About Protocol Labs

Protocol Labs drives breakthroughs in computing to push humanity forward. Protocol Labs is a product-development lab, but behind the protocols and tools we build, behind the research and implementations, are passionate people, teammates, and community members. Most teams in the Protocol Labs Network are fully distributed and work remotely around the world. Engineers, researchers, and operators work in the open to improve the internet ?" humanity's most important technology ?" as we explore new advances at the intersection of many exciting fields (crypto, networks, distributed systems) and cultures (startups, research, open-source, distributed work).

About CryptoEconLab

CryptoEconLab at PL aspires to become a research hub for research on economic incentives, coordination games, and novel marketplaces. We aim to develop capacity to design, validate, deploy, and govern large-scale economic systems. CryptoEconLab strives to empower projects in the ecosystem through novel incentives and advance humanity's understanding of multiagent systems and algorithmic steering of economic networks

Research at Protocol Labs

Your expertise is mostly driven by both a hunger to learn and a need to work toward solving important problems. Protocol Labs' engineers are granted both the freedom to develop their knowledge by working on novel applications, and a responsibility to contribute those skills toward advancing the flagship projects of Protocol Labs. You'll feel at home working with us if your knowledge and optimism enables you to name a few unusual possible approaches when you're first presented with a problem that people often consider intractable.

As a Backend / Data Engineer at Protocol Labs, you will...

Prototype novel applications
Compose existing Web3 primitives into new systems and applications
Collect, pipeline, and process on-chain and off-chain data to facilitate research and derive insights to drive business strategies and protocol governance
Build data infrastructure to store and retrieve Pebibytes of data from Filecoin & IPFS
Create web3 native technology stack to build APIs and services
Champion Protocol Labs' GRC strategy for data governance, risk management, privacy, security, quality, and retention, ensuring compliance with legal and business requirements
Work in a fully asynchronous and remote team

You may be a fit for this role if you have....

3+ years experience as a software or data engineer in industry
Strong experience and familiarity with high performance distributed systems and Web3
Proven experience in developing robust, reusable, and maintainable code (using Rust, Go, Python, or similar programming languages)
Ability to write understandable and performant SQL queries
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
A drive to learn and master new technologies and chart new territories

Bonus Points

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Network Science, Robotics, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field
Experience with building and deploying large-scale networks and systems
Experience with building Web3 applications and blockchain technologies
Prior entrepreneurial experience
Prior knowledge or contributions to the IPFS, libp2p, and/or Filecoin projects
Prior contributions to open-source projects
Familiarity with full-stack Web3 development

#LI-REMOTE

What's it like to work at Protocol Labs?

Protocol Labs' mission is to improve humanity's most important technology, the Internet. We build protocols, systems, and tools to improve how it works. Today, we are focused on how we store, locate, and move information. Our projects include IPFS, Filecoin, libp2p, and more.

As a distributed team, we hire anywhere in the world, and at various levels of experience (entry, senior, staff). We look for people with unique perspectives and diverse backgrounds.

We have a great benefits package, including parental leave, contributions to your retirement, competitive pay, and unlimited time off. For U.S.-based employees, we also provide platinum-level health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family.

If you're passionate about the future of computing and a more democratized internet, we want to talk to you.

GDPR for Job Applicants and Candidates

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Summary
Company name: Protocol Labs
Remote job title: Backend Engineer, CryptoEconLab
Job tags: Golang, Python, SQL