Network Role Distributed Systems Software Engineer

*This role is not for direct PL employment but for our PL Network portfolio of companies. Please read below to find out more about our innovative PL Network*nAbout the Protocol Labs NetworknnThe recruiting team is supporting the Protocol Labs Network (PLN) — a community of open source teams, projects, and organizations focused on researching, developing, and deploying network protocols to improve humanitys most influential technology, the Internet. These Web3 teams and organizations are supported by the PL Ventures team through grants and investments think of it as a VC + crypto fund model. As this ecosystem grows, these projects invest in the network itself, and the network grows along with it, which in turn benefits and incentivizes this ongoing evolution of Web2 to Web3. PLN is made up of 450+ projects, companies, and organizations. To note, this job posting is for the community of external companies inside of the PLN and is not for direct Protocol Labs employment.nAs a Distributed Systems Engineer, you may.nnn* Create or maintain software libraries and programs depended on by other systems and applicationsnn* Contribute to protocol design and specification effortsnn* Participate in the design and implementation of performant and resilient distributed applicationsnn* Develop solutions to hard problems in low-trust distributed systemsnn* Integrate research results and demonstrations into working, scalable programs and systemsnn* Work alongside a cross-functional team including engineering, design, community, product, and businessnn* Engage and educate the community, from users to contributorsnnnnYou may be a fit for this role if you have….nnn* BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, related field or equivalent practical experiencenn* Significant experience building applications using Go, Rust, JavaScript, or related languages nn* A solid understanding of distributed systems principles and applicationsnn* Experience designing and building distributed and/or p2p software systems and applications.nn* A strong technical design ability informed by broad experience across multiple domains/specialtiesnn* Literacy with cryptographic principles and practicesnn* In-depth knowledge of authentication protocols and applied cryptographynn* Demonstrated the ability to implement cryptographic primitivesnn* Knowledge of the latest attack trends, tools and the threat landscapenn* Experience with 1 or more of the following: Smart Contracts, storage platforms, UNIX file systems, VMs (preferred)nn* Proven track record of independently driving projects in a fast-paced environmentnn* Excellent communication skills on both technical and non-technical issuesnn* A keen awareness of teamwork, process, and patterns of successful collaborationnn* Excellent written and verbal communication skillsnnnnBonus Pointsnnn* Experience leading open source projects, and/or guiding their communities nn* Security engineering and/or cryptography principles and practicesnn* Large-scale systems (especially networking, performance, storage, or reliability engineering)nn* Experience building with decentralized building blocks such as DHTs, consensus protocols, smart contracts, blockchain, p2p networking, etcnnnnn#LI-RemotennGDPR for Job Applicants and CandidatesnnWhen you apply to a job on this site, the personal data contained in your application will be collected by Protocol Labs, Inc. 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