Senior Protocol Engineer

Blast is the first Ethereum L2 with native yield for both ETH and stablecoins, backed by industry leaders like Paradigm and Standard Crypto. We’ve rapidly established a strong market presence, securing $570 million in Total Value Locked (TVL) within 1 week of launching our bridge.

As a Senior Protocol Engineer, you will play a critical role in contributing to our fork of the open-source OP Stack (based on go-ethereum). Your deep understanding of the Ethereum Virtual Machine, expertise in distributed systems, and sharp eye for detail will be crucial in shaping the future of the on-chain economy and enhancing the Web3 user experience. Join us at Blast, and help expand the boundaries of what's possible in DeFi and Web3.

Engineering culture

Blast’s engineering culture is deeply rooted in the principle of correctness, placing it at the forefront of everything we do. We firmly believe that the foundation of exceptional protocol software lies in its accuracy and reliability. Our team prioritizes developing solutions that are precise and function exactly as intended, even if this means occasionally sacrificing simplicity or performance.

As a remote-friendly team, we thrive on a culture of ownership, empowering our engineers to take full responsibility for their projects from conception to deployment. We aim to foster a sense of accountability and pride in work, encouraging each member to strive for excellence.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with other engineers on system architecture, incentive analysis, and protocol implementation

• Reviewing code for security/correctness/performance issues

• Improving our system’s observability and monitoring

• Participating in our on-call rotation to help us maintain high uptime

Desired skills

While we believe that all of the following skills would help someone succeed in this role, this is not at all a requirements checklist. If you think you would excel in this role, we’d love for you to apply!

• 5+ years of software engineering experience

• Strong grasp of the EVM

• Solid understanding of operating systems, networking, distributed systems, and computer science

• Fluency in golang

• Prior experience working with Geth (or other Ethereum/blockchain node software)

• Experience working at a small startup

• Experience working on systems with high correctness requirements

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