Senior Rust Engineer

• Create, extend, and maintain protocols that are decentralized, permissionless, and censorship-resistant
• Ensure the Rust implementation of distributed ledger technology
• Contribute to the P2P layer, consensus algorithms, smart contract systems, and proof-of-stake incentive mechanisms
• Knowledge of privacy-enhancing cryptographic components and on-chain governance procedures
• Collaborating with other team members, create technical specifications for distributed ledger protocols or protocol improvements
• Analyze the algorithmic complexity, incentive compatibility, and difficulties of implementation of potential new protocols
• Implement protocols in Rust code that is both performant and well-abstracted
• Document and test protocols and protocol updates thoroughly
• Benchmark implementations and make changes to the high-level design as well as the low-level details to improve performance while maintaining semantic correctness
• Conduct code reviews in collaboration with other team members to ensure that the codebase maintains a high level of quality

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor s/Master s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 3-5+ years of experience working as a software engineer
• Prior experience with systems programming in Rust
• Extensive experience with Rust abstractions, memory management, and concurrency
• Strong curiosity around open-source technology and DLT research
• Must be proactive and organized
• Prior experience with large scale distributed systems, network, and systems engineering is nice to have
• Familiarity with database design and optimization is desirable
• Nice to have prior experience in blockchain technology and implementing cryptography