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The project:
https://free.technology/codex
Codex is seeking a talented protocol engineer to join our team of engineers and researchers in revolutionizing decentralized storage. Our cutting-edge solution combines Zero Knowledge proofs, erasure coding techniques, peer-to-peer networks, and blockchain technologies to deliver unparalleled data durability and censorship resistance.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and Maintain Protocols: Work within the p2p client team to develop, test, and maintain our networking protocols.
- Identify and Fix Issues: Diagnose and resolve correctness, performance, and security bugs, including developing custom tooling when necessary.
- Principled Testing: Help us shape and develop a rigorous testing approach, define sensible workloads and network models, and implement them in our testbed.
- Innovate and Adapt: Develop new protocols to support new features or adapt existing ones to meet product needs.
- Engineering Excellence: Strive for quality, improve testability, and foster a culture of engineering excellence within the team.
You ideally have:
- Expertise in Decentralized Systems: Strong knowledge of decentralized and peer-to-peer systems, gained through a PhD or equivalent industry experience.
- Passion for Open Source: A keen interest in open source, perhaps with a track record of significant contributions.
- Programming Skills: Experience with statically typed system programming languages (e.g., Rust, C/C++, Go) and enthusiasm for working with and helping develop an emerging programming language (Nim), with all the opportunities and challenges this brings.
- Excellent Communication: Strong communication skills for a fully remote and asynchronous team environment. You are willing and able to clearly communicate your work and any issues you might be facing with the rest of the team. You feel comfortable discussing your work publicly through talks, blog posts, and/or academic papers, and can distill complex problems into understandable explanations.
- Tenacity in Debugging: You understand that debugging difficult issues is part of the job and are willing to roll up your sleeves and put in the effort to isolate and fix them.
Bonus points if you:
- Have previous experience with decentralized storage networks (DSNs), or are at least acquainted with this space;
- Can work with networking protocols from simulation/formal verification down to implementation;
- Are familiar with compact and Zero-Knowledge proofs and their workings.
Hiring process:
- Intro call with People Ops team
- Interview with Codex team member
- Coding interview
- Interview with Project Lead
Compensation:
The expected compensation range for this role is negotiable, dependent on how we assess your skills and experience throughout our interview process). We are happy to pay in any mix of fiat/crypto.
What is Zero-knowledge?
Zero-knowledge is a concept in cryptography that allows two parties to exchange information without revealing any additional information beyond what is necessary to prove a particular fact
In other words, zero-knowledge is a way of proving something without actually revealing any details about the proof
Here are some examples of zero-knowledge:
- Password authentication: When you enter your password to log into an online account, the server doesn't actually know your password. Instead, it checks to see if the hash of your password matches the stored hash in its database. This is a form of zero-knowledge because the server doesn't know your actual password, just the hash that proves you know the correct password.
- Sudoku puzzles: Suppose you want to prove to someone that you've solved a particularly difficult Sudoku puzzle. You could do this by providing them with the completed puzzle, but that would reveal how you solved it. Instead, you could use a zero-knowledge proof where you demonstrate that you know the solution without actually revealing the solution itself.
- Bitcoin transactions: In a Bitcoin transaction, you prove that you have ownership of a certain amount of Bitcoin without revealing your private key. This is done using a zero-knowledge proof called a Schnorr signature, which allows you to prove ownership of a specific transaction output without revealing the private key associated with that output.
- Secure messaging: In a secure messaging app, you can prove to your contacts that you have access to a shared secret without revealing the secret itself. This is done using a zero-knowledge proof, which allows you to prove that you have access to the secret without actually revealing what the secret is.