Protocol Engineer

April 15

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Flashbots

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Flashbots is a research and development organization focused on mitigating the negative externalities posed by Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) in stateful blockchains, particularly Ethereum. The company employs a three-pronged approach to address MEV by bringing transparency, democratizing access to MEV revenue, and enabling sustainable distribution. Flashbots develops core infrastructure and ecosystem tooling to redefine the block production supply chain across blockchains. Their projects include Flashbots Protect, MEV-Share Node, Bundle Relay, and MEV-Boost Relay, all designed to protect transactions, maximize profit, and promote a decentralized blockchain ecosystem. Alongside product development, Flashbots conducts research on MEV market dynamics, blockchain design challenges, and operates as a research hub for future developments in the MEV ecosystem, furthering transparency and decentralization.

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2020

₿ Crypto

🔐 Security

💰 Seed Round on 2020-01

📋 Description

• At Flashbots, we're building the foundations of the future Internet and financial system. • This role is ideal for a proactive problem solver with a penchant for deep technical challenges. • You'll be helping contribute to a cutting-edge distributed system, navigating nuanced tradeoffs between latency, privacy, fault tolerance, and incentives. • Spearhead SUAVE and SUAPPS development, leveraging your Rust/Go expertise. • Forge high-performance, battle-tested code while optimizing Flashbots' protocols. • Innovate with top mechanism designers at the nexus of incentives and distributed systems. • Craft clear, comprehensive technical documentation and diagrams. • Champion community engagement and strategic collaborations.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven mastery of distributed systems and blockchain, with a history of conquering Rust challenges • Significant open-source contributions to Ethereum or mission-driven projects, with active community involvement • Flexible, accountable, and focused on high-impact solutions. You have exceptional leadership, balancing IC execution with cross functional collaboration. • Proactive problem-solver who drives continuous improvement • Nice to haves: • Experience with Ethereum clients (e.g., Geth) or adjacent infrastructure (indexers, p2p overlays). • Smart contract development proficiency • Thought leadership in open-source projects or protocol specifications • In-depth knowledge of Ethereum's scaling roadmap and crypto landscape

🏖️ Benefits

• Significantly above market rate equity compensation package • Unlimited PTO with a high level of freedom and autonomy for your work • Attractive health coverage package for US employees • $3000 Yearly budget for your individual learning and development goals • Work alongside the brightest minds in the crypto space • Help save the world by ensuring crypto remains decentralized, permissionless and censorship-resistant • Remote working - work from anywhere in the world • Paid travel - 2 x team on-site in different parts of the world per year plus periodic travel to events