Protocol Engineer

Location: This is a fully remote role, so that your timezone matches or overlaps with our leadership for this role, you’ll ideally be located in North America or Europe.

Pagoda is the first-ever Web3 Startup Platform where developers and entrepreneurs can build, launch, and operate new blockchain-based products and services.

Overview

The Protocol Engineering team at Pagoda is responsible for the infrastructure of Layer 1 Blockchain, NEAR Protocol. You will be working with complex concurrent systems, complicated state machines, and novel algorithms powering NEAR Protocol blockchain. You will own various components and drive critical decisions throughout their life cycles, including architecture, implementation, and maintenance.

What you will do

• Collaborate with a fully distributed team around the world
• Architecture and implementation of complex blockchain components in Rust
• Design/proposal of new blockchain protocol changes
• Performance optimizations and scalability/reliability improvements of Blockchain
• End-to-end ownership of critical blockchain components
• Participate in the on-call rotation

Requirements

• Fluency with algorithms and data structures
• Agility to quickly learn new languages and technologies
• Ability to write clean yet efficient code
• Creativity to come up with proof of concept from high level design while not knowing all the details
• Experience with concurrency or parallelism
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field

Nice to have

• Experience with internals of NEAR protocol or other blockchains
• Professional experience with Rust alternatively but less preferred C++ or Go
• Experience in building a blockchain smart contract or running a node in a blockchain network
• Knowledge of cryptography
• Experience with networks or operating systems

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible Annual Leave / PTO with an encouraged 20 day per year minimum
• Paid Holiday Week: the last week of the year
• Paid Wellness Week: the first week of July
• $2,000 Yearly Continued Education Reimbursement
• $2,000 Home Office Setup Reimbursement
• Mental Health Support and access to licensed therapists through Spill, 100% paid by Pagoda

Hiring process

• Internal Recruiter Call (30 to 45 minutes)
• Meet with the Hiring Manager (45 minutes)
• Technical Interviews (3-4 x 60 minutes)