Senior Blockchain Engineer, Matter Labs

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+ Equity & Token package

Rust

Mid and Senior level

Remote from Europe, UK

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Scaling Ethereum with Zero Knowledge Proofs

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Scaling Ethereum with Zero Knowledge Proofs

101-200 employees

FintechB2BCryptocurrencySaaSBlockchainWeb 3.0

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

+ Equity & Token package

Rust

Mid and Senior level

Remote from Europe, UK

More information about location

101-200 employees

FintechB2BCryptocurrencySaaSBlockchainWeb 3.0

Company mission

To advance personal freedom for all.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

If you are passionate about building innovative and scalable Web3 applications and have experience designing world-class systems, we would love to hear from you!
3+ years in backend software development and a deep understanding of software engineering best practices and architectures
Experience in Web3 and a track record of success
Passion for our mission to advance personal freedom for all
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Ownership mindset
Excellent understanding of Ethereum
Ability to thrive solo thinking through complex problems just as much as collaborating with partners
Fluency in written and spoken English
Extra points: understanding of the EVM, experience with dev tools, experience building protocols, experience with rust

What the job involves

We're looking for a Blockchain Engineer to be at the forefront of real-world blockchain adoption. This role uniquely combines deep engineering skills with great interpersonal skills and plays a key part in our strategy to onboard the next billion users
Be a goal-oriented developer, diving deeply into our codebase to solve problems spanning our smart contracts to our core node
Conduct independent research in your area of ownership, design, implement, and document partner-oriented solutions to our core technology
Combine great engineering skills with great interpersonal skills to onboard the biggest companies in both Web3 and Web2
Collaborate closely and often with core engineers, product, business, and external development entities in order to affect change
Develop a strong understanding of the value zkSync brings to the world derived by a true mastery of the technology
Help partners dive into the ZK Stack and design their products
Work with DeFi Blue Chips to help them deploy on zkSync Era

Our take

While the Ethereum network offers users highly rated security, the trade-off is that its network volume isn’t sufficient to support fast, cheap transactions. Matter Labs is one of a small number of companies that are building scaling protocols through its zero-knowledge proof-driven product, zkSync.

It’s not the only company of its kind, with the likes of Arbitrum and Optimism also receiving plenty of publicity and funding. However, Matter Labs' zero-knowledge proof approach has been praised for both its transaction speed and security. If it were easy, however, many more companies would be doing it, so it appears that Matter Labs has made a significant headstart on the competition.

Over the last couple of years, the startup has secured some major funding from high-profile investors such as Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and Union Square Ventures. Matter Labs released its renamed ZkSync Era - a zero-knowledge, open-source security platform on Ethereum in 2023. Matter Labs is now predicting zero-knowledge cryptography to outlive alternative "optimistic" security tech from the likes of Arbitrum.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

94% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.5)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Nov 2022

$200m

SERIES C

Nov 2021

$50m

SERIES B

Total funding: $258m

Leadership

Alex Gluchowski

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Has co-founded two previous startups, wellbeing platform Somuchmore (acquired by Urbansportsclub), and camper-rental startup PaulCamper.

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