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81 days ago

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Mid Level

Job Description

Zk Research Engineer

IFT

Role Description In this role, you will be responsible for actively participating in research, prototyping ideas, transforming research prototypes into production, and conducting code reviews. Your responsibilities will also include: - Planning, implementing, and shipping end-to-end functionality. - Profiling bottlenecks, hardening cryptographic components, and testing them. Qualifications - Experience with modern cryptography. - Familiarity with zero-knowledge virtual machines (zkVMs). - Experience in blockchain or other peer-to-peer systems. - Motivated by decentralisation and privacy. Requirements - Solid Rust knowledge. - Understanding of cryptography and zk-based blockchain systems. - Ability to propose improvements to the core protocol. - Experience working across different time zones. - Strong asynchronous teamwork. - Alignment to IFT / Logos values. Benefits - The expected compensation range for this role is negotiable, dependent on how we assess your skills and experience throughout our interview process. - We are happy to pay in any mix of fiat/crypto. Hiring Process - Interview with our POps team. - Interview with Zones Team Lead. - Pair programming task with the Zones team. - Interview with the Blockchain Team Lead. The steps may change along the way if we see it makes sense to adapt the interview stages, so please consider the above as a guideline.

Job Requirements

  • Experience with modern cryptography.
  • Familiarity with zero-knowledge virtual machines (zkVMs).
  • Experience in blockchain or other peer-to-peer systems.
  • Motivated by decentralisation and privacy.
  • Solid Rust knowledge.
  • Understanding of cryptography and zk-based blockchain systems.
  • Ability to propose improvements to the core protocol.
  • Experience working across different time zones.
  • Strong asynchronous teamwork.
  • Alignment to IFT / Logos values.

Benefits

  • The expected compensation range for this role is negotiable, dependent on how we assess your skills and experience throughout our interview process.
  • We are happy to pay in any mix of fiat/crypto.
  • Hiring Process
  • Interview with our POps team.
  • Interview with Zones Team Lead.
  • Pair programming task with the Zones team.
  • Interview with the Blockchain Team Lead.
  • The steps may change along the way if we see it makes sense to adapt the interview stages, so please consider the above as a guideline.

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