Join Ephemera, Build the Future of Onchain Messaging
We're looking for a Staff Blockchain Protocol Engineer who will play a critical role in designing, building, and scaling the XMTP network.You’ll bring a deep passion for economic modeling and token incentive design, as well as designing systems that ensure a thriving and sustainable decentralized network.
What You’ll Be Working On:
- Writing and deploying smart contracts that govern the economics of the XMTP protocol
- Working with the team to design novel incentive models to reward offchain node operators and collect messaging fees
Your Experience:
- Minimum of 7+ years of professional experience as a software engineer, staff level.
- Extensive experience designing, building, and maintaining cryptoeconomic systems.
- Architected and designed complex protocols onchain
- Experience working with auditors to find vulnerabilities
- Writing well-tested Solidity code
Nice-to-Haves:
- Experienced simulating economic systems using deterministic and/or stochastic modeling techniques
- Experience working in open source and communicating with the public.
- Experience working as an auditor
About You:
- You are passionate about decentralized technology and believe in an onchain future.
- You love to win and are fueled by solving hard problems.
- You are self-directed, see opportunities and are inspired by challenges and helping solve them.
- You have a small team mindset and are focused on where you can have the greatest impact.
- You love to learn, are not afraid of changing your opinion or being wrong.
Benefits:
- Competitive compensation package, Base + Equity.
- Salary range between $235k-$275k base range (depending on experience + location).
- Remote-first environment with semi-yearly gatherings to connect IRL.
- Fully paid Medical, Dental, Vision insurance in the US.
- Parental Leave.
- IT Equipment and WFH setup.
- Monthly Wellness and Lifestyle stipend.
- Personal assistant.
- Unlimited time off.
