***This role is not for direct PL employment but for our PL Network portfolio of companies. Please read below to find out more about our innovative PL Network***\nAbout the Protocol Labs Network\n\nThe recruiting team is supporting the Protocol Labs Network (PLN) -- a community of open source teams, projects, and organizations focused on researching, developing, and deploying network protocols to improve humanity’s most influential technology, the Internet. These Web3 teams and organizations are supported by the PL Ventures team through grants and investments – think of it as a VC + crypto fund model. As this ecosystem grows, these projects invest in the network itself, and the network grows along with it, which in turn benefits and incentivizes this ongoing evolution of Web2 to Web3. PLN is made up of 450+ projects, companies, and organizations. To note, this job posting is for the community of external companies inside of the PLN and is not for direct Protocol Labs employment. \n\nDeveloper Relations responsibilities may include…\n\n\n\n* Start, lead, and grow an open-source community of individuals who are passionate about decentralized data storage and can help bridge the gap between web3 and web2\n\n* Work with product and engineering teams to identify opportunities and get the developer community excited about new challenges to solve\n\n* Write and maintain tutorials, guides, and documentation to help data owners understand the value proposition of Web3 projects\n\n* Own the development of technical and non-technical case studies (working closely with clients and solution architects) and push these to our community through various channels (blogs, social, docs, etc.)\n\n* Anything else that helps bring a project to the world and gets feedback from actual users\n\n\n\nYou may be a fit for this role if you have…\n\n\n* Extremely strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.\n\n* Experience writing documentation or producing other content to synthesize and simplify technical concepts for technical and non-technical audiences\n\n* Familiarity with peer-to-peer, decentralized, or blockchain technologies\n\n* Experience with developer relations and developer support\n\n* A technical background and can code in one or more languages (preferably Rust, Python, Go, Javascript/TypeScript)\n\n* Enjoy taking initiative to solve open-ended problems\n\n* Created technical content, tutorials, and blogs\n\n* Spoke at conferences, developer summits, or virtual events\n\n* Experience teaching, writing, or hosting workshops \n\n\n\nBonus points…\n\n\n* Experience working with distributed systems (cyber security, cloud computing, networks, etc.)\n\n* Experience working in or managing open source software communities\n\n* Masters degree in computer science, adult education, or a related field\n\n* Prior experience in partner engineer or client facing support engineer\n\n* Worked in open-source software communities\n\n* Coordinated large events and conferences in the past\n\n\n\n\n#LI-Remote\n\nGDPR for Job Applicants and Candidates\n\nWhen you apply to a job on this site, the personal data contained in your application will be collected by Protocol Labs, Inc. (“Protocol Labs”), which is located at 427 N Tatnall St #51207, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 and can be contacted by emailing legalrequests[at]protocol.ai. Protocol Labs’ data protection team can be contacted via legalrequests[at]protocol.ai. Your personal data will be processed for the purposes of managing Protocol Labs’ recruitment related activities, which include setting up and conducting interviews and tests for applicants, evaluating and assessing the results thereto, and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment and hiring processes. Such processing is legally permissible under Art. 6(1)(f) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation) as necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Protocol Labs, which are the solicitation, evaluation, and selection of applicants for employment.\n\nYour personal data will be shared with Greenhouse Software, Inc., a cloud services provider located in the United States of America and engaged by Protocol Labs to help manage its recruitment and hiring process on Protocol Labs’ behalf. Accordingly, if you are located outside of the United States, your personal data will be transferred to the United States once you submit it through this site. Because the European Union Commission has determined that United States data privacy laws do not ensure an adequate level of protection for personal data collected from EU data subjects, the transfer will be subject to appropriate additional safeguards.\n\nYour personal data will be retained by Protocol Labs as long as Protocol Labs determines it is necessary to evaluate your application for employment or to assist in the hiring process. Under the GDPR, you have the right to request access to your personal data, to request that your personal data be rectified or erased, and to request that processing of your personal data be restricted. You also have the right to data portability. In addition, you may lodge a complaint with an EU supervisory authority.