- Design and develop the next generation of scalable blockchain platforms, consisting of dynamic subnets, multi-level trees (L3+), with versatile Wasm-based execution runtimes, and content-addressed data access.
- Harden IPC’s security by designing and implementing mechanisms like fraud proofs, escape hatches, disaster recovery, and various attack defenses.
- Build the foundation of Filecoin scalability, unlocking new suite of data-oriented services (compute, AI training, inference, hot storage, aggregation, data pipelines, CDNs, and more)
- Maintain and evolve the Solidity smart contracts that orchestrate IPC interactions (e.g. checkpointing, messaging, subnet lifecycle, etc.)
- Create production-grade software that is reliable, resilient, efficient, upgradeable, and observable.
- Strengthen IPC’s guarantees by implementing and deploying zero-knowledge proofs (ZK) and verifiable computation (VC) systems.
- Be productive in a fully remote and asynchronous team that values transparency, deep work, velocity, and rigor.
- Proficiency in Rust is ideal, but experience with another systems programming language is enough if you’re willing to pour your heart and soul into learning Rust quickly (e.g. Go, C, C++, Java).
- Familiarity with a variety of programming paradigms, e.g. actor model, functional programming, capability orientation, etc.
- Knowledge of consensus algorithms, blockchains, web3 technologies and concepts, distributed systems, cloud architectures.
- Experience building secure Solidity smart contracts.
- Constructive analytical mindset, which you leverage to deploy well-designed, elegant systems with a tendency towards pragmatism.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Pragmatic “get it done” attitude and the ability to provide and receive constructive feedback.
- Organizational skills and ability to work in fire-and-forget way
- Experience working in a remote-first environment, across multiple time zones, focusing on open, honest and transparent communication.
- You are OSS-native and have a proven track record of engaging productively in the open (discussions, issues, feedback, PR hygiene, etc.)