Founded by MCH Group, the LUMA Foundation, and BCG X,  Arcual launched in 2022 as the pioneering blockchain platform revolutionizing the art community by offering digital infrastructure and tailored smart contract solutions. This groundbreaking technology enhances ownership, transparency, and participation, ushering in a new era for the art world. Arcual empowers artists to secure the authenticity and provenance of their artworks, future-proofing their careers. It also addresses the needs of galleries, institutions, art fairs, and collectors by creating a trusted space for information, partnerships, and transactions. Arcual's comprehensive solutions cover royalties, payments, online and on-site sales, verified provenance, and digital certificates of authenticity. 

Our platform empowers the art market by providing a comprehensive suite of tools designed to enhance digital presence, streamline payments, and secure asset value. Artists, galleries and art fairs can build customized online stores and marketplaces, reaching a broader audience and converting engagement into sales. Our secure, all-in-one payment system reduces administrative tasks, allowing more focus on customer relationships and global transactions. Additionally, our tokenization features ensure the provenance and protection of artworks, future-proofing assets and enhancing trust in the transaction process. By combining these robust features, our platform enables art businesses and artist studios to grow, engage, and innovate in an increasingly digital world, offering a seamless and efficient solution for both sellers and buyers.

Our engineering team works in close collaboration with product and design to tackle big technical topics and build awesome products. We’re a mix of frontend, backend, and blockchain engineers with a passion for high-quality software that uses both tried-and-true and cutting-edge technology. It’s all about the right tool for the job.

Working with us you’ll have the opportunity to go deep in your area of expertise, as well as getting familiar with the other kinds of work that we do.

We are looking for engineers who are curious, collaborative, solution-oriented, and eager to tackle new challenges.

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will assume a leadership role in the development and optimization of our groundbreaking blockchain platform, ensuring ease of use, scalability and quality. Collaborating closely with the development teams, product, and design, you will ensure the technical architecture meets the requirements for feature development. This role entails setting strategic goals for our long-term architecture, prototyping & documenting solutions and assisting the engineering teams in implementing strategic solutions. This can be facilitated by sharing architectural knowledge and providing the necessary tools for improving developer experience.

• Take ownership of & oversee our platform service infrastructure.

• Provide guidance and mentorship to engineering teams to assist them in implementing our strategic technical vision.

• Provide tools & frameworks to standardize our developer experience for consistency & improved DX.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, designers, and product managers, to drive our technical architecture forward and make sure it is aligned with our product vision.

• Lead strategic discussions related to our technology stack and architecture in collaboration with the Director of Engineering.

• Develop a migration plan for evolving our current platform into an end state architecture.

• Identify areas for improvement and innovation, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of our backend development.

• Share knowledge through documentation, presentations and training sessions, promoting continuous learning and skill development within the team.

• Proficiency in Spring Boot and Kotlin for writing production-ready, future-ready code. Go is also nice to have.

• Strong understanding of distributed, event-driven, micro-service architecture and REST API design. In particular, experience with Kafka.

• Experience deploying to cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure using Terraform or similar Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.

• Knowledge of software engineering best practices, including test-driven development, unit testing, integration testing, code reviews and design documentation.

• Prior experience working in a cross-functional environment with Product Managers and Designers.

• Technical background in building and optimizing backend web applications and reactive programming knowledge is a plus

1. The first step will be a screening call with our Talent Acquisition Manager and/or one of our engineers.

2. From there, we’ll schedule a functional interview with two of our engineers (from a mix of disciplines, depending on the role you’re applying for), during which we will discuss some of the example code you provide.

3. The functional interview will be followed up with a cross-functional interview with a product designer and product manager.

4. The final round is a short interview with our Director of Engineering.

Launched with the backing and expertise of the LUMA Foundation, MCH Group, and BCG X in 2022, Arcual is a company with huge vision, a dynamic work environment, and a team of smart, ambitious and fun to work-with colleagues.

Regardless of your age, gender, belief, and background, at Arcual EVERYONE (E) is welcome

If you want to build the next generation of digital infrastructure for the art world, apply now.

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