Ephemera is hiring a

Blockchain Protocol Engineer

Join Ephemera, Build the Future of Onchain Messaging

We're looking for a Staff Blockchain Protocol Engineer who will play a critical role in designing, building, and scaling the XMTP network.

You’ll bring a deep passion for economic modeling and token incentive design, as well as designing systems that ensure a thriving and sustainable decentralized network.

What You’ll Be Working On:

• Writing and deploying smart contracts that govern the economics of the XMTP protocol

• Working with the team to design novel incentive models to reward offchain node operators and collect messaging fees

Your Experience:

• Minimum of 7+ years of professional experience as a software engineer, staff level.

• Extensive experience designing, building, and maintaining cryptoeconomic systems.

  • Architected and designed complex protocols onchain

  • Experience working with auditors to find vulnerabilities

  • Writing well-tested Solidity code

Nice-to-Haves:

• Experienced simulating economic systems using deterministic and/or stochastic modeling techniques

• Experience working in open source and communicating with the public.

• Experience working as an auditor

About You:

• You are passionate about decentralized technology and believe in an onchain future.

• You love to win and are fueled by solving hard problems.

• You are self-directed, see opportunities and are inspired by challenges and helping solve them.

• You have a small team mindset and are focused on where you can have the greatest impact.

• You love to learn, are not afraid of changing your opinion or being wrong.

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation package, Base + Equity.

• Salary range between $235k-$275k base range (depending on experience + location).

• Remote-first environment with semi-yearly gatherings to connect IRL.

• Fully paid Medical, Dental, Vision insurance in the US.

• Parental Leave.

• IT Equipment and WFH setup.

• Monthly Wellness and Life>

• Personal assistant.

• Unlimited time off.

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