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Logos is a movement supporting the development of the decentralised web. Logos technologies lay the foundations for a freer internet upon which communities can evolve into network states. Each protocol in the Logos stack seeks to empower its users while upholding civil liberties and fundamental freedoms.

The project

Nomos is a sovereign, modular, zk-encrypted network of blockchains. The trustless agreements layer of the Logos stack. The forthcoming Nomos network will provide a common infrastructure layer upon which communities and aspiring network states can build social, governance, and financial services that uphold their community members’ fundamental rights and values.

Key Responsibilities

This position is a hybrid engineering and applied research role. Primarily, as an engineer, you will contribute by implementing the specifications developed during research. As a researcher, you will contribute to the design of new protocol solutions. You will design, specify, verify and build distributed systems by leveraging formal and experimental techniques; build proof of concepts and prepare executable specifications for the development team.

It’s expected you understand papers in depth and are able to take all necessary steps for their evaluation, adaptation and implementation. The project will expose you to the newest ideas and allow you to stay up-to-date with what is emerging in the space (blockchain, p2p networks, distributed systems, cryptography, Zero-Knowledge proofs, MPC, etc.). You will conduct theoretical and practical analysis of the performance of distributed systems and present research results.

Ideally, you will have

• Coding experience in Rust - this is a MUST-have requirement for this role!
• Research experience in Distributed Systems, ideally byzantine settings.
• Strong background in Computer Science and Math, or a related area.
• Keen communicator, eager to share your work in a wide variety of contexts, like internal and public presentations.
• Strong interest in privacy, censorship-resistant technology, open protocols.

Bonus points

• Experience working for an open-source organization.
• Knowledge of cryptography.
• PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related area.
• Solid knowledge of mathematics (probability and statistics are often use in our research).
• Track record of scientific publications.

Hiring process

• Interview with our People Ops team
• Interview with team member
• Interview with team member
• Interview with interview with Nomos Lead Compensation

We are happy to pay in any mix of fiat/crypto.

Gelato is an all-in-one Ethereum Rollup as a Service Platform built without limits. Designed to be super-fast, incredibly secure, and infinitely scalable, Gelato rollups allow anyone to build and deploy their fully serviced Layer 2 chains on Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Celestia and more at a pace natively integrated with Web3’s favorite tools and services like Etherscan, The Graph, Pyth, Layer Zero and many more launching a production-ready web3 development environment from the Genesis block.

What we offer:

• Join one of the most technically robust teams in the crypto space, operating in a fully remote environment with our headquarters located in the crypto hub of Zug, Switzerland.
• Play a pivotal role in shaping the future of blockchain, by contributing to the development of Gelato’s Rollup-As-A-Service Platform, already trusted by leading projects like Lisk and Astar Network.
• Dive deep into cutting-edge Web3 technologies with exposure to Gelato’s premier Middleware Services stack, including Gelato Web3 Functions and Gelato Relay, foundational to top-tier applications such as MakerDAO, Connext, Abracadabra, and Pancakeswap.
• Earn and have a say with the GEL Token package, granting you a stake in the network’s future and a voice in the strategic direction of the project.
• Be backed by the best, with support from world-class investors including Dragonfly, IOSG, Galaxy Digital, ParaFi, Gnosis, and renowned figures like Stani Kulechov among others, securing your position at the forefront of the Web3 revolution.

Responsibilities:

• Master diverse Ethereum Rollup technologies including Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, zkSync, and more, preparing for deployment, operation, debugging, and enhancement activities.
• Architect a high-impact decentralized network, focusing on scalability to manage a sequencer and RPC node infrastructure that processes millions of transactions and handles billions of RPC requests daily.
• Deepen your expertise in Zero Knowledge proofs, embracing the challenge of working with ZK-EVM stacks and pushing the boundaries of privacy and scalability in blockchain.
• Embrace full ownership of your code with a proactive approach to DevOps, ensuring robust deployment and real-time monitoring in collaboration with our Infrastructure team.
• Innovate within Rollup ecosystems, designing and implementing groundbreaking features like Decentralized Sequencing, Eigenlayer restaking, peer-to-peer messaging, threshold signatures, and trust-minimized off-chain computation.
• Enhance network security and resilience, creatively identifying potential attack vectors and failure points, establishing reproducible testing environments, and crafting strategic fixes.
• Develop and refine recovery protocols for our core node software, ensuring system robustness and rapid response to unforeseen events.
• Build and maintain distributed systems designed for exceptional reliability across diverse blockchain environments, setting new standards for uptime and performance.

Requirements

• You can work with high autonomy from research, spec, implementation, deployment, monitoring and patching your code
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills
• You are comfortable with both DevOps and Software Engineering
• You have extensive experience in shipping production-grade code that handles thousands of user interactions or transactions
• Extensive knowledge about the inner workings of the Ethereum client architecture
• Have a deep understanding of the EVM and how external tooling integrates with it
• 5 years experience with Golang/Rust/C++
• 2 years experience with DevOps - Terraform, Ansible, GCP/AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
• 1 year experience with Solidity
• Strong experience with high throughput database systems
• Strong experience with maintaining scalable microservices systems
• Strong experience with distributed systems and/or container orchestration
• Strong interest in Web3/crypto industry
• Experience using crypto applications (e.g. Uniswap, Aave, etc.)

Not essential, but big bonus points:

• Knowledge of the inner workings of the EVM execution client geth
• Knowledge about the inner workings of the various Ethereum rollup clients including but not limited to op-geth, understand the underlying components, and have opinions about the various trade-offs of those components and platforms
• Experience with p2p network technologies such as libp2p

Technologies we use and teach:

• GETH and its various Rollup forks
• Golang/Rust
• Node.js/TypeScript
• libp2p
• RabbitMQ
• Redis
• GCP (less AWS)
• Ethers.js
• Subgraphs

Benefits

• Work very autonomously
• Generous GEL token package
• Competitive Salary
• Work together with one of the best technical teams on Ethereum
• Build relationships with top teams which are already Gelato users, including MakerDAO, Optimism, Pancakeswap and many more
• Chance to travel the world to go to exciting events and connect with key players in this industry
• Join amazing in-person offsites all over the world