front door for individuals that are new to the space.

As a member of our team, you will get the unique and fascinating perspective of working closely with numerous companies that are developing cutting-edge technology, the experience of watching apps go from idea to full product, and the access to our network and community provided by our events.

Additionally, as a member of a small and fast-growing team, you will get training and exposure to the activities of our co-founders and senior team members and will have many opportunities for promotion and leadership experience.

Summary

We are hiring Junior Software Engineers to work with us to build mobile apps, web apps, dApps, and other custom software. We are hiring 3 individuals for this role. The Junior Software Engineers will work with the Head of Development and Senior Engineers to identify projects where they can provide value. They will then work closely with Senior Engineers and other Junior Software Engineers to write, test, and launch code. This role has the opportunity to turn into a full-time role and the opportunity to promote to a mid-level developer at the end of a 90-day period.

Location

Hybrid. Cryptan Labs is headquartered in Miami and has offices there and in New York City. There may be additional opportunities to attend in-person events and training for team members nearby.

Day-to-day Activities and Workflow

• Regularly scheduled meetings to evaluate code
• Time spent programming, asking questions and working in pair programming environments where appropriate
• Team meetings to understand project requirements and discuss the development plan
• Ad-hoc and optional interest-based meetings and training to dive into and further understand emerging technology and complex engineering challenges

This is a remote role, so can be done from anywhere with strong internet. There is not a standard start and end time and team however most team members roughly follow 10-6 Eastern.

Outside of the above internal meetings, there is:

• Research time
• Weekly Client meetings for software projects
• Mentorship/training time

Other time spent throughout the day is self-managed completion of pre-assigned tasks.

What success in the position looks like

A Junior Software Engineer that is successful in performing this role will communicate regularly with other developers and team leadership to ask questions and ensure the correctness of code. They will both be a resource for other developers by answering questions and an advocate for the development team by asking senior developers/leadership to provide resources and training in order for the development team to thrive.

Success in this role will give the Junior Software Engineer experience in taking apps all the way from the idea phase to being available in the market for real paying users. This role will also give the experience of working on professional development teams with specialized roles and client needs.

Ideal Candidate

An ideal candidate for this role is a talented developer who is motivated to learn how to build emerging technology, such as blockchain and AI, and has a commitment to creating high-quality software that is easy for users (no matter how much training and guidance may be needed to do so).

How this role fits into the organization overall

The Junior Software Engineer is an integral part of the team that develops and launches apps, you will be hands-on with us on all projects that we are building. As a team that innovates in various technology, there are training opportunities and apprenticeship-style roles in exciting areas of the company that usually require years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Monitor releases of code to different build environments such as web, mobile, testnet
• Learn to manage releases of code
• Quality Assurance
• Read and understand code written by other team members
• Track, document, and maintain software and network system functionality, and leverage any opportunity to improve engineering
• Research
• Full stack software development experience is preferred
• Learn to fix issues that are encountered
• Test apps and software written by other developers
• Work with Cryptan Labs team to research new technology and bring that to our clients and our team
• Write documentation from scratch to help other developers and also potential non technical team members to understand code
• Documentation
• Design and build tools and frameworks to automate the development, testing, deployment, and management of services and products
• Fill out bug reports and detail errors
• DevOps
• Developers with additional experience in or preference toward frontend vs backend abilities will be matched together when appropriate
• Add details and clarifications and help improve other team members’ code
• Read into emerging technologies and new skill sets and proactively improve skills
• Write tests to automatically monitor code
• Full Stack vs Frontend vs Backend

Requirements

• Willingness to learn new skills through pair programming and self-assigned modules
• Good internet and strong English

Skills & Qualifications

Required Abilities

• Ability to document and create processes
• Desire to continue professional growth through training and education
• Familiarity with major programming languages
• Knowledge of different methods for testing code and experience running tests
• Experience working with team members collaboratively on software

Languages & Frameworks

• Our preferred stack is MERN with React Native on Mobile and with Solidity for blockchain applications & smart contracts
• Nice-to-haves: RUST, Unity, Unreal, Twilio, Tensorflow, Hardhat, Truffle, Web3Js, Ethers, Open Zeppelin
• Required: Javascript, Python, Java
• Preferred: Typescript, Soldity, MongoDB, Express, React/React Native, Node, C++, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Postman, Docker, Swaggerdocs, Visual Studio, Github

Methodologies & Specialties

• Preferred: Scrum Software Development, DevOps and Cloud Infrastructure, Algorithms

Additional Training Opportunities

We are a fast growing team and there are opportunities for the team member to gain real skills that can lead to a promotion and job offer at the end of the internship. All of the below roles are opportunities for training that the team member will have, all of which are set up to lead to job offers.

Full Stack Engineering

Blockchain, AI, & XR Software Engineering

Cybersecurity Audits for SMB or for Smart Contracts

Project Management

Sales

Marketing

Design

Operations