Caldera is hiring a
Senior Protocol Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Senior Protocol Engineer at Caldera, a San Francisco-based company specializing in blockchain scalability solutions. The role involves architecting the blockchain node, improving the virtual machine, evaluating database backends and networking libraries, writing EVM smart contracts in Solidity, and has requirements in engineering experience, knowledge of Go, Rust or similar languages, Ethereum dapp building experience, and more.

Requirements

• Have 4+ years of engineering experience
• Have a deep knowledge of Go, Rust or similar languages
• Have built Ethereum ‘dapps’ with Solidity or Yul
• Have experience working with distributed or embedded systems before

Responsibilities

• Help architect the blockchain node that comprises the backbone of our software offering
• Make improvements or extensions to the virtual machine that runs Ethereum smart contract code ie custom precompiles
• Evaluate database backends, networking libraries, and other tools and help make decisions as to which should be included in our stack
• Write efficient and secure EVM smart contracts in Solidity

Preferred Qualifications

• Love writing fast, well-optimized, well-tested, clean code
• Are confident with performance optimization, identifying bottlenecks and scalability concerns

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Equity grant in the company
• Full benefits