Protocol Dev We are seeking a highly skilled and self-motivated Developer Engineer to join our Protocol Development Team. This role is pivotal in maintaining and advancing our core blockchain protocols on Substrate-based networks such as Astar and Shiden, as well as our L2 network, Astar zkEVM. The ideal candidate will possess deep knowledge of Rust as applied to the Polkadot SDK/Substrate and demonstrate a keen knowledge/interest in advancing the rapidly evolving field of L2 technology.
You will play a crucial role in a pivotal moment for blockchain history by participating in the creation of a decentralized network.
Key Responsibilities Design and implement features for Astar, Shiden, and other Substrate-based protocols. Ensuring their ongoing maintenance, including dependencies upgrades.
Collaborate with the core development team to enhance or fix modules in the Polkadot SDK, Frontier, and other open-source libraries, as per project needs.
Maintain and support operation of an L2 solution stack (e.g. Polygon zkEVM, OP Stack).
Create tools to facilitate protocol development and testing.
Assist the DevOps team with protocol expertise to establish robust infrastructure, monitoring, and alerting systems.
Provide support to the SecOps and DevOps teams in incident management, including assessment of reports, debugging, and implementing fixes.
Contribute to the creation and maintenance of up-to-date technical documentation and guides for Substrate-based networks.
Take on additional development responsibilities as required by the projects
Qualification and Skills Minimum 1+ years of experience in Rust development related to polkadot-sdk framework.
Expert knowledge of polkadot-sdk pallet development, storage migration, runtime upgrades, and cross-consensus message format.
Deep understanding of blockchain architecture - with hands-on experience and protocol level contributions
Knowledge and hands-on experience of EVM implementation (e.g. Frontier, reth, ...)
An interest in decentralized technology and Web3.
Able to work with a fully remote distributed team.
Understanding of cross-cultural communication in a highly diverse and distributed working environment.
Nice to haves Knowledge and/or hands-on experience of working with EVM-based L2 stack(s)
Knowledge and/or hands-on experience in additional blockchain technologies with smart contract capabilities such as Ethereum, HyperLeger, Near etc.
Knowledge of Solidity & experience of writing production grade smart contracts
Scripting skills (ethers.js, polkadot.js, etc.)
State of the art P2P networking research and technologies.
Experience writing and performance-tuning databases.
Rust performance optimization and tuning.
Knowledge of LLVM
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