The role of our Protocol Engineering team is to build state-of-the-art blockchain clients (nodes).
R&D working culture
Designing and building distributed and fault-tolerant systems
An appreciation of scalable, high availability and low latency architectures
Implementing networking layer and P2P protocols
Processing and management of large data sets with strict real-time performance requirements
Optimizing software performance
Opportunity to work with the top software engineers and research professionals to solve the toughest technical challenges
Working with the latest tools and technologies
Troubleshooting
Skills:
Ability to implement efficient algorithms and design complex data structures
Excellent programming skills, C# or GO preferred but will also consider other tech stacks (e.g. Java, Rust, C++)
An understanding of good software architecture
Ability to write clean, testable and maintainable code without over engineering
An entrepreneurial nature, willing to take ownership and run towards problems
Several years experience in software development
Strong computer science background
A fascination by the inner working of blockchains
It is not essential but, if you have deep knowledge in one of the following areas then we would love to talk to you:
Distributed networks (P2P)
Performance and memory optimisations
Blockchain / EVM / TransactionPool / JSON RPC
Complex data structures for example; Patricia\Merkle/Verkle tries
NoSQL Key Values databases for example; RocksDB
Cryptography
Examples of projects the team has worked on:
Building an implementation of the Nethermind client from scratch
Implementation of Snap Sync protocol that improves the speed of Ethereum node synchronization over the network
The Merge - implementation and migration from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake
Performance improvements to internal virtual machine (EVM)
Improvements to memory management
Design and implementation of efficient and robust data stores and caching
Libp2p implementation in C#
Perks and benefits:
Fully remote
Flexible working hours
Plus equity
Success story sharing