Core ZK Engineer

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October 28

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Crypto • Web 3 • Fintech

MetaMask is a leading self-custodial crypto wallet that serves as a gateway to blockchain applications. Available as a browser extension and mobile app, it enables users to track and manage their web3 assets securely and conveniently. With features such as buying, selling, staking, and bridging crypto tokens, MetaMask empowers over 100 million users worldwide to control their digital assets and interact on the decentralized web with privacy and security.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2016

₿ Crypto

🌐 Web 3

💳 Fintech

📋 Description

• Help to refine the zk-EVM structure to ensure scalability, correctness, and Ethereum compatibility. • Build and optimize ZK proving systems, ensuring efficient performance and reduced computational overhead. • Collaborate with researchers and engineers to design and implement cutting-edge cryptographic protocols. • Ensure security and correctness of all ZK implementations, rigorously testing and auditing circuits, protocols, and provers. • Contribute to the development of supporting libraries and tooling to enhance ZK development. • Stay up-to-date with advancements in cryptography, Ethereum's ecosystem, and zero-knowledge proofs. • Participate in design decisions and code reviews for zk-EVM components. • Work closely with product teams to ensure your implementations meet the functional and performance requirements of the zk-EVM.

🎯 Requirements

• Deep understanding of cryptographic principle, SNARK protocols, polynomial commitments, lookup protocols and the underlying mathematical concepts • Hands-on experience designing and implementing ZK circuits and/or experience maintaining circuit-design tools. • Familiarity with all the mathematical and cryptographic concepts used in ZK: finite fields, polynomials, hash functions, error correcting codes. • Strong programming skills in languages like Rust, C++, or Go; experience with Solidity is a plus. • Familiarity with Ethereum, the EVM and Layer-2 scaling solutions. • Experience optimizing complex computations, either on CPU, GPU, FPGA • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail, with a focus on achieving correctness, soundness and efficiency in ZK implementations. • Ability to challenge his own and his peers solutions • Ability to write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code. • Experience working in a collaborative environment using Git, CI/CD pipelines • Experience with in-production code • Advanced degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Cryptography, or related field. • Published research or contributions to open-source zero-knowledge proof or cryptographic projects. • Experiences working on ZK projects or L2 projects • Contributions to cryptographic libraries or tools