Zk Research Engineer (Blockchain - Zones team)

Experience with RISC0.

Participated in building blockchain projects.

Conducted and implemented core protocol level systems.

Experience in testing systems and identifying vulnerabilities.

The expected compensation range for this role is negotiable, dependent on how we assess your skills and experience throughout our interview process. We are happy to pay in any mix of fiat/crypto.

In this role, you will be responsible for actively participating in research, prototyping ideas, transforming research prototypes into production, and conducting code reviews.

Your responsibilities will also include planning, implementing, and shipping end-to-end functionality.

As well as profiling bottlenecks, hardening cryptographic components and testing them.

The candidate should have experience with modern cryptography, familiar with zero-knowledge virtual machines (zkVMs), blockchain or other peer-to-peer systems, and motivated by decentralisation and privacy.

Improve existing protocol mechanisms and actively participate in research.

Transform research output into production systems.