Senior Specialty Protocol Engineer
Core
Architecting the core settlement engine for a custom digital asset platform that enables auditable privacy for institutional finance transactions.
Role type
Senior IC protocol engineer (distributed systems & cryptography)
Builds
Custom blockchain application with privacy-preserving primitives and MPC mixing network
Domain
Institutional finance, distributed systems, applied cryptography
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Go (Golang), Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), BFT consensus algorithms, P2P networking, state replication, Pedersen Commitments, Bulletproofs, ABCI++ extensions, homomorphic encryption, scalar multiplication, point addition
Preferred skills
Cosmos SDK, CometBFT, Zero-Knowledge Proofs (Sigma protocols), MPC, Verifiable Secret Sharing (VSS), Ristretto255, gnark-crypto, FinTech background, Account vs UTXO model knowledge
Technologies
Go, Cosmos SDK, CometBFT, Tendermint, gnark-crypto
Responsibilities
Architect and build custom blockchain applications; Implement privacy-preserving cryptographic primitives; Engineer custom consensus extensions for MPC mixing; Design custom state machines for encrypted balances; Optimize cryptographic operations for low latency; Build secure off-chain query layers for regulatory auditing
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC