About the company
Polygon Labs develops Ethereum scaling solutions for Polygon protocols. Polygon Labs engages with other ecosystem developers to help make available scalable, affordable, secure and sustainable blockchain infrastructure for Web3. Polygon Labs has initially developed a growing suite of protocols for developers to gain easy access to major scaling solutions, including layer 2s (zero-knowledge rollups and optimistic rollups), sidechains, hybrid chains, app-specific chains, enterprise chains, and data availability protocols. Scaling solutions that Polygon Labs initially developed have seen widespread adoption with tens of thousands of decentralized apps, unique addresses exceeding 225 million, over 1.2 million smart contracts created and 2.56 billion total transactions processed since inception. The existing Polygon network is home for some of the biggest Web3 projects, such as Aave, Uniswap, and OpenSea, and well-known enterprises, including Robinhood, Stripe and Adobe. Polygon Labs is carbon neutral with the goal of leading Web3 in becoming carbon negative.
Job Summary
Your Responsibilities
š As a Senior Software Engineer on the CDK team, you will lead the development of modular, efficient, and scalable solutions while collaborating across teams to advance interoperability. Key responsibilities include: šStudy and Analyze Blockchains: Conduct in-depth research into the architecture, consensus mechanisms, and state management of various blockchains to understand their integration requirements. šEnhance the CDK Client: Develop and improve the CDK client to ensure it remains modular, scalable, and adaptable for integrating diverse blockchain protocols. šCollaborate on Proving Logic Design: Partner with the team to design and implement efficient mechanisms for verifying blockchain state and consensus, enabling reliable proofs for the Agglayer. šSupport External Teams: Provide guidance and technical support to third-party teams integrating their blockchains with the Agglayer. šCode Maintenance and Optimization: Maintain a clean, robust, and high-performance codebase that supports long-term scalability. Innovate in Cross-Chain Communication: Identify and pursue opportunities to enhance cross-chain functionality through innovative solutions.
What Youāll Need
š5+ years of experience developing backend software š3+ years of hands-on experience with Golang šSolid understanding of rollup and bridge protocols šExperience with the OP Stack, Orbit, Elastic Chain or similar is required šFamiliarity with OP Stack extensions and other rollup technologies such as Orbit and Elastic Chain is a plus šStrong proactive attitude and ownership over delivered solutions
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