\n\n \n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Web3, Crypto, Cloud and Engineer jobs that are similar:\n\n $57,500 — $100,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nWorldwide

\nAbout Protocol Labs\n\nProtocol 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 (web3, cryptography, networks, distributed systems) and cultures (startups, research, open-source, distributed work).\nAbout Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM)\n\nThe Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) project (https://fvm.filecoin.io/) seeks an extraordinary Sr. Software Engineer.  FVM launched on March 14 2023, bringing user-programmability to the Filecoin network. FVM currently supports EVM smart contracts and works seamlessly with Ethereum tooling.  2 months after launch, there is already a thriving ecosystem of storage-oriented dapps, DeFi, bridges and more. This is just the beginning! At the moment the team is laser-focused on handling the new scale and unlocking new applications.  Next milestones will enable user-defined WASM actors, support for new runtimes and much more. You will play a key role in all of that.\n\nWe are looking for people who understand the core principles of operating systems, untrusted code execution, resource management, and distributed systems. You will understand, implement and improve a best-in-class blockchain VM built on-top-of WebAssembly, help us design and build open-source code, and ensure that the system is easy to get started with for smart contract developers. You will also help design and implement native FVM interoperability with other chains, as well as developer tooling and SDKs to make the FVM developer journey highly productive and enjoyable.\n\nWhat is Engineering and Research at Protocol Labs\n\nAt Protocol Labs, we translate theory into reality. We take on the most challenging problems that block the adoption of planetary-scale decentralized technologies. Our approach is both pragmatic, rigorous, and must have well-defined, scoped, and measurable milestones. We also interface with many other teams and open source projects, ensuring that we take the best path to get technology into the hands of most people, whether we have invented it or not.\n\nOur philosophy means you will be able to execute in a rich and fertile ground for ideation and prototyping, with the launchpad for shipping those new ideas into reality, testing them in real-world scenarios, and creating maximum impact for the research performed.\n\nBringing programmabile execution to blockchains is the next evolution of distributed systems. When users can both request and deploy arbitrary programs in a verifiable way, they will be able to use new paradigms with the efficiency and reliability of a globally distributed network. Like Filecoin, we will stand on the shoulders of the giants before us and extend the best-in-class tools to new areas. But we cannot merely be great technically; success will hinge on marrying cutting-edge research with the table stakes of a clean API, well-designed SDK, and intelligent contracts that meet users where they are. Our success will transform the way entire classes of problems are solved. We would love you to be a part of our vision.\n\nAs an FVM Software Engineer at Protocol Labs you will…\n\n\nDevelop and ship the first smart contract implementation that operates on the Filecoin chain 🚀\n\nDefine compatibility with and support for existing smart contract execution tool chains and implementations such as EVM and Solidity\n\nCollaborate with other Filecoin engineering and ecosystem teams, to ensure integration with  existing systems as well as contribute to other projects to support FVM\n\nCreate or maintain software libraries and programs depended on by other systems and applications\n\nPartner with peer developer advocates to support the developer community when complex issues arise\n\nQuantify performance, security, and other properties of existing and proposed systems; suggest improvements based on the data\n\nPartner with academia and the broader community in exploring new and out-of-the-box approaches to designing and implementing next-generation decentralized systems\n\nWork in a fully remote and asynchronous team\n\n\n\n\nYou may be a fit for this role if you have…\n\n\nBSc degree in Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience (though a “traditional” education or degree is NOT required)\n\n\nProgramming experience and proficiency with Rust is ideal, but programming experience in one or more of the following is required: Go, C, C++, Rust, Java, or similar.\n\n\nExperience building a low-level untrusted code environment - like browser or WASM contexts - where you have to manage & account for resource usage.\n\nAbility to analyze, criticize, and improve the design of complex computation systems.\n\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills.