Senior Blockchain Protocol Engineer

As an engineer, you are someone who:

• 3+years in Blockchain Protocol Engineering experience preferred
• Understands the value of clarity and test coverage in your code and optimize for maintainability.
• Has a deep understanding of Blockchains and all of the accompanying Cryptography Primitives (Public Key Cryptography, Merkel Trees, UTXO/Account models etc.)
• Is excited about Distributed Systems and are able to articulate the tradeoffs systems have to make when operating in a distributed environment (CAP, Linerizability, Consistency, Availability etc.).
• Is comfortable and enjoys working on Systems and low-level stuff (Network Layer - DPDK, File Systems etc.)
• Is able to tie together high level requirements around Latency, Throughput back with what needs to happen at the System Level

Key Requirements

• Demonstrated excellence in software engineering including exposure to blockchains, distributed systems, scalability, and algorithms
• Demonstrated excellence in a Systems Language such as Rust, Golang, C/C++, Elixir, Erlang
• Demonstrated technical design capabilities, architecting complex technical features despite ever-evolving product requirements
• Knowledge of Basic Crypto Primitives (Public Key Cryptography, Transaction Signing & Verification etc.)
• Experience with technical leadership of engineering teams including mentorship and coaching
• Excited about joining an Ego Free environment that moves quickly and Values and Provides Constructive Feedback
• (Optional) Knowledge of more advanced Crypto Techniques (Schnorr Signatures, Edwards Curve etc.)
• MSc/PhD and/or relevant experience preferred for this role