Protocol Engineer (Injective Labs)

The role

You will work with the protocol team to brainstorm, write specs, implement and test chain features for Injective DeFi modules. You will also improve chain performance and scalability via kvstore optimization, processing logic and order matching engine.

What you will do

• Build, maintain and test core components on our Cosmos-SDK protocol including our 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 our protocol and smart contracts
• Contribute to the research and development of new blockchain features and technologies
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver comprehensive blockchain solutions
• Collaborate with external partners and open-source communities to enhance our blockchain ecosystem

Required qualifications

• 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 & DEX concepts, consensus mechanisms, 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 signature, hash algorithms used by Ethereum, Cosmos
• Experience with key-value databases especially ones used by cosmos-sdk
• Experience with Ethereum/Solidity (bonus points if you've worked with Layer-2 before!)
• Knowledge of financial instruments and markets

Benefits

• Competitive salary and INJ token award
• Remote-friendly work environment
• 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 and development
• Global team meet ups

Before you apply

• Only applications submitted through the provided link will be considered

About the company

Injective Labs is the core contributor to Injective, an interoperable smart contracts platform optimized for building decentralized finance applications. Injective is incubated by Binance and backed by firms such as Jump Crypto, Pantera and Mark Cuban.