Remote Staff Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Eigen Labs, a leading name in the blockchain space, as a Lead Software Engineer to spearhead the end-to-end ownership of EigenPOD offchain components and drive the success of EigenLayer's native restaking offerings.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science or related technical field (e.g., physics or mathematics)
• 7+ years of backend distributed systems experience
• 2+ years of full life cycle development with Go
• Exposure to AWS cloud technologies
• Deep understanding of the Ethereum protocol, Ethereum staking and beacon chain
• Proven track record of leading backend development projects, centered on web2 components and API design, into production
• Experience working on highly scalable and rapidly evolving software systems

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical leader on our most demanding projects
• Work with company leadership to influence and define strategy, product roadmaps, and platform experiences
• Write and maintain code to generate proofs of beacon chain events
• Design APIs for optimal webapp consumption
• Leverage innovative approaches such as zero knowledge proofs and batch processing to enhance cost efficiency and customer experience
• Stay up to date with EIPs that affect native restaking
• Work with and evaluate vendors, efficiently implement/utilize their solutions, ensure data quality and uptime accountability, and provide feedback

Benefits

• Employer-covered Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• 401k
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• 12 weeks of fully paid maternity and paternity leave