Blockchain Protocol Engineer

About the Role

A day in the life of a protocol engineer involves optimizing blockchain data structures, writing - crypto algorithms, working with teammates on new designs and optimizations, and collaborating teammates on implementation and code review.

• Helping to build core blockchain and enterprise technologies
• Implement and develop blockchain protocol packages in Ethereum
• Use formal methods to test the correctness of Ethereum Protocol
• Create and maintain interfaces for API and Storage teams
• Collaborate with teammates to produce a Protocol Specification

Requirements

• Writing excellent code

• Experience developing in Golang or Java

• Experience analyzing data structures and algorithms

• Experience with language and compiler design or crypto engineering

• Ability to analyze security on large scale systems

• Designing, working with, and scaling distributed systems

• Experience with some of the following:

• Solidity

• Hadoop, Spark, or Docker contributions

• Oracle, MySQL or PostgreSQL

• SQL development and optimization

• Troubleshooting

• Concurrency and synchronization

• Distributed computing

• Common IPC/RPC methods and patterns

• High availability and business continuity

• Queuing patterns and pipeline design

• Batch operations

• Messaging systems and patterns

• Solid OS / Networking fundamentals

• Virtual memory management

• File system design

• Optimization

• System administration knowledge

• Network architecture

• Technologies We Use.

• Custom applications built on top of our core Intrepid platforms provide the foundation for our - deployments.

• Golang, Rust, Haskell, Java, and Node.JS for our back-end applications.

• React, Angular, and JQuery for our front-end web technologies.

• Mongo DB, Level DB, Rethink DB for our databases.

• Ethereum, Bitcoin, Tendermint for our Blockchain implementations.

• Solidity for Smart Contract Development.

• Intrepid Ventures cloud infrastructure is based on AWS EC2, S3, and Google Cloud

What We Value

• Strong engineering background, preferred in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, - Software Engineering, Physics. Familiarity with blockchain technology, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, cryptography - libraries, and other technical tools. Ability to work effectively in teams of technical and non-technical individuals.
• Skill and comfort working in a rapidly changing environment with dynamic objectives and iteration - with users. Emotional intelligence and the consideration of your teammates.
• The Ability to work across teams to engage project partners, deeply understand problems, and use - teamwork to drive successful revenue generating outcomes. Reflection and continuous self-improvement.
• Adaptive and introspective; willing to learn, teach, lead, and follow
• Not afraid of long hours when necessary; able to handle stress well and maintain a positive - attitude

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