Infrastructure Software Engineer, Espresso Systems
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Scaling & privacy for Web 3.0 apps
Open for applications
Scaling & privacy for Web 3.0 apps
21-100 employees
Open for applications
+ Equity
21-100 employees
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.
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 blockchain ecosystem
What the job involves
- As a Systems Software Engineer, you will closely collaborate with fellow engineers and product managers to make Espresso a reality
- Your focus will be on the transaction processing, communication, consensus, and storage components of the ledger and roll-up systems, while using the cryptography library developed by our cryptography team
- Contribute to the design and implementation of Espresso’s core blockchain infrastructure in Rust
- Take engineering projects from concept and design to production, while working with engineering leaders and the product team to create sound and realistic roadmaps
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 in 2024, Espresso Systems will be able to grow its team towards accelerating 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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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Feb 2024
$28m
SERIES B
Mar 2022
$32m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $60m
Company benefits
- Ownership
- Work from anywhere
- Everything you need for your own work setup, including co-working space local to you if you want it
- Unlimited vacation policy, with a minimum of two weeks per year
- 401k, life insurance, and Long-term disability
- Top-tier healthcare including dental and vision
Company values
- Motivated: We are results-oriented in our drive to solve real problems for users.
- Positive sum: Collaboration is key amongst contributors, within our community, and with the larger ecosystem.
- Aspirational: The best part of working in Web3 is just how big the dream is, reshaping the structures and incentives underpinning our digital lives.
- Thoughtful: While the dream may be big, we work to stay pragmatic, practical, and considered in our decisions.
- Inclusive: The best outcomes are developed by diverse communities.
Company HQ
Downtown Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA
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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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