Senior Software Engineer, Espresso Systems

Infrastructure

Salary not provided

Haskell

C++

Rust

Senior level

Remote from Canada, Europe, UK, US

Scaling & privacy for Web 3.0 apps

Job no longer available

Scaling & privacy for Web 3.0 apps

21-100 employees

B2BSecurityPrivacyCyber SecurityBlockchainWeb 3.0

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

Haskell

C++

Rust

Senior level

Remote from Canada, Europe, UK, US

21-100 employees

B2BSecurityPrivacyCyber SecurityBlockchainWeb 3.0

Company mission

To bring Web3 applications like decentralized finance, NFTs, and DAOs to the mainstream by making them cheaper, scalable and more private for users.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

B.S. in Computer Science, Mathematics, or relevant field, or equivalent computer science and software engineering experience
Experience shipping and taking engineering projects to production
Experience with distributed systems and/or blockchain systems, especially P2P networking and consensus
Understanding of software engineering and security best practices
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Passion for writing correct code

Desirable

Proficiency with Rust in a production environment (or similar strongly-typed languages such as C++, Haskell, Ocaml, etc.)
Experience working on blockchain infrastructure, e.g. a layer-1 blockchain
Enthusiasm for the rapidly developing Web3 ecosystem

What the job involves

As a Lead Systems Engineer, you will be a hands-on project leader for a core component of our system, working together with management to make Espresso a reality
Your focus will be on the communication, consensus, storage, and reliability aspects of Espresso, while using the cryptography tools developed by our team
Contribute to the design and implementation of Espresso’s core blockchain infrastructure in Rust
Take engineering projects from concept and design to production
Create sound and realistic roadmaps
Ensure deliverables for your project are met on time
Work with management to determine the hiring needs of your project

Our take

As the popularity of Web 3.0 surges, companies are keen to provide the infrastructure that will support the acceleration of its adoption. Espresso Systems provides both scalability and privacy to decentralized applications, facilitating their transition into the mainstream.

The Espresso Sequencer supports the decentralization of layer-2 rollups in the Ethereum ecosystem and beyond. Its Configurable Asset Privacy (CAP) protocol allows developers to determine what transactional data remains private and for whom, bringing deeper privacy that should appeal to more cautious blockchain-interested parties.

Having secured impressive funding, Espresso Systems looks to grow its team and accelerate the research and building of its products, continuing to lay the foundation for broader Web 3.0 adoption. The company partnered with Ethereum-based scaling zkSync in 2023, to facilitate the execution of private transactions on the ZkSync network.

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Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Jul 2025

$60m

LATE VC

Feb 2024

$28m

SERIES B

Total funding: $120m

Company benefits

Fully remote with flexible hours
Equity package
Regular team off-sites to international locations
Unlimited vacation policy
Top-tier health, dental, and vision coverage 🇺🇸

Company HQ

Downtown Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA

Leadership

Ben Fisch

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Assistant Professor at Yale. PhD Student in Computer Science at Stanford. Advisor at Protocol Labs and at Chia Project.

Charles Lu

(Co-Founder)

PhD Student in Computer Science at Stanford. Worked at Binance Labs.

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