Research Intern, Mysten Labs

Blockchain

Salary not provided

The US base salary range for this intern position is $8,000 - $10,000 USD a month

Remote in EU, UK, US

Foundational infrastructure for Web 3.0

Open for applications

Foundational infrastructure for Web 3.0

101-200 employees

B2CRetailB2BEnterpriseMarketplaceSaaSWeb 3.0

Open for applications

Salary not provided

The US base salary range for this intern position is $8,000 - $10,000 USD a month

Remote in EU, UK, US

101-200 employees

B2CRetailB2BEnterpriseMarketplaceSaaSWeb 3.0

Company mission

To create foundational infrastructure for Web 3.0.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Enrolled in a Ph.D. program in Computer Science, or related technical field
Understanding of theoretical and practical aspects of secure distributed systems and/or cryptography
Passionate to participate in the next generation of Web3 technology
Experienced technical writer and familiar with publishing in peer-reviewed conferences and journals

What the job involves

We are searching for Ph.D. students with a strong research background and an interest in blockchain technology
Some areas of research interest are distributed and concurrent systems, cryptography, security, distributed computing, incentives, and mechanism design
Research internships are available in all areas of research and are offered year-round, though they will begin in the Fall of 2024
Pursue applied and fundamental research
Work with the engineering team on technical research problems
Contribute to academic publications and blog posts

Our take

Mysten Labs was created with the ambition to build a blockchain comparable to Ethereum or Solanan - but with even greater capabilities. That means tackling pain points currently found in blockchain technology, like scaling transactions and speed to meet growing demand.

To do this, Mysten is building foundational infrastructure for Web 3.0 which supports the accelerated development and adoption of decentralized services. The startup is determined to build a platform that finally lets Web 3.0 developers focus on UI, without compromising on security.

The company has focussed on expanding partnerships with existing networks such as Ethos and Orange Comet Partners, who have integrated Mysten technology, as well as open protocols based on Mysten-designed components. Ensuring that it assigns developer and community outreach resources in the right places will be crucial to building a sustainable business in this relatively young space.

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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

Sep 2022

$300m

SERIES B

Dec 2021

$36m

SERIES A

Total funding: $336m

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Evan Cheng

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Previously Director of R&D for Novi Financial at Meta. Also worked as Director of Engineering at Facebook and spent over a decade in senior engineering positions at Apple.

Adeniyi Abiodun

(Co-Founder & CPO)

Former Product Lead at Novi for Meta. Also worked as Head of Product for VMware's Blockchain division and led the Blockchain Cloud Platform team at Oracle.

Sam Blackshear

(Co-Founder & CTO)

Previously Principal Engineer for Novi Financial working on the Move language and Diem platform. Also worked as a Staff Engineer for Facebook. Ex-Microsoft and University of Colorado Research Assistant.

George Danezis

(Co-Founder & Chief Scientist)

Professor of Security and Privacy Engineering in the Information Security Group at University College London. Previously a Research Scientist at Facebook, and has a Cryptography PhD from the University of Cambridge.

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