Protocol Research Engineer

Job Description

• You are a self-starter and ability to take ownership, well organised, self-disciplined and effective when working autonomously on tasks and projects; • You are responsive, collaborative and committed person with a high work ethic; • You are a high class communicator who can articulate their views succinctly on calls or asynchronously in globally distributed, remote teams; • You relish working in an agile start-up environment; • You are a great listener who understands when to listen first and engages well with colleagues; • You are a resilient, driven individual who is willing and able to continually develop and iterate to succeed;

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and validate new, production-ready, open-source blockchain protocol projects using Golang or Rust, with a good understanding of Solidity. For instance, by having contributed to Ethereum, authored and implemented EIPs, published/commented on ethresear.ch, pushed PRs to nodes like geth or Lighthouse, EF fellowship, and/or written academic papers, etc. • Strong engineering background with the ability to understand research • You take ownership and operate proactively, independently, and with openness and transparency. Confident but humble and low ego, your excitement over learning complex concepts motivates and inspires others. • You enjoy collaborating with others and excel at communicating with them, asynchronously and across cultures. You speak and write (documentation and specs, as well as on Slack), clearly and concisely. • Excellent coding standards (distributed systems, open source, correct and performant code, good developer practices, effective use of Notion/GitHub, performance profiling, optimization, correct + robust + maintainable code)

Benefits

• A mission-led, collaborative culture • Opportunity to work with cutting edge technology and like-minded people who are contributing to the progression of Ethereum • Competitive salary package / generous paid time off / annual growth budget • 100% remote from any location with flexible hours • Home office set up / co-working membership allowance • Private healthcare in selected countries