DeFi Protocol Engineer - Remote & Flexible Hours

Socket.dev

United States

Remote

USD 140,000 - 210,000

Full time

9 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly
Unlimited PTO
Equipment provided
Home office stipend
Competitive salary
INJ token award
Global team meetups

Job summary

Injective Labs is seeking a Protocol Engineer to join a global dev team, focusing on chain features and DeFi modules. You will brainstorm, write specs, implement and test features, and optimize performance within a Cosmos-SDK based environment.

You will work with Go, contribute to open-source projects, and collaborate across frontend, backend, and QA teams while engaging with external communities. Remote-friendly, with opportunities to shape cutting-edge blockchain tech.

Qualifications

  • Minimum 3 years’ experience as a Blockchain Engineer.
  • Experience in trading or exchange environments.
  • Led production Golang codebases with good performance.
  • Strong Go and blockchain knowledge.

Responsibilities

  • Build, maintain and test core components of Cosmos-SDK protocol.
  • Develop and optimize blockchain components (consensus, state management).
  • Write open-source Golang clients for protocol interaction.
  • Contribute to R&D of new blockchain features.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions.
  • Engage with external partners and open-source communities.

Skills

Golang
Blockchain Engineering
DeFi Concepts
CosmWasm
CS Fundamentals
Communication
Trading Experience

Tools

Cosmos-SDK/Tendermint
Cryptography Libraries
Key-Value Databases
Ethereum/Solidity

Job description

Injective Labs is seeking a Protocol Engineer to join a global dev team, focusing on chain features and DeFi modules. You will brainstorm, write specs, implement and test features, and optimize performance within a Cosmos-SDK based environment.

You will work with Go, contribute to open-source projects, and collaborate across frontend, backend, and QA teams while engaging with external communities. Remote-friendly, with opportunities to shape cutting-edge blockchain tech.

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