\n\nPragmatic “get it done” attitude and the ability  to provide and receive constructive feedback.\n\n\n\n\nBonus Points...\n\n\nYou have a record of demonstrating state-of-the-art innovation in distributed systems and/or process virtual machines (e.g. Wasmtime, v8, JVM)  with a proven publication record or project history. (Potentially including but not limited to distributed data structures, novel network architectures and protocols, consensus protocols, peer-to-peer connectivity, distributed execution, distributed file systems, network optimization, graph traversals, and dynamic network analysis.)\n\nExperience contributing to research/development communities and/or efforts, including publishing conference papers.\n\nYou’re comfortable digging through new academic literature like IETF RFCs, W3C specs, etc. for inspiration while problem-solving.\n\nYou believe that you don’t really understand something until you can explain it to a six-year-old, and your experience mentoring or writing technical explainers or blog posts demonstrates that you enjoy testing your understanding against this metric.\n\nYou’ve demonstrated technical project management skills and the ability to design and execute on engineering and/or research agendas.\n\nYou have experience setting up and managing research collaborations or contractors.\n\nProven success of influencing and developing productive working relationships with diverse technical teams and stakeholders\n\nStrong technical and problem solving skills\n\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills\n\n\n\nWhat’s it like to work at Protocol Labs?\n\nProtocol 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\nThe base pay for this position currently ranges from $217,000 to $250,000, plus cryptocurrency, equity, and opportunities for upside through performance rewards in cryptocurrency and equity.  The base pay is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, experience, skills, abilities, training, and education.  We also have a great benefits package, including parental and other forms of leave, contributions to your retirement, and unlimited time off. For U.S.-based employees, we also provide competitive health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family.\n\n#LI-REMOTE\n\n#LI-JL1\n\nGDPR for Job Applicants and Candidates\n\nWhen you apply to a job on this site, the personal data contained in your application will be collected by Protocol Labs, Inc. (“Protocol Labs”), which is located at 427 N Tatnall St #51207, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 and can be contacted by emailing legalrequests[at]protocol.ai.  Protocol Labs’ data protection team can be contacted via legalrequests[at]protocol.ai.  Your personal data will be processed for the purposes of managing Protocol Labs’ recruitment related activities, which include setting up and conducting interviews and tests for applicants, evaluating and assessing the results thereto, and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment and hiring processes. Such processing is legally permissible under Art. 6(1)(f) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation) as necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Protocol Labs, which are the solicitation, evaluation, and selection of applicants for employment.\n\nYour personal data will be shared with Greenhouse Software, Inc., a cloud services provider located in the United States of America and engaged by Protocol Labs to help manage its recruitment and hiring process on Protocol Labs’ behalf. Accordingly, if you are located outside of the United States, your personal data will be transferred to the United States once you submit it through this site. Because the European Union Commission has determined that United States data privacy laws do not ensure an adequate level of protection for personal data collected from EU data subjects, the transfer will be subject to appropriate additional safeguards.\n\nYour personal data will be retained by Protocol Labs as long as Protocol Labs determines it is necessary to evaluate your application for employment or to assist in the hiring process. Under the GDPR, you have the right to request access to your personal data, to request that your personal data be rectified or erased, and to request that processing of your personal data be restricted. You also have the right to data portability. In addition, you may lodge a complaint with an EU supervisory authority.\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, Ethereum, Testing, Education, Cloud, Senior and Engineer jobs that are similar:\n\n $55,000 — $95,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nWorldwide

