Senior Protocol Engineer (Rollups)

Career Renew is recruiting for one of its clients a Senior Protocol Engineer (Rollups) - candidates need to be based in N or S America.

We’re looking for an incredible software engineer to help us build the future of blockchain scalability. You will work on the systems that deploy and upgrade our core supported rollup frameworks - Arbitrum, OP Stack, and ZKsync – as well as make them work with emerging technologies from shared sequencers to alternative DA layers. 

This is the ideal opportunity for an engineer with existing experience working on rollup node software of someone familiar with offchain services which secure significant value.

If you’re looking to work in a fast-paced, high-impact team and help shape the direction of our product and company, this position is for you.

We’re backed by some of the best investors in the valley and offer competitive pay and equity, and full benefits.

As a Senior Protocol Engineer you will:

• Help architect the blockchain nodes that comprises the backbone of our software offering. You’ll be working on the cutting edge of blockchain scaling, building new kinds of L2s.
• Develop improvements to rollup stacks like OP, zksync, and Arbitrum Orbit, making them higher throughput and more reliable.
• Create systems that ensure zero-downtime network upgrades of high TPS chains caldera has in production, which secure hundreds of millions of dollars in value. 
• Write efficient and secure EVM smart contracts in solidity
• Drive the technical direction, establish roadmaps, communicate and collaborate with internal and external partners to help us win.

Requirements

Have 4+ years of engineering experience, including at least 1 year of experience working with EVM-related protocols (dApps, Rollups, Solvers, etc).

Expertise in Go or Rust, with demonstrable low-level systems work.

Direct experience with EVM-compatible protocols, particularly L1/L2 node operation.

Understanding of onchain smart contracts, and interacting with blockchains.