About the company
A mission-driven tech startup studio. We take ideas from the drawing board to market with financial, technical, legal, people operations, and brand-building support at every step. Our startups are free to focus on what they do best ā building public goods to safeguard civil liberties in the digital age.
Job Summary
Responsibilities:
šDevelop and Maintain Protocols: Work within the p2p client team to develop, test, and maintain our networking protocols. šIdentify and Fix Issues: Diagnose and resolve correctness, performance, and security bugs, including developing custom tooling when necessary. šPrincipled Testing: Help us shape and develop a rigorous testing approach, define sensible workloads and network models, and implement them in our testbed. šInnovate and Adapt: Develop new protocols to support new features or adapt existing ones to meet product needs. šEngineering Excellence: Strive for quality, improve testability, and foster a culture of engineering excellence within the team.
You ideally have:
šExpertise in Decentralized Systems: Strong knowledge of decentralized and peer-to-peer systems, gained through a PhD or equivalent industry experience. šPassion for Open Source: A keen interest in open source, perhaps with a track record of significant contributions. šProgramming Skills: Experience with statically typed system programming languages (e.g., Rust, C/C++, Go) and enthusiasm for working with and helping develop an emerging programming language (Nim), with all the opportunities and challenges this brings. šExcellent Communication: Strong communication skills for a fully remote and asynchronous team environment. You are willing and able to clearly communicate your work and any issues you might be facing with the rest of the team. You feel comfortable discussing your work publicly through talks, blog posts, and/or academic papers, and can distill complex problems into understandable explanations.