Fully Remote Core Protocol Engineer for AI-Blockchain

Ritual; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Ritual is seeking a Core Protocol Engineer with deep expertise in Ethereum execution clients to extend the EVM for next‑generation compute capabilities. You’ll work on expanding the execution layer to support novel precompiles, implement parallel execution patterns, and design systems for heterogeneous compute orchestration.

You'll design extensions to EVM clients (Geth/Reth), implement mechanism primitives with the research team, and develop, optimize, and test transaction processing pipelines

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of EVM internals and Ethereum execution clients (Geth/Reth).
• Strong experience implementing and optimizing precompiles.
• Expertise in Go and/or Rust for systems programming, and Solidity.
• Thorough knowledge of Ethereum roadmap and protocol discussions.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement extensions to EVM clients (Geth/Reth) for supporting stateful precompiles.
• Implement novel mechanism design primitives, collaborating with our research team, into the execution layer.
• Develop and optimize transaction processing pipelines for heterogeneous workloads.
• Research and implement solutions for state access conflicts.
• Contribute to core protocol development and EIP implementations.
• Collaborate with the research team on protocol specifications and mechanism design improvements.
• Design and implement robust testing frameworks for execution client modifications.

Skills

EVM internals

Geth/Reth

Go

Rust

Solidity

EIP specifications

parallel execution

blockchain architecture

precompiles

communication

Job description

Ritual is seeking a Core Protocol Engineer with deep expertise in Ethereum execution clients to extend the EVM for next‑generation compute capabilities. You’ll work on expanding the execution layer to support novel precompiles, implement parallel execution patterns, and design systems for heterogeneous compute orchestration.

You'll design extensions to EVM clients (Geth/Reth), implement mechanism primitives with the research team, and develop, optimize, and test transaction processing pipelines