Protocol Engineer (Injective Labs)

As a Protocol Engineer at Injective Labs, you work closely with the protocol team to brainstorm, write specs, implement and test chain features for Injective's DeFi modules. You have the freedom to detect and take ownership to improve chain performance and scalability via kvstore optimization, processing logic and order matching engine. You join a highly-skilled global dev team contributing to one of the fastest growing blockchains in the industry.

What you'll do

• Build, maintain and test core components on the Cosmos-SDK protocol including the decentralized orderbook, trade execution coordinator, order matcher, and Layer-2 execution environment
• Develop and optimize core components of the Injective blockchain (consensus, state management, financial infrastructure and applications)
• Write open-source Golang clients that allow users to interact directly with the protocol and smart contracts
• Contribute to the research and development of new blockchain features and technologies
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including front-end developers, back-end developers, and quality assurance engineers, to deliver comprehensive blockchain solutions
• Collaborate with external partners and open-source communities to enhance the blockchain ecosystem

What you bring

• Minimum 3 years' experience as a Blockchain Engineer
• Prior experience working in trading or at an exchange
• Experience working on at least two production Golang codebases that are reasonably large and performant
• Strong knowledge of Go idioms, libraries and parallel processing
• Strong knowledge of blockchain, DeFi and DEX concepts, consensus mechanisms, and CosmWasm contract platform
• Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals such as data structures and API design
• Ability to communicate technical concepts with both technical and non-technical team members

Nice to have

• Experience with Cosmos-SDK/Tendermint
• Experience with cryptography libraries including digital signature and hash algorithms used by Ethereum and Cosmos
• Experience with key-value databases, especially ones used by cosmos-sdk
• Experience with Ethereum/Solidity, particularly if you have worked with Layer-2 solutions
• Knowledge of financial instruments and markets

What we offer

• Competitive salary and INJ token award
• Remote-friendly work environment with flexible hours
• Unlimited PTO
• Equipment
• Home office stipend
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge blockchain technology in the finance industry
• Collaborative team culture with opportunities for professional growth and development
• Global team meet ups

About Injective Labs

Injective Labs is a core contributor to Injective, one of the fastest growing blockchains in the industry. Injective provides an interoperable smart contracts platform optimized for building decentralized finance applications, natively integrated with Ethereum, Cosmos and Solana. The team includes veterans from leading financial institutions and tech organizations, and Injective is incubated by Binance and backed by Jump Crypto, Pantera and Mark Cuban.