Chainlink Labs is hiring a
Research Engineer, Applied Scientist

Summary

The job is for a Research Engineer at Chainlink Labs focusing on applied cryptography, distributed systems, and security. The role involves defining research agendas, driving projects, and pursuing fundamental research to impact Chainlink's success. The ideal candidate should have a PhD or equivalent experience, be an established expert, and have hands-on experience in developing innovative products.

Requirements

• PhD or equivalent experience in relevant fields
• Established expert with publications, blogs, presentations, or leadership roles

Responsibilities

• Participate in defining a research agenda and driving research projects to concretely impact the success of Chainlink’s vision
• Conceptualize, design, analyze, and prove correct the next generation of Chainlink's systems
• Pursue fundamental research informed by the company’s roadmap and enhance company visibility and interaction with the scientific community

Preferred Qualifications

• Applied and hands-on experience participating in developing innovative products, production solutions, and/or empirical and data driven analysis, are strongly preferred
• Strong collaboration skills, working well with cross-disciplinary team of autonomous researchers