Company Name: Fuel Labs

Job Details: 12,Locations,In-Office,or,Remote,Senior,level

Job Url: https://builtin.com/job/senior-rust-engineer/6485024

Job Description: Fuel is seeking a full-time Senior Protocol Engineer who will work at the bleeding edge of blockchain scalability R&D, designing and building robust blockchain full-node software powered by a next-generation virtual machine. For this position, we need someone who is equally a thought leader as they are a senior technical professional. Someone who is opinionated, and isn't afraid to give feedback on our existing blockchain architecture and use their extraordinary talent to present new ideas.You’ll get to:Build brand new blockchain architecture from scratch that isn't pieced together from other blockchainsSolve legacy issues/problems existing in other blockchain projectsEnabling extremely high throughput and parallelismContinue upgrading and improving the protocol over time, even after the mainnet launchAreas of ResponsibilityWorking on low-level improvements and optimisations of the Fuel VMBuilding new protocol features based on specifications changes including but not limited to bridging, fraud proofing, multidimensional pricing, and improving gas efficiency/economic modelling to increase throughput furtherBuilding secure and resilient distributed P2P systemsMaintaining Fuel after the mainnet launchRequired ExperienceSolid track record of experience as a software engineerStrong proficiency in Rust (open-source contributions preferred)Deep understanding of virtual machines and/or blockchain node softwareExperience developing or designing P2P distributed systems