Protocol Engineer (Injective Labs)

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Build, maintain, and test core components on the Cosmos-SDK protocol including the decentralized orderbook, trade execution coordinator, order matcher, and Layer-2 execution environment
• ▹Develop and optimize core components of the Injective blockchain (consensus, state management, financial infrastructure and applications)
• ▹Write open-source Golang clients that allow users to interact directly with the protocol and smart contracts
• ▹Contribute to the research and development of new blockchain features and technologies
• ▹Work closely with cross-functional teams, including front-end developers, back-end developers, and quality assurance engineers, to deliver comprehensive blockchain solutions
• ▹Collaborate with external partners and open-source communities to enhance the blockchain ecosystem

Requirements

• ▹Minimum of 3 years' experience as a Blockchain Engineer
• ▹Prior experience working in trading or in an exchange
• ▹Worked on at least two production Golang codebases that are reasonably large and performant
• ▹Strong knowledge of Go idioms, libraries, and parallel processing
• ▹Strong knowledge of blockchain, DeFi and DEX concepts, consensus mechanisms, and the CosmWasm contract platform
• ▹Strong knowledge of CS fundamentals such as data structures and API design
• ▹Ability to communicate technical concepts with other technical and non-technical team members

Nice to have

• ▹Experience with Cosmos-SDK/Tendermint
• ▹Experience with cryptography libraries including digital signatures and hash algorithms used by Ethereum and Cosmos
• ▹Experience with key-value databases, especially ones used by cosmos-sdk
• ▹Experience with Ethereum/Solidity (bonus points for Layer-2 experience)
• ▹Knowledge of financial instruments and markets

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Competitive salary and INJ token award
• ▹Remote-friendly work environment with flexible hours
• ▹Unlimited PTO
• ▹Equipment / home office stipend
• ▹Opportunity to work on cutting-edge blockchain technology in the finance industry
• ▹Collaborative team culture with opportunities for professional growth
• ▹Global team meet ups

About the company

Injective Labs is trailblazing a new dawn for Web3 enabled finance. As core contributors to Injective, one of the fastest growing blockchains in the industry, the team builds an interoperable smart contracts platform natively integrated with chains such as Ethereum, Cosmos, and Solana. Injective is incubated by Binance and backed by leading firms such as Jump Crypto, Pantera, and Mark Cuban.