Research Engineer

October 20, 2024

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Chainlink Labs

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Chainlink Labs is a leading force in the decentralized finance and blockchain industry, working to enable global finance to move on-chain. They collaborate with financial institutions such as financial market infrastructures, asset managers, and top DeFi protocols to facilitate the shift to a tokenized asset economy. With a robust team of over 600 experts in cryptography and decentralized systems, Chainlink Labs aims to establish itself as the global standard for on-chain finance, offering a unified platform that supports DeFi and traditional finance (TradFi) across multiple ecosystems. Chainlink's platform boasts substantial experience in the market, facilitating a high transaction value and maintaining a strong security track record. Advisors with significant influence in tech industries, such as former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and LinkedIn chairman Jeff Weiner, support them in their innovation efforts.

Blockchain • Smart Contracts • Blockchain Oracles • Cryptography • Decentralized Systems

501 - 1000 employees

💸 Finance

₿ Crypto

🌐 Web 3

📋 Description

• Chainlink Labs is seeking Research Engineers to support its mission of building the world’s most secure and flexible decentralized oracle technologies. • Working with Chainlink core engineering to identify short- and long-term research challenges critical to the company’s success and to transition innovations from Chainlink Labs into production. • Working with research scientists and technical advisors to study, invent, and build cutting-edge oracle technologies for the benefit of the company and community. • Staying abreast of the evolution of relevant technology ecosystems and participating in relevant technical communities for more effective application development and to guide research toward practical and impactful work.

🎯 Requirements

• B.S. in computer science or equivalent professional experience along with coursework in algorithms and data structures and discrete math. • Familiarity with academic process and ability to engage with existing literature on relevant research topics, e.g. by performing literature searches and comprehending papers in a wider context. • Professional software development experience is required. • Advanced computer science or related degree, coursework in applied and theoretical cryptography, mechanism design, distributed systems, or related fields. • Familiarity with Go or Rust. • Broad knowledge of blockchain technologies and familiarity specifically with smart contracts.