The Web3 Foundation nurtures and stewards technologies and applications for the decentralized web. We collaborate with cutting-edge developer teams, researchers and community leaders to strengthen and extend the uses of decentralized technologies; building the future of identity, privacy, financial markets, commerce, and more.
Our core project at the moment is Polkadot, a protocol designed to connect blockchains and allow them to interoperate, share security and more. In addition, we are supporting the development of a number of technologies that form the Web 3.0 tech stack - such as decentralized messaging, distributed storage or secret management.
Core to fulfilling our mission is our ability to communicate to a diverse audience of people and organizations. Our visual voice will inspire our communities, and create momentum among collaborators. It should link our efforts across projects in the space.
You will be instrumental aligning our look and feel across heterogeneous organisations and projects to create a strong, unified visual identity.
We hire at various levels of experience so feel free to apply even if you donāt fulfil all the requirements yet. We are a lean team with a flat organisation. You will be working closely together with team members in Berlin and Zug, as well as with partners and collaborators around the world.
Looking for scientists with a deep understanding of decentralised technologies and an ambition to lead a high performance research team.
HEAD OF RESEARCH
We conduct cutting-edge research that is both theoretically exciting and expected to have a dramatic real world impact by helping to replace centralised infrastructure. To help realise this goal we work closely with academics and development teams to design and then deploy world-class components of large-scale distributed systems.
We explore a remarkable array of research topics within our mandate to steward distributed technologies, including:
- Cryptographic protocols
- Consensus algorithms
- Game theory and mechanism design
- Economics
- Censorship resistance
- Privacy technologies
Our diverse cryptographic research topics include:
- Advanced signature schemes
- Distributed random number generation
- Zero-knowledge proofs and their optimisations
- Multiparty computation
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Set the research agenda in alignment with development collaborators
- Ensure alignment and productivity of the research team members
- Keep an overview of research topics and participate in research when needed
- Initiate and manage research collaborations
- Manage composition of the research team including identifying hiring needs
- Coordinate efforts to deliver high quality research papers along with good internal documentation
- Represent the Web3 Foundation at conferences and share technical information with the community
REQUIREMENTS
- Postdoc or professor level experience in Mathematics, Theoretical Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent background
- Experience contributing to research communities that require mathematical rigor, preferably including proofs of security and correctness
- Experience designing cryptographic protocols or distributed algorithms
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
A PLUS
- Demonstrated innovation in cryptography or distributed algorithms
- Experience with blockchain technology
- Experience mentoring, creating technical documentation or blog posts
- Experience and proficiency in programming, especially in Rust or related languages, e.g. C, C++, OCaml, Haskell, or JavaScript
- Demonstrated ability to set and execute a research agenda
- Experience developing research collaborations and managing contractors
BENEFITS
- Competitive compensation and travel opportunities
- Regular research retreats at unique locations around Europe
- Opportunity to work on a diverse team of varied professional backgrounds (i.e. computer science, algorithm design, events, communications, legal, financial products, management consulting, marketing & advertising, etc.)
To apply to this position, we kindly ask you to submit your CV with a cover letter telling us a bit about yourself and your motivation to join us by following the link below.
Web3 Foundation website: https://web3.foundation/
Web3 links: https://github.com/w3f/Web3-wiki
Polkadot website: https://polkadot.network/
Polkadot research: http://research.web3.foundation/en/latest/polkadot/
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