Smart Contract Jobs in Europe

Zama's mission is to safeguard privacy by making the internet encrypted end-to-end. Zama’s products help web2 and web3 developers build private-by-design applications using homomorphic encryption (FHE), without having to learn cryptography.

Zama was founded by Pascal Paillier, a pioneer in FHE, and Ra
nd Hindi, a serial privacy entrepreneur, and has a team of veteran cryptographers, including Nigel Smart, Marc Joye, Ilaria Chillotti and others.

As part of our efforts bringing privacy to web3, we are building a homomorphic blockchain protocol that enables private smart contracts, where computation happens on-chain on encrypted shared states.

Role Description
We’re looking for a Blockchain Engineer with a strong background in Layer 1 or Layer 2 blockchain protocols, capable of designing and implementing new PoS protocols that are taylored to the particularities of using homomorphic encryption. You will be working alongside a team of cryptographers, protocol designers, and full-stack engineers to design, implement and launch Zama’s homomorphic blockchain.

Your job as a Blockchain Engineer will be to:

• Develop and maintain the Zama blockchain.
• Take part in architecture discussions.
• Develop our blockchain ecosystem and work closely with partnering protocols.

He / She / They should have:

• Strong experience building blockchain protocols
• Strong understanding of various consensus schemes (PoW, PoS, ..)
• Passionate about open source and blockchain
• Be a friendly team player
• Be obsessed with making things that actually work for users3

We are a full remote company but you should ideally be in an European time zone.

Recruitment Process:
Our process is described in detail here: https://www.zama.ai/post/how-we-hire-at-zama

Zama values and promotes diversity. We give everyone a fair chance to be evaluated on their mix of professional, academic, and personal skills. Our aim is to make the hiring process as pleasant, stress-free, and friendly as possible, even if the process is longer and more involved than you might find elsewhere.

Zama focuses on Artificial Intelligence, Privacy, and Cyber Security. Their company has offices in Paris. They have a small team that's between 11-50 employees.

You can view their website at https://zama.ai