***This role is not for direct PL employment but for our PL Network portfolio of companies. Please read below to find out more about our innovative PL Network***\nAbout the Protocol Labs Network\n\nThe recruiting team is supporting the Protocol Labs Network (PLN) -- a community of open source teams, projects, and organizations focused on researching, developing, and deploying network protocols to improve humanity’s most influential technology, the Internet. These Web3 teams and organizations are supported by the PL Ventures team through grants and investments – think of it as a VC + crypto fund model. As this ecosystem grows, these projects invest in the network itself, and the network grows along with it, which in turn benefits and incentivizes this ongoing evolution of Web2 to Web3. PLN is made up of 450+ projects, companies, and organizations. To note, this job posting is for the community of external companies inside of the PLN and is not for direct Protocol Labs employment.\nAs a Distributed Systems Engineer, you may….\n\n\n* Create or maintain software libraries and programs depended on by other systems and applications\n\n* Contribute to protocol design and specification efforts\n\n* Participate in the design and implementation of performant and resilient distributed applications\n\n* Develop solutions to hard problems in low-trust distributed systems\n\n* Integrate research results and demonstrations into working, scalable programs and systems\n\n* Work alongside a cross-functional team including engineering, design, community, product, and business\n\n* Engage and educate the community, from users to contributors\n\n\n\nYou may be a fit for this role if you have....\n\n\n* BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, related field or equivalent practical experience\n\n* Significant experience building applications using Go, Rust, JavaScript, or related languages \n\n* A solid understanding of distributed systems principles and applications\n\n* Experience designing and building distributed and/or p2p software systems and applications.\n\n* A strong technical design ability informed by broad experience across multiple domains/specialties\n\n* Literacy with cryptographic principles and practices\n\n* In-depth knowledge of authentication protocols and applied cryptography\n\n* Demonstrated the ability to implement cryptographic primitives\n\n* Knowledge of the latest attack trends, tools and the threat landscape\n\n* Experience with 1 or more of the following: Smart Contracts, storage platforms, UNIX file systems, VMs (preferred)\n\n* Proven track record of independently driving projects in a fast-paced environment\n\n* Excellent communication skills on both technical and non-technical issues\n\n* A keen awareness of teamwork, process, and patterns of successful collaboration\n\n* Excellent written and verbal communication skills\n\n\n\nBonus Points\n\n\n* Experience leading open source projects, and/or guiding their communities \n\n* Security engineering and/or cryptography principles and practices\n\n* Large-scale systems (especially networking, performance, storage, or reliability engineering)\n\n* Experience building with decentralized building blocks such as DHTs, consensus protocols, smart contracts, blockchain, p2p networking, etc\n\n\n\n\n#LI-Remote\n\nGDPR for Job Applicants and Candidates\n\nWhen you apply to a job on this site, the personal data contained in your application will be collected by Protocol Labs, Inc. (“Protocol Labs”), which is located at 427 N Tatnall St #51207, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 and can be contacted by emailing legalrequests[at]protocol.ai. Protocol Labs’ data protection team can be contacted via legalrequests[at]protocol.ai. Your personal data will be processed for the purposes of managing Protocol Labs’ recruitment related activities, which include setting up and conducting interviews and tests for applicants, evaluating and assessing the results thereto, and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment and hiring processes. Such processing is legally permissible under Art. 6(1)(f) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation) as necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Protocol Labs, which are the solicitation, evaluation, and selection of applicants for employment.\n\nYour personal data will be shared with Greenhouse Software, Inc., a cloud services provider located in the United States of America and engaged by Protocol Labs to help manage its recruitment and hiring process on Protocol Labs’ behalf. Accordingly, if you are located outside of the United States, your personal data will be transferred to the United States once you submit it through this site. Because the European Union Commission has determined that United States data privacy laws do not ensure an adequate level of protection for personal data collected from EU data subjects, the transfer will be subject to appropriate additional safeguards.\n\nYour personal data will be retained by Protocol Labs as long as Protocol Labs determines it is necessary to evaluate your application for employment or to assist in the hiring process. Under the GDPR, you have the right to request access to your personal data, to request that your personal data be rectified or erased, and to request that processing of your personal data be restricted. You also have the right to data portability. In addition, you may lodge a complaint with an EU supervisory authority.