About the role

Category Labs (formerly Monad Labs), a blockchain infrastructure team building a high-performance EVM-compatible Layer 1, seeking a Senior Software Engineer to research, design, and build core protocol improvements (distributed algorithms, cryptography, consensus mechanisms) in C++ or Rust. Salary $180,000-$250,000.

Requirements

• 5+ years software engineering experience in Rust, C++, or C
• Significant experience building performant systems from scratch (databases, device drivers, embedded systems)
• Excellent instincts for software architecture, memory management, performance optimization/profiling
• Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in CS or equivalent

What you'll do

• Design and implement core improvements to consensus mechanism, gossip protocol, state sync, leader election
• Devise experiments to test worst-case scenarios and iterate
• Build performant system components from scratch in C++ or Rust
• Design components considering interaction with rollups, bridges, staking systems

Where this was posted

• linkedin.com
  https://linkedin.com/jobs/view/44296088571h ago