Rust Jobs in Web3

About Protocol Labs

Protocol Labs drives breakthroughs in computing to push humanity forward. Protocol Labs is a product-development lab, but behind the protocols and tools we build, behind the research and implementations, are passionate people, teammates, and community members. Most teams in the Protocol Labs Network are fully distributed and work remotely around the world. Engineers, researchers, and operators work in the open to improve the internet — humanity's most important technology — as we explore new advances at the intersection of many exciting fields (crypto, networks, distributed systems) and cultures (startups, research, open-source, distributed work).

We seek to hire a Smart Contract Engineer to design and prototype novel Web3 applications as part of CryptoNetLab.

Research at Protocol Labs

Your expertise is mostly driven by both a hunger to learn and a need to work toward solving important problems. Protocol Labs’ engineers are granted both the freedom to develop their knowledge by working on novel applications, and a responsibility to contribute those skills toward advancing the flagship projects of Protocol Labs. You’ll feel at home working with us if your knowledge and optimism enables you to name a few unusual possible approaches when you’re first presented with a problem that people often consider intractable.

As a Smart Contract Engineer at Protocol Labs, you will...

• Participate in cutting-edge research in cryptography and blockchain technology.
• Implement novel systems and protocols while studying and learning from existing ones.
• Prototype novel applications
• Compose existing Web3 primitives into new systems and applications.

You may be a fit for this role if you have....

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Network Science, Robotics, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field, or extensive practical experience.
• If you think you qualify for this job but don’t have these qualifications, don’t hesitate to contact us nonetheless, we’ll review your application for your skills and experience as well !
• Strong experience and familiarity with high performance distributed systems and Web3.
• Proven experience in developing robust, reusable, and maintainable code (using, Solidity, Rust, Go, or similar programming languages).
• Demonstrable background in security or cryptography.
• Familiarity with full-stack Web3 development ( Solidity, hardhat / foundry, smart contract analysis tools )
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A drive to learn and master new technologies and chart new territories.
• Participate in and contribute to Open Source projects.

Bonus Points

• PhD in Computer Science, Network Science, Robotics, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
• Experience with building and deploying large-scale networks and systems.
• Experience with building Web3 applications and blockchain technologies.
• Prior entrepreneurial experience.