\n\n \n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, Web3, Crypto, Cloud and Engineer jobs that are similar:\n\n $60,000 — $100,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nWorldwide

***This role is not for direct PL employment but for our PL Network portfolio of companies. Please read below to find out more about our innovative PL Network***\nAbout the Protocol Labs Network\n\nThe recruiting team is supporting the Protocol Labs Network (PLN) -- a community of open source teams, projects, and organizations focused on researching, developing, and deploying network protocols to improve humanity’s most influential technology, the Internet. These Web3 teams and organizations are supported by the PL Ventures team through grants and investments – think of it as a VC + crypto fund model. As this ecosystem grows, these projects invest in the network itself, and the network grows along with it, which in turn benefits and incentivizes this ongoing evolution of Web2 to Web3. PLN is made up of 450+ projects, companies, and organizations. To note, this job posting is for the community of external companies inside of the PLN and is not for direct Protocol Labs employment. \n\nDeveloper Relations responsibilities may include…\n\n\n\n* Start, lead, and grow an open-source community of individuals who are passionate about decentralized data storage and can help bridge the gap between web3 and web2\n\n* Work with product and engineering teams to identify opportunities and get the developer community excited about new challenges to solve\n\n* Write and maintain tutorials, guides, and documentation to help data owners understand the value proposition of Web3 projects\n\n* Own the development of technical and non-technical case studies (working closely with clients and solution architects) and push these to our community through various channels (blogs, social, docs, etc.)\n\n* Anything else that helps bring a project to the world and gets feedback from actual users\n\n\n\nYou may be a fit for this role if you have…\n\n\n* Extremely strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.\n\n* Experience writing documentation or producing other content to synthesize and simplify technical concepts for technical and non-technical audiences\n\n* Familiarity with peer-to-peer, decentralized, or blockchain technologies\n\n* Experience with developer relations and developer support\n\n* A technical background and can code in one or more languages (preferably Rust, Python, Go, Javascript/TypeScript)\n\n* Enjoy taking initiative to solve open-ended problems\n\n* Created technical content, tutorials, and blogs\n\n* Spoke at conferences, developer summits, or virtual events\n\n* Experience teaching, writing, or hosting workshops \n\n\n\nBonus points…\n\n\n* Experience working with distributed systems (cyber security, cloud computing, networks, etc.)\n\n* Experience working in or managing open source software communities\n\n* Masters degree in computer science, adult education, or a related field\n\n* Prior experience in partner engineer or client facing support engineer\n\n* Worked in open-source software communities\n\n* Coordinated large events and conferences in the past\n\n\n\n\n#LI-Remote\n\nGDPR for Job Applicants and Candidates\n\nWhen you apply to a job on this site, the personal data contained in your application will be collected by Protocol Labs, Inc. (“Protocol Labs”), which is located at 427 N Tatnall St #51207, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 and can be contacted by emailing legalrequests[at]protocol.ai. Protocol Labs’ data protection team can be contacted via legalrequests[at]protocol.ai. Your personal data will be processed for the purposes of managing Protocol Labs’ recruitment related activities, which include setting up and conducting interviews and tests for applicants, evaluating and assessing the results thereto, and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment and hiring processes. Such processing is legally permissible under Art. 6(1)(f) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation) as necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Protocol Labs, which are the solicitation, evaluation, and selection of applicants for employment.\n\nYour personal data will be shared with Greenhouse Software, Inc., a cloud services provider located in the United States of America and engaged by Protocol Labs to help manage its recruitment and hiring process on Protocol Labs’ behalf. Accordingly, if you are located outside of the United States, your personal data will be transferred to the United States once you submit it through this site. Because the European Union Commission has determined that United States data privacy laws do not ensure an adequate level of protection for personal data collected from EU data subjects, the transfer will be subject to appropriate additional safeguards.