Software Distributed Systems Engineer, Protocol Labs

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, related field or equivalent practical experience
• Significant experience building applications using Go, Rust, JavaScript, or related languages
• A solid understanding of distributed systems principles and applications
• Experience designing and building distributed and/or p2p software systems and applications.
• A strong technical design ability informed by broad experience across multiple domains/specialties
• Literacy with cryptographic principles and practices
• In-depth knowledge of authentication protocols and applied cryptography
• Demonstrated the ability to implement cryptographic primitives
• Knowledge of the latest attack trends, tools and the threat landscape
• Experience with 1 or more of the following: Smart Contracts, storage platforms, UNIX file systems, VMs (preferred)
• Proven track record of independently driving projects in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills on both technical and non-technical issues
• A keen awareness of teamwork, process, and patterns of successful collaboration
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desirable

• Create or maintain software libraries and programs depended on by other systems and applications
• Contribute to protocol design and specification efforts
• Participate in the design and implementation of performant and resilient distributed applications
• Develop solutions to hard problems in low-trust distributed systems
• Integrate research results and demonstrations into working, scalable programs and systems
• Work alongside a cross-functional team including engineering, design, community, product, and business
• Engage and educate the community, from users to contributors
• To note, this job posting is for the community of external companies inside of the PLN and is not for direct Protocol Labs employment