Senior Staff Protocol Engineer

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October 2

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BASE Foundation

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Enterprise • SaaS • Web 3

BASE Foundation is a platform designed to support developers in building onchain applications. It provides resources such as tutorials, development tools, and a comprehensive curriculum on smart contract development. BASE also offers grants to support innovative and impactful onchain projects. The foundation emphasizes accessibility with features like network information, node setup tutorials, and guidance on deploying smart contracts and using oracles.

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2001

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

🌐 Web 3

📋 Description

• Lead the research and development of new initiatives for improving and scaling Base’s throughput. • Hack on both execution and consensus client internals (geth, reth, lighthouse, etc.) to extend capacity and capabilities of these systems well beyond current standards. • Improve OP stack through efforts such as reducing the footprint of data that needs to be made L1-available. • Helping with important external scaling efforts such as PeerDAS • Drive the technical direction, establish roadmaps, communicate and collaborate with cross-functional teams and the wider Ethereum ecosystem to define requirements, and ensure alignment with project goals while taking a proactive approach.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering • background of research in scaling, parallelization, protocols, or distributed databases • track record of proven leadership around successfully scaling an existing high throughput system • understanding of EVM and client software, such as geth or reth internals • familiarity with database internals and high performance database systems • understanding of the Ethereum scaling roadmap • familiar with current trends and best practices in architecture including security, performance, and usability • executive communication skills to work crossfunctionally and collaborate closely with designers, engineers, and product managers

🏖️ Benefits

• target bonus • target equity • benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))