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Protocol Engineer

Vancouver, BC💼 Full-time💰 $120,000–$120,000🗓 2026-05-30 → 2026-07-31

Core

Design and implement core protocol components for decentralized interoperability across heterogeneous blockchains, ensuring rigorous security and performance.

Role type

Senior IC protocol engineer (blockchain interoperability)

Builds

Cross-chain messaging protocol infrastructure and smart contract primitives

Domain

Web3 / Blockchain / Cryptography

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Solidity, distributed systems fundamentals, formal verification, invariant testing, simulation frameworks, fuzzing, cryptographic techniques, gas optimization, upgradeability patterns, modularity, composability

Preferred skills

Experience with bridges, interoperability layers, state sync systems, light clients, workflow engines, decentralized finance

Technologies

Solidity, EVM, non-EVM chains

Responsibilities

Design and implement core protocol contracts and logic; Collaborate to develop new system primitives and validate security assumptions; Own components across lifecycle from architecture to deployment; Contribute to high-assurance engineering practices; Investigate emerging cryptographic techniques; Optimize for correctness and safety in gas-constrained environments; Keep pace with changes across supported chains

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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