Fully remote worldwide position
Lagrange Labs is looking to hire a Cryptography Engineer to join our fast growing research team. The ideal candidate would have familiarity developing production level zero-knowledge proof systems in Rust.Our team (https://www.lagrange.dev/) is currently building ZK MapReduce, a novel proof system that is designed for concurrently proving large-scale batch storage inclusion and dynamic MapReduce style computations. At the core of the ZK MapReduce stack is Recproofs, a new vector commitment scheme developed by the Lagrange Labs research team.Recproofs are optimized for onchain applications that require computing and efficiently maintain a proof over a moving stream of blocks.
Each proof can be updated in logarithmic time whenever the leaves in a subset change or the overall set changes.Our proofs are already being used to empower new applications ranging from trustless DeFi primitives computed from historical data, to digest transformations for ZK-rollups to verifiable public goods funding based on onchain activity.
Requirements
The ideal candidate for the cryptography engineering role at Lagrange would have:
- A background in implementing applied cryptographic primitives in Rust (zero-knowledge proofs, elliptic curve cryptography, vector commitments, etc).
- Experience working with modern Rust based proving systems (Plonky2, Nova, Halo2, Bellman, etc).
- An strong understanding of the theoretical basis of zero-knowledge proofs
- An interest in working on low-level optimizations to novel proof constructions and distributed proving systems.
- Experience in writing and maintaining cryptographic libraries in Rust
- Strong written and verbal communications skills
- Independent motivation and an interest in being part of a team building innovative products
Benefits
- Competitive salary + equity and token package
- Team offsites and conference travel
- Fully remote with flexible hours
- Unlimited vacation policy
- Top-tier health, dental, and vision coverage for US employees
Why Lagrange?
- Opportunity to work alongside other top-tier and passionate researchers and engineers
- Respectful team culture with high individual ownership of your work
- Be a part of developing groundbreaking solutions that can be a key piece of infrastructure for the crypto industry.
- Ability to contribute to high impact research publications
