Remote Rust Engineer, P2P

Summary

Join us as a hybrid engineer and researcher to contribute to the development of Nomos, a new blockchain designed with decentralization, censorship resistance, and privacy in mind. As an engineer, you will implement specifications developed during research, while as a researcher, you will design new protocol solutions. You will work on designing, specifying, verifying, and building distributed systems, leveraging formal and experimental techniques.

Requirements

• Coding experience in Rust - this is a MUST-have requirement for this role!
• Research experience in Distributed Systems, ideally byzantine settings
• Strong background in Computer Science and Math, or a related area
• Keen communicator, eager to share your work in a wide variety of contexts, like internal and public presentations
• Strong interest in privacy, censorship-resistant technology, open protocols

Responsibilities

• Implement specifications developed during research
• Design new protocol solutions
• Design, specify, verify and build distributed systems by leveraging formal and experimental techniques
• Build proof of concepts and prepare executable specifications for the development team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working for an open-source organization
• Knowledge of cryptography
• PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related area
• Solid knowledge of mathematics (probability and statistics are often use in our research)
• Track record of scientific publications