Homeoffice Senior Protocol Engineer

Hyphen Connect · EMEA · Austria · Remote

About the job

We are hiring for one of our ecosystem projects. The company is a seed-stage, stealth-mode rocket ship on a mission to accelerate adoption of zero-knowledge proofs. While the demand to generate proofs is exploding, the web3 ecosystem lacks a scalable infrastructure to generate proofs. They are building a cost-efficient and performant marketplace for proof generation, where the supply is a distributed network of GPUs, FPGAs and ASICs around the world.

We are seeking a seasoned Protocol Engineer to join their engineering team that operates in an environment of shared accountability and without hierarchy. In this role, you will be responsible for co-architecting and co-leading the team with a hands-on approach. You will collaborate closely on the design with the team and co-lead the implementation, while helping to assimilate new members as we build out the necessary team.

As an early team member, you will help shape not only the protocol, but also who we are as a company. You will set a technical standard and eventually become one of our core contributors. You will have the freedom and autonomy to shape the direction of our culture and platform, contributing your ideas and expertise to drive its evolution. You will be challenged with complex problem-solving in a rapidly evolving problem space.

If you are passionate and enthusiastic about the web3 industry, come and join our team!

In This Role, You Will

  • Architect the protocol as we progress from MVP to testnet to Mainnet and beyond
  • Lead the implementation in Rust and Solidity of an efficient proving workload orchestration to distributed prover machines (majorly, GPUs) and other core protocol components of the network
  • Provide technical co-leadership alongside the engineering team through a heavily hands-on mode of implementation
  • Provide mentorship to the growing team

You Might Thrive In This Role If You Have
  • Deep expertise with backend blockchain engineering (node software, client software, infrastructure, etc.)
  • Deep familiarity with common Web3 stacks like the EVM and its technical landscape
  • Rust and Solidity familiarity
  • Experience in working on greenfield projects
  • Ability to help build A+ teams; thrives in and nurtures a culture of excellence and delivery
  • Deep familiarity with GPU networking
  • Familiarity with the fundamentals of cryptography, such as hash functions and finite fields