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Ritual

Core Protocol Engineer

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over 1 year ago
Remote, WorldwideMid Level / Senior
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Responsibilities

  • Design and implement extensions to EVM clients for supporting stateful precompiles.
  • Implement novel mechanism design primitives in collaboration with the research team.
  • Develop and optimize transaction processing pipelines for heterogeneous workloads.
  • Research and implement solutions for state access conflicts.
  • Contribute to core protocol development and EIP implementations.
  • Collaborate with the research team on protocol specifications and mechanism design improvements.
  • Design and implement robust testing frameworks for execution client modifications.

Requirements

  • Deep understanding of EVM internals and Ethereum execution clients (Geth/Reth).
  • Strong experience implementing and optimizing precompiles.
  • Expertise in Go and/or Rust for systems programming, and Solidity.
  • Thorough knowledge of Ethereum's roadmap and active participation in protocol discussions.
  • Experience with parallel execution patterns in blockchain systems.
  • Strong understanding of consensus mechanisms and blockchain architecture.
  • Ability to read, understand, and implement EIPs and protocol specifications.
  • Proven track record of shipping production-grade blockchain systems.
  • Ability to act quickly under high pressure scenarios and context switch at a high frequency.
  • A high level of end-to-end ownership and self-direction, with excellent communication skills.
  • Hungry, high-energy and ability to work within and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

  • Join a passionate group of engineers, researchers, and operators on a mission to build the next generation of AI infrastructure.
  • Highly competitive compensation package, including annual discretionary bonus.
  • Top 1% of benefits across the web3 startup space.
  • 100% of premiums covered on highest quality healthcare.
  • Aggressive company 401k match.
  • Fully remote and/or hybrid work options.
  • Participate in virtual and in-person events.

Tech Stack

GoRustSolidity

Categories

AI & MLBackendData EngineeringSecurity