Research Engineer

What You’ll Do

We seek a talented technical researcher with a passion to understand and experiment with foundational Web3 infrastructure; someone that desires work on the bleeding edge of P2P network technologies. A key function of the role will involve supporting engineering teams with “problems-to-be” by finding solutions before the problems hit the operational systems and networks. You’ll conduct research to enhance network resilience while ensuring the network can evolve to meet new requirements over time. In addition, you'll work directly with external developer communities currently interested in or already building on top of Conflux to help them get the most out of our technology. You'll be responsible for creating and explaining solutions; helping integrate our developer tools, APIs, and smart contracts where necessary; and owning a feedback loop in order to improve our tools and protocol over time. Specific responsibilities include:

• Set the research agenda in alignment with development collaborators
• Keep an overview of research topics and participate in research when needed
• Initiate and manage research collaborations
• Coordinate efforts to deliver high quality research papers along with good internal documentation
• Collaborate with many other research labs and individual researchers in the field
• Lead ecosystem development efforts: identify, engage, and onboard key projects that would benefit from incorporating Conflux
• Attend and represent Conflux at academic and developer conferences
• Evangelize the Conflux network through conferences, blogs, customer visits, and social media.

About You

• Obsession with the future of blockchain technology, web3, and low-level protocol development
• Deep and broad blockchain knowledge, such as security, consensus protocols, emerging Layer-2 solutions, DeFi, etc
• An open minded research approach and genuine intellectual curiosity
• A degree in a technical area (i.e. mathematics, engineering or computer science) and/or technical experience is strongly preferred
• Fluid communicator of both aspirational vision and technically deep material
• Deep understanding of computer science, distributed systems, consensus algorithms, networking, game theory and other relevant fields to blockchain technology; you are a visionary who can see a clear future of Web 3 despite the ever-present noise
• Knowledge of conventional financial systems and services, ideally from an implementation or product design perspective, such as broker/dealers, exchanges, quantitative analysis or high-frequency trading algorithms, margin and leverage, etc.
• Advanced degree (Master’s and/or PhD) in math, computer science, statistics, engineering, or similar disciplines.

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