Protocol Engineer - Decentralised Storage

November 12

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Description

• Develop and Maintain Protocols: Work within the p2p client team to develop, test, and maintain our networking protocols. • Identify and Fix Issues: Diagnose and resolve correctness, performance, and security bugs, including developing custom tooling when necessary. • Principled Testing: Help us shape and develop a rigorous testing approach, define sensible workloads and network models, and implement them in our testbed. • Innovate and Adapt: Develop new protocols to support new features or adapt existing ones to meet product needs. • Engineering Excellence: Strive for quality, improve testability, and foster a culture of engineering excellence within the team. • Bonus points if you: Have previous experience with decentralized storage networks (DSNs), or are at least acquainted with this space; Can work with networking protocols from simulation/formal verification down to implementation; Are familiar with compact and Zero-Knowledge proofs and their workings.

Requirements

• Expertise in Decentralized Systems: Strong knowledge of decentralized and peer-to-peer systems, gained through a PhD or equivalent industry experience. • Passion for Open Source: A keen interest in open source, perhaps with a track record of significant contributions. • Programming Skills: Experience with statically typed system programming languages (e.g., Rust, C/C++, Go) and enthusiasm for working with and helping develop an emerging programming language (Nim), with all the opportunities and challenges this brings. • Excellent Communication: Strong communication skills for a fully remote and asynchronous team environment. You are willing and able to clearly communicate your work and any issues you might be facing with the rest of the team. You feel comfortable discussing your work publicly through talks, blog posts, and/or academic papers, and can distill complex problems into understandable explanations. • Tenacity in Debugging: You understand that debugging difficult issues is part of the job and are willing to roll up your sleeves and put in the effort to isolate and fix them.