What are the responsibilities and job description for the Remote Senior Protocol Engineer - Convexity Labs position at Blockchain Works?
We are a group of curious and ambitious builders on a mission to make the global financial system more fair, transparent, and performant. We believe blockchains are the answer.
We are the core contributors behind the first layer-1 blockchain for programmable derivatives, Plaza - any tokenized asset on any chain can be transformed into a perfectly tailored risk-reward profile without sacrificing liquidity.
We are a venture-backed company based in NYC, and we’re looking to build out our core team.
We are focused on hiring the core team and senior talent to work together in person in NYC to build a collaborative and supportive culture. We’re open to hiring best-in-class remote talent anywhere within 6 hours of the NYC timezone.
Core team member responsibilities
1. Work to solve hard technical problems at the cutting edge of blockchain research alongside the founders
2. Be empowered to make bold technical and strategic decisions
3. Play a critical role in determining the people we hire, our culture, our engineering practices, and the products we ship.
How we work
1. We valueambition, work ethic, and trajectoryover prestige and accomplishments
2. We valuethoughtful and contentious dialogueover siloed and unilateral decision-making
3. We valueacknowledging uncertainty / weakness and seeking supportover unabated confidence and solo performances
4. We’re obsessive aboutlearning, doing right by people, and shipping as fast as possible
Description
We’re looking for an experienced Protocol Engineer to help develop a generalizable standard for on-chain financial engineering. The right person for this role is obsessed with system design, performance, security, and decentralization. This person loves working in a fast-paced environment with a small team, enjoys working on cutting-edge technology, and is demonstrably interested in and experienced in blockchain-based application architecture.
Role
- Architect, build, maintain, and own Solidity smart contract development alongside the Founder of Convexity Labs for the core project - Plaza, the public square for on-chain bonds and leverage
- Develop efficient mechanisms for cross-chain and cross-ecosystem value transfer and accounting alongside the Founder of Convexity Labs
- Improve the liveness and safety of critical pieces of the Plaza codebase
- Shape the toolchain, culture, processes, and norms of Convexity Labs
- Mentor more junior engineers and help them level-up
- Collaborate with the founders of Convexity Labs to make strategic product and go-to-market decisions
Qualifications
Required
Bonus
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Remote working / work at home options are available for this role.
