Senior Protocol Engineer, Go

Who are we?

We believe Ethereum has the potential to solve some of humanity’s most crucial coordination issues. Since our initial inception as a research group, we have sought to scale both its technology and values.At present, the most pressing bottleneck to the growth of Ethereum is its performance and scalability. We are building the most elegant solution to this problem. We do this in the open (under an MIT open source license) because we believe in open source innovation and its ability to accelerate growth.OP Labs contributes to the Optimism protocol, an extension to Ethereum that scales both its technology and values.

Optimism enables orders of magnitude of improved performance and scalability to Ethereum while doubling down on its commitment to public goods.The Optimism Collective leads the blockchain protocol landscape, dedicated to fostering a scalable and sustainable ecosystem. Optimism’s ethos, in sync with Ethereum's vision, tackles pivotal coordination challenges of the digital age. Optimism’s goal is to harmonize private incentives with public good, shaping a resilient future for the Internet. Optimism’s scope spans diverse areas like Gaming, DeFi, NFTs, and Enterprise.In this role, you will develop the fault proofs underpinning OP Stack chains alongside a strong team of protocol engineers committed to code quality and velocity.

We value contributors excited about solving computer science problems and decentralization. You can read more about the work here.

What are the role responsibilities?

Work alongside the OP Labs Interop pod towards the development of the multi-proof OP Stack
Own features from design to implementation
Implement protocol upgrades
Support additional core development teams in contributing to the OP Stack

What skills do you bring?

Extensive experience in a software engineering role shipping production code
Deep knowledge of Ethereum and the EVM
Strong grasp of computer science and distributed systems fundamentals
Experience writing Go and Solidity

Compensation Range: $190K - $225K

Life at Optimism Foundation

Everybody and their mother working on blockchains loves the word “decentralization”. On a broad, world-changing scale, we can all agree that it’s important. Yet, when we zoom into the specifics of how to build this decentralized world, we find many diverse approaches. Whether it’s defi, identity, art, healthcare, or anything in between, a single dependency unites each dream for the future: scalability. We are building the critical infrastructure to address this need. Optimistic Ethereum is an extension to Ethereum that scales both its technology and philosophy. Not only do we enable orders of magnitude more performance, we’re also doubling down on Ethereum’s values as a public good, never to be captured by private commercial interests. Ethereum will enable the greatest change in human coordination since the birth of the internet, and Optimism is here to bring it to the masses.

Thrive Here & What We Value1. Transparent and feedbackdriven culture2. Funcentric work environment3. Diverse and inclusive team4. Supportive and collaborative atmosphere5. Emphasis on employee wellbeeing (fully paid medical, dental, vision benefits)6. 4% 401K match7. Commitment to building an inclusive and supportive work environment

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