\n\nYour personal data will be retained by Protocol Labs as long as Protocol Labs determines it is necessary to evaluate your application for employment or to assist in the hiring process. Under the GDPR, you have the right to request access to your personal data, to request that your personal data be rectified or erased, and to request that processing of your personal data be restricted. You also have the right to data portability. In addition, you may lodge a complaint with an EU supervisory authority.\n\n \n\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nWorldwide

\nAbout Protocol Labs\n\nProtocol 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 (web3, cryptography, networks, distributed systems) and cultures (startups, research, open-source, distributed work).\nAbout Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM)\n\nThe Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) project (https://fvm.filecoin.io/) seeks an extraordinary Sr. Software Engineer.  FVM launched on March 14 2023, bringing user-programmability to the Filecoin network. FVM currently supports EVM smart contracts and works seamlessly with Ethereum tooling.  2 months after launch, there is already a thriving ecosystem of storage-oriented dapps, DeFi, bridges and more. This is just the beginning! At the moment the team is laser-focused on handling the new scale and unlocking new applications.  Next milestones will enable user-defined WASM actors, support for new runtimes and much more. You will play a key role in all of that.\n\nWe are looking for people who understand the core principles of operating systems, untrusted code execution, resource management, and distributed systems. You will understand, implement and improve a best-in-class blockchain VM built on-top-of WebAssembly, help us design and build open-source code, and ensure that the system is easy to get started with for smart contract developers. You will also help design and implement native FVM interoperability with other chains, as well as developer tooling and SDKs to make the FVM developer journey highly productive and enjoyable.\n\nWhat is Engineering and Research at Protocol Labs\n\nAt Protocol Labs, we translate theory into reality. We take on the most challenging problems that block the adoption of planetary-scale decentralized technologies. Our approach is both pragmatic, rigorous, and must have well-defined, scoped, and measurable milestones. We also interface with many other teams and open source projects, ensuring that we take the best path to get technology into the hands of most people, whether we have invented it or not.\n\nOur philosophy means you will be able to execute in a rich and fertile ground for ideation and prototyping, with the launchpad for shipping those new ideas into reality, testing them in real-world scenarios, and creating maximum impact for the research performed.\n\nBringing programmabile execution to blockchains is the next evolution of distributed systems. When users can both request and deploy arbitrary programs in a verifiable way, they will be able to use new paradigms with the efficiency and reliability of a globally distributed network. Like Filecoin, we will stand on the shoulders of the giants before us and extend the best-in-class tools to new areas. But we cannot merely be great technically; success will hinge on marrying cutting-edge research with the table stakes of a clean API, well-designed SDK, and intelligent contracts that meet users where they are. Our success will transform the way entire classes of problems are solved. We would love you to be a part of our vision.\n\nAs an FVM Software Engineer at Protocol Labs you will…\n\n\nDevelop and ship the first smart contract implementation that operates on the Filecoin chain 🚀\n\nDefine compatibility with and support for existing smart contract execution tool chains and implementations such as EVM and Solidity\n\nCollaborate with other Filecoin engineering and ecosystem teams, to ensure integration with  existing systems as well as contribute to other projects to support FVM\n\nCreate or maintain software libraries and programs depended on by other systems and applications\n\nPartner with peer developer advocates to support the developer community when complex issues arise\n\nQuantify performance, security, and other properties of existing and proposed systems; suggest improvements based on the data\n\nPartner with academia and the broader community in exploring new and out-of-the-box approaches to designing and implementing next-generation decentralized systems\n\nWork in a fully remote and asynchronous team\n\n\n\n\nYou may be a fit for this role if you have…\n\n\nBSc degree in Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience (though a “traditional” education or degree is NOT required)\n\n\nProgramming experience and proficiency with Rust is ideal, but programming experience in one or more of the following is required: Go, C, C++, Rust, Java, or similar.\n\n\nExperience building a low-level untrusted code environment - like browser or WASM contexts - where you have to manage & account for resource usage.\n\nAbility to analyze, criticize, and improve the design of complex computation systems.