About the company
Vac builds public good protocols for the decentralised web. As an integral part of the Logos collective, Vac comprises R&D Service Units, Incubator Projects, Deep Research, and the RFC (specification) process for Logos projects. We do applied research based on which we build protocols, libraries, and publications. As custodians of these protocols, our aim is to adhere to a set of principles that ensure their alignment with our core values and objectives.
Job Summary
Key responsibilities
šImplementing P2P networking protocols šFurther architecture and development of the nim-libp2p implementation šImplement libp2p protocols according to existing specifications šResearch and development of new p2p protocols and primitives šWorking across teams to help with networking specific needs
You ideally will have
šA passion for decentralization, p2p and privacy-preserving technology šStrong engineering background šExperience with encryption and key exchange mechanisms šExperience with low level/strongly typed languages (C++/Go/Rust/Nim or Java/C# šExperience building networking-heavy applications and p2p networking specifically šExperience implementing with core networking protocols such as Websockets and/or Quic šFamiliar with p2p building blocks such as gossiping, routing and discovery (DHTs), and Nat traversal šA strong alignment to our principles:https://status.im/about/#our-principles
