Protocol Engineer, Flashbots
+ Equity
Ethereum research and development firm
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Ethereum research and development firm
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To provide a permissionless, transparent, and fair ecosystem, for MEV extraction to reinforce the Ethereum ideals.
Role
Who you are
- This role is ideal for a proactive problem solver with a penchant for deep technical challenges, strong communication skills, and a builder mentality
- Proven mastery of distributed systems and blockchain, with a history of conquering Rust challenges
- Significant open-source contributions to Ethereum or mission-driven projects, with active community involvement
- Flexible, accountable, and focused on high-impact solutions. You have exceptional leadership, balancing IC execution with cross functional collaboration
- Proactive problem-solver who drives continuous improvement
Desirable
- Experience with Ethereum clients (e.g., Geth) or adjacent infrastructure (indexers, p2p overlays)
- Smart contract development proficiency
- Thought leadership in open-source projects or protocol specifications
- In-depth knowledge of Ethereum's scaling roadmap and crypto landscape
What the job involves
- Flashbots is searching for a Protocol Engineer with a focus on distributed systems and scaling to join our team
- You'll be helping contribute to a cutting-edge distributed system, navigating nuanced tradeoffs between latency, privacy, fault tolerance, and incentives
- Spearhead SUAVE and SUAPPS development, leveraging your Rust/Go expertise
- Forge high-performance, battle-tested code while optimizing Flashbots' protocols
- Innovate with top mechanism designers at the nexus of incentives and distributed systems
- Craft clear, comprehensive technical documentation and diagrams
- Champion community engagement and strategic collaborations
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Company
Company benefits
- Significantly above market rate equity compensation package
- Unlimited PTO with a high level of freedom and autonomy for your work
- Attractive health coverage package for US employees
- $3000 Yearly budget for your individual learning and development goals
- Remote working - work from anywhere in the world
- Paid travel - 2 x team on-site in different parts of the world per year plus periodic travel to events
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2023
$60m
SERIES B
Total funding: $60m
Our take
Flashbots is a research and development organization that is mitigating the miner-extractable value (MEV) problem, striving for a transparent and fair ecosystem for MEV extraction to reinforce the Ethereum blockchain ideals.
Flashbots, while connecting searchers and mining pools, stands out for not using private contracts and arrangements. Instead, it is an open participation system where any searcher or mining pool can join. This is considered more beneficial to the network, rather than a few private entities dominating because it still allows for competition.
The company is making notable strides, having raised $60M to fund the launch of Suave, an ambitious new project aimed at transforming the way blockchain operators earn value across different networks. With this, the company is becoming a genuinely exciting disrupter to an ever-changing industry. While things are still in motion, the company has ramped up its hiring efforts, signalling an exciting phase of growth and innovation ahead.
Kirsty
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