\n\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills.\n\nPragmatic “get it done” attitude and the ability  to provide and receive constructive feedback.\n\n\n\n\nBonus Points...\n\n\nYou have a record of demonstrating state-of-the-art innovation in distributed systems and/or process virtual machines (e.g. Wasmtime, v8, JVM)  with a proven publication record or project history. (Potentially including but not limited to distributed data structures, novel network architectures and protocols, consensus protocols, peer-to-peer connectivity, distributed execution, distributed file systems, network optimization, graph traversals, and dynamic network analysis.)\n\nExperience contributing to research/development communities and/or efforts, including publishing conference papers.\n\nYou’re comfortable digging through new academic literature like IETF RFCs, W3C specs, etc. for inspiration while problem-solving.\n\nYou believe that you don’t really understand something until you can explain it to a six-year-old, and your experience mentoring or writing technical explainers or blog posts demonstrates that you enjoy testing your understanding against this metric.\n\nYou’ve demonstrated technical project management skills and the ability to design and execute on engineering and/or research agendas.\n\nYou have experience setting up and managing research collaborations or contractors.\n\nProven success of influencing and developing productive working relationships with diverse technical teams and stakeholders\n\nStrong technical and problem solving skills\n\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills\n\n\n\nWhat’s it like to work at Protocol Labs?\n\nProtocol 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\nThe base pay for this position currently ranges from $217,000 to $250,000, plus cryptocurrency, equity, and opportunities for upside through performance rewards in cryptocurrency and equity.  The base pay is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, experience, skills, abilities, training, and education.  We also have a great benefits package, including parental and other forms of leave, contributions to your retirement, and unlimited time off. For U.S.-based employees, we also provide competitive health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family.\n\n#LI-REMOTE\n\n#LI-JL1\n\nGDPR for Job Applicants and Candidates\n\nWhen you apply to a job on this site, the personal data contained in your application will be collected by Protocol Labs, Inc. (“Protocol Labs”), which is located at 427 N Tatnall St #51207, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 and can be contacted by emailing legalrequests[at]protocol.ai.  Protocol Labs’ data protection team can be contacted via legalrequests[at]protocol.ai.  Your personal data will be processed for the purposes of managing Protocol Labs’ recruitment related activities, which include setting up and conducting interviews and tests for applicants, evaluating and assessing the results thereto, and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment and hiring processes. Such processing is legally permissible under Art. 6(1)(f) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation) as necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Protocol Labs, which are the solicitation, evaluation, and selection of applicants for employment.\n\nYour personal data will be shared with Greenhouse Software, Inc., a cloud services provider located in the United States of America and engaged by Protocol Labs to help manage its recruitment and hiring process on Protocol Labs’ behalf. Accordingly, if you are located outside of the United States, your personal data will be transferred to the United States once you submit it through this site. Because the European Union Commission has determined that United States data privacy laws do not ensure an adequate level of protection for personal data collected from EU data subjects, the transfer will be subject to appropriate additional safeguards.\n\nYour personal data will be retained by Protocol Labs as long as Protocol Labs determines it is necessary to evaluate your application for employment or to assist in the hiring process. Under the GDPR, you have the right to request access to your personal data, to request that your personal data be rectified or erased, and to request that processing of your personal data be restricted. You also have the right to data portability. In addition, you may lodge a complaint with an EU supervisory authority.\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nWorldwide

