Web3 Senior Backend Engineer (Core Platform)

Want to be a part of the fastest-growing blockchain company? Ava Labs makes it simple to launch applications using Avalanche, a smart contracts platform with 800k+ monthly active users. Avalanche is the fastest blockchain, measured by time to finality, and one of the fastest-growing in crypto – with hundreds of dapps and $12B+ in total economic value locked. Founded by the creators of Avalanche, Ava Labs strives to digitize every asset in the world. In addition to building Avalanche and other tools to support the ecosystem, we offer expertise to ensure that all individuals and organizations can seamlessly use Avalanche and its vibrant app ecosystem. Join us as we empower people to easily and freely digitize all the world’s assets on one open, programmable blockchain platform. WHAT YOU WILL DO Drive core technical projects for AvalancheGo clients from inception to completion (full life cycle) Design, optimize and implement novel consensus mechanisms Design and implement distributed network testing tools Create supporting tools to empower developers who are building on Avalanche Mentor fellow peers and assist code reviews Engage with our open source community WHAT YOU WILL BRING BS or higher degree in Computer Science 5+ years experience in blockchain, consensus protocols, distributed systems, applied cryptography, compilers, p2p, or similar systems Proficiency in Golang, C++, Java, and/or Rust AWS: Snowflake, Aurora, Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS... etc. #LI-Remote #LI-BA1