Protocol Engineer

🕒 June 2

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⛓️ Blockchain Engineer

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Injective Labs

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11 - 50 employees

🌐 Web 3

₿ Crypto

💸 Finance

Web 3 • Crypto • Finance

Injective Labs is a research and development company that focuses on creating advanced Web3 infrastructure and finance solutions. It is a key contributor to Injective, a sector-specific blockchain tailored for finance, featuring smart contracts and high interoperability with major blockchain platforms like Ethereum, Solana, and Cosmos. Injective Labs powers developments in decentralized finance (DeFi) through projects such as Helix, a decentralized orderbook crypto exchange, and Mito, a next-gen DeFi protocol with strategy vaults and a token launchpad. Additionally, the company operates sophisticated validator nodes, contributing to the security and development of various Web3 projects and networks. Injective Labs is committed to fostering a decentralized financial future through its innovative infrastructural solutions.

📋 Description

• Brainstorm, write specifications, implement and test chain features for Injective DeFi modules • Detect and take ownership of improvements to chain performance and scalability via kvstore optimization, processing logic and order matching engine • Build, maintain and test core Cosmos-SDK protocol components, including the decentralized orderbook, trade execution coordinator, order matcher and Layer-2 execution environment • Develop and optimize core Injective blockchain components, including consensus, state management, financial infrastructure and applications • Write open-source Golang clients for direct interaction with the protocol and smart contracts • Contribute to research and development of new blockchain features and technologies • Collaborate with front-end developers, back-end developers and quality assurance engineers • Collaborate with external partners and open-source communities to enhance the blockchain ecosystem

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a Blockchain Engineer • Prior experience working in trading or in an exchange • Worked on at least two production Golang codebases that are reasonably large and performant • Strong knowledge of Go idioms, libraries and parallel processing • Strong knowledge of blockchain, DeFi & DEX concepts, consensus mechanisms, CosmWasm contract platform • Strong knowledge of CS fundamentals such as data structures and API design • Ability to communicate technical concepts with other technical and non-technical team members • Experience with Cosmos-SDK/Tendermint is nice to have • Experience with cryptography libraries including digital signature, hash algorithms used by Ethereum, Cosmos is nice to have • Experience with key-value databases especially ones used by cosmos-sdk is nice to have • Experience with Ethereum/Solidity and Layer-2 is nice to have • Knowledge of financial instruments and markets is nice to have

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary • INJ token award • Remote-friendly work environment with flexible hours • Unlimited PTO • Equipment • Home Office Stipend • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge blockchain technology in the finance industry • Collaborative team culture with opportunities for professional growth and development • Global team meet ups