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Staff Protocol Engineer

Blockchain EngineerBlockchain EngineerFull TimeRemoteLeadTeam 11-50H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

68 days ago

Salary

0

Seniority

Lead

Bachelor Degree7 yrs expEnglishDistributed Systems

Job Description

Staff Protocol Engineer

Polygon Labs

• Lead design and prototyping of long-term solutions to address scalability, latency, and state growth challenges on the Polygon PoS network. • Drive architectural decisions across the PoS codebase, contributing to Geth, Cosmos SDK, or CometBFT-based systems as needed. • Identify and resolve deep technical issues in protocol behavior, consensus, and state sync. • Champion code quality, documentation, testing, and developer best practices across the team. • Mentor and support engineers across the stack to elevate the overall engineering bar. • Collaborate cross-functionally with protocol researchers, DevOps, security, and ecosystem teams to ship robust upgrades to the live network.

Job Requirements

  • 7+ years of backend or protocol engineering experience, with 2+ years in senior or staff-level roles.
  • Deep experience working in Golang, ideally within distributed systems, consensus, or blockchain infrastructure.
  • Experience contributing to or working with Ethereum clients (e.g., Geth) or Cosmos-based stacks (e.g., Cosmos SDK, CometBFT).
  • Demonstrated ability to lead architecture, code quality, and complex system design in fast-paced engineering teams.
  • Comfortable working asynchronously with distributed teams in EMEA, US East Coast, or adjacent time zones.

Benefits

  • Remote first global workforce
  • Industry leading Medical, Dental and Vision health insurance*
  • Company matching 401k with 3% match*
  • $1,500 Home Office Set Up Allowance (life-time max)
  • $75 Monthly internet or phone reimbursement
  • Flexible Time Off
  • Company issued laptop
  • Egg freezing, mental health, and employee wellness benefits

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