Remote Senior Cryptography Engineer

Summary

The Senior Cryptography Engineer position at Volume is a high-impact role in a crypto and decentralized finance company. The role involves designing, evaluating, and implementing cryptographic protocols for Cosmos-SDK. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of software development experience, relevant blockchain experience, and expertise in zkSNARKS or zkSTARKs.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience in software development and relevant experience in blockchain technologies
• Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Prior experience with cryptographic protocols, especially zkSNARKS or zkSTARKs
• Experience with a proof assistance such as Idris, Coq, or Agda
• Prior experience in low-level systems programming, ideally in Rust. C++ experience ok
• Experience with Cosmos-SDK
• Knowledge of fault-tolerant consensus protocols like PBFT or Raft
• Ability to write production-quality code
• Proven track record of delivering applications on time and on budget
• Experience working with distributed teams across timezones
• Experience designing and building performant and scalable network protocols

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and analyze existing zkSNARK and zkSTARK proof systems such as Groth '16, Ben-Sasson '18, and PLONK for security, expressivity, and performance while also monitoring the state of the research field for compelling new theoretical advances
• Update and alter existing cryptographic protocols, customizing them for specific proof-of-concept and production use-cases
• Produce technical specifications for designs and instances of cryptographic protocols and assist with implementation
• Implement, review, and test cryptographic operations and protocols, primarily in Rust
• Evaluate existing implementations
• Bring DeFi to reality on Cosmos-SDK-based chains

Preferred Qualifications

• You are passionate about blockchain, have used DeFi dApps and believe in the opportunity of decentralization and blockchains to change how the financial world works today
• You thrive in a startup environment and feel best working in a small, cross-functional team where you can roll up your sleeves and be hands on

Benefits

• Great benefits package, including parental leave, contributions to your retirement, competitive pay, and unlimited time off
• For U.S.-based employees, we also provide platinum-level health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family