***This role is not for direct PL employment but for our PL Network portfolio of companies. Please read below to find out more about our innovative PL Network***\nAbout the Protocol Labs Network\n\nThe recruiting team is supporting the Protocol Labs Network (PLN) -- a community of open source teams, projects, and organizations focused on researching, developing, and deploying network protocols to improve humanity’s most influential technology, the Internet. These Web3 teams and organizations are supported by the PL Ventures team through grants and investments – think of it as a VC + crypto fund model. As this ecosystem grows, these projects invest in the network itself, and the network grows along with it, which in turn benefits and incentivizes this ongoing evolution of Web2 to Web3. PLN is made up of 450+ projects, companies, and organizations. To note, this job posting is for the community of external companies inside of the PLN and is not for direct Protocol Labs employment.\nAs a Distributed Systems Engineer, you may….\n\n\n* Create or maintain software libraries and programs depended on by other systems and applications\n\n* Contribute to protocol design and specification efforts\n\n* Participate in the design and implementation of performant and resilient distributed applications\n\n* Develop solutions to hard problems in low-trust distributed systems\n\n* Integrate research results and demonstrations into working, scalable programs and systems\n\n* Work alongside a cross-functional team including engineering, design, community, product, and business\n\n* Engage and educate the community, from users to contributors\n\n\n\nYou may be a fit for this role if you have....\n\n\n* BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, related field or equivalent practical experience\n\n* Significant experience building applications using Go, Rust, JavaScript, or related languages \n\n* A solid understanding of distributed systems principles and applications\n\n* Experience designing and building distributed and/or p2p software systems and applications.\n\n* A strong technical design ability informed by broad experience across multiple domains/specialties\n\n* Literacy with cryptographic principles and practices\n\n* In-depth knowledge of authentication protocols and applied cryptography\n\n* Demonstrated the ability to implement cryptographic primitives\n\n* Knowledge of the latest attack trends, tools and the threat landscape\n\n* Experience with 1 or more of the following: Smart Contracts, storage platforms, UNIX file systems, VMs (preferred)\n\n* Proven track record of independently driving projects in a fast-paced environment\n\n* Excellent communication skills on both technical and non-technical issues\n\n* A keen awareness of teamwork, process, and patterns of successful collaboration\n\n* Excellent written and verbal communication skills\n\n\n\nBonus Points\n\n\n* Experience leading open source projects, and/or guiding their communities \n\n* Security engineering and/or cryptography principles and practices\n\n* Large-scale systems (especially networking, performance, storage, or reliability engineering)\n\n* Experience building with decentralized building blocks such as DHTs, consensus protocols, smart contracts, blockchain, p2p networking, etc\n\n\n\n\n#LI-Remote\n\nGDPR for Job Applicants and Candidates\n\nWhen you apply to a job on this site, the personal data contained in your application will be collected by Protocol Labs, Inc. (“Protocol Labs”), which is located at 427 N Tatnall St #51207, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 and can be contacted by emailing legalrequests[at]protocol.ai. Protocol Labs’ data protection team can be contacted via legalrequests[at]protocol.ai. Your personal data will be processed for the purposes of managing Protocol Labs’ recruitment related activities, which include setting up and conducting interviews and tests for applicants, evaluating and assessing the results thereto, and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment and hiring processes. Such processing is legally permissible under Art. 6(1)(f) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation) as necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Protocol Labs, which are the solicitation, evaluation, and selection of applicants for employment.\n\nYour personal data will be shared with Greenhouse Software, Inc., a cloud services provider located in the United States of America and engaged by Protocol Labs to help manage its recruitment and hiring process on Protocol Labs’ behalf. Accordingly, if you are located outside of the United States, your personal data will be transferred to the United States once you submit it through this site. Because the European Union Commission has determined that United States data privacy laws do not ensure an adequate level of protection for personal data collected from EU data subjects, the transfer will be subject to appropriate additional safeguards.\n\nYour personal data will be retained by Protocol Labs as long as Protocol Labs determines it is necessary to evaluate your application for employment or to assist in the hiring process. Under the GDPR, you have the right to request access to your personal data, to request that your personal data be rectified or erased, and to request that processing of your personal data be restricted. You also have the right to data portability. In addition, you may lodge a complaint with an EU supervisory authority.\n\n \n\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nWorldwide