Senior Protocol Engineer

Company: CMP.jobs
Location: Fairfield
Posted on: March 15, 2023

Job Description:

Our 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 experience SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS Previous experience working on a cryptocurrency product - ideally infrastructure.

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