Cryptographic Engineer (zk Integrations)

What we're looking for

 We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who can turn ideas into reliable, beautifully written code that others will find easy to comprehend and modify. You have a fundamental understanding of distributed systems and how Linux works behind the scenes. While this is not strictly a theory position, you should also be able to demonstrate some experience and comprehension of zero-knowledge proofs. All additional experience in low-level systems is considered to your benefit. 

Responsibilities

• Integrate new prover programs to run on Gevulot Network
• Work closely with us as we build additional features, functionality, and applications
• Understand Gevulot infrastructure in detail to ideate and execute areas of improvement
• Implement and contribute to engineering practices and processes

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in Rust, through official work or personal projects
• Experience with working zero knowledge prover code, e.g.: zk-SNARK, STARK, or zkevm
• You should also have some familiarity with ZK components: circuits, commitment schemes, finite field math, serialization
• Ability to quickly learn complex systems
• Ability to creatively solve new and complex problems
• Ability to proactively identify issues and find possible solutions
• Fluent and active communication skills in English

Preferred Skills

• Experience and interest in distributed systems, P2P networking, virtualization, and unikernels
• Curiosity for blockchain/cybersecurity
• Familiarity with Linux internals, POSIX standards, file systems, and zero-knowledge cryptography
• C++
• NixOS, Packer or other VM image build system experience
• Docker experience

Stack

• Linux on x86-64
• Nanos unikernel
• QEMU
• gRPC over VSOCK
• Rust
• Postgresql
• Node.js

What we offer

• Fully remote position
• Competitive salary
• Significant responsibility from day 1
• Fast growth environment with opportunities for professional development
• Minimal amount of meetings
• Free-ish working hours (Some overlap availability needed with EET)
• Opportunity to work on the cutting edge of Zero Knowledge infrastructure
• Opportunity to gain experience in the blockchain industry and development without prior industry experience