Software Engineer (Rust) - IOE: Cardano

CompanyInput Output Group

LocationUnited Kingdom

Posted At1/14/2026

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Occupation Type

Programmers and software development professionals

Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled

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£54,700 (£28.05 per hour)

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Description

Who are we?

IOG, is a technology company focused on Blockchain research and development. We are renowned for our scientific approach to blockchain development, emphasizing peer-reviewed research and formal methods to ensure security, scalability, and sustainability. Our projects include decentralized finance (DeFi), governance, and identity management, aiming to advance the capabilities and adoption of blockchain technology globally.

We invest in the unknown, applying our curiosity and desire for positive change to everything we do. By fueling creativity, innovation, and progress within our teams, our products and services are designed for people to be fearless, to be changemakers.

What the role involves:

As a Software Engineer at IOG, you are responsible for writing high-quality code for our products. You have the exciting challenge of working with cutting-edge research and technology with a focus on the market's needs. To support you on this challenge, our products have software architects, product managers, project managers, formal methods specialists, and SDETs, with whom you must communicate professionally, effectively, and efficiently.

Follow agile software development practices

Work with teams across multiple time zones

Work independently on software development tasks

Be proactive and require minimal supervision or mentoring to complete tasks

Review specifications produced by architects and formal methods specialists

Contribute to the design of algorithms

Write clean, straightforward, efficient code that satisfies previously agreed acceptance criteria and specifications

Commit often and submit small pull requests frequently

Cover your code with unit, property, and integration tests when applicable

Review the pull requests of your teammates

Fix bugs in your own code and in legacy code from others

Be available for emergency fixing of severity 1 issues on deployed products

Integrate software components and third-party libraries

Verify and deploy programs and systems

Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing software

Write documentation for the code

Write technical user manuals

Be knowledgeable of distributed and concurrent computation

Be knowledgeable of the basics of cryptography

Requirements

Who you are:

A minimum of 5+ years of development experience
A minimum of 3+ years of Rust experience
Experience working with Git
Practical experience with Agile software development methods
Knowledge of functional and object-oriented programming paradigms
Blockchain and/or any blockchain framework experience is a plus
Blockchain experience is a plus but not critical
A degree in Computer Science is desirable but not essential
Experience with communication protocols such as RESTful APIs, gRPC, and/or inter processes communication
Experience with building reusable and modular software
Distributed systems and network development
A track record of delivering software projects from start to finish
Proficiency in software development best practices, including design, implementation, testing, and debugging
HTTP API understanding as well as accessibility and security compliance
Familiarity with continuous integration and deployment pipelines
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS
Software development methods such as agile programming and test-driven development

Write idiomatic code that satisfies the acceptance criteria of a given task

Write tests (unit tests, property tests) that provide sufficient and non-superfluous efficient code coverage

Document code and APIs concisely and unambiguously

Break down tasks into sub-tasks that are completable in a short amount of time and report completion as required by managers

Pragmatically adhere to software engineering principles (modularity, incremental development, no premature optimization, no feature creep, no speculative generality, ...)

Benefits

Remote work
Laptop reimbursement
New starter package to buy hardware essentials (headphones, monitor, etc)
Learning & Development opportunities
Competitive PTO

At IOG, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.