he Role

The full-time Senior Protocol Engineer will work on the development of mission-critical systems in addition to managing a small engineering team.

Technical Project Description

This project is a mix of sophisticated systems design in addition to applying cutting-edge zero-knowledge research. This role will require managing the engineering team to build out the system architecture while coordinating with our team of researchers. We are happy to hop on a call to talk through the project and share further materials.

At a high level, the Solana blockchain is monolithic: it attempts to do several things at once, including executing programs, storing data, and establishing the final block ordering. We break up these functions to create high-throughput modular rollups. We will enable users to deploy their apps as their own Solana VM “app rollups.”

Our Rust codebase is a fork of the Solana blockchain. Down the line, to implement the zero-knowledge settlement, we might need to make modifications to LLVM.

Desired Qualifications

5+ years of software engineering experience at companies with high reputation engineering teams

Previous experience working on a cryptocurrency product - ideally infrastructure

Experience managing other engineers

Strong expertise in low-level computer language

Understanding of compilers, LLVM

Familiarity with zero-knowledge tech

Minimum Qualifications

At least 3+ years of software engineering experience at companies with high reputation engineering teams

Willingness to learn about cryptocurrency infrastructure - we will provide materials

Experience with Rust

Bachelor’s in EECS, Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent experienc