Senior Cosmos Protocol Engineer

Burnt XION; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Autonomy and independence

Direct product ownership and impact

Consumer minded team

Job summary

Burnt Labs / XION in New York seeks senior, top-of-ecosystem engineers to augment and/or lead our growing protocol team. Candidates should have 8+ years in software and 5+ years in blockchain design, with Cosmos SDK and Go expertise, plus experience with IBC protocol design.

Responsibilities include expanding high-use modules, cross-chain integrations, ZK proofs integration, tooling, and collaboration with leading web2 and web3 teams to keep the platform at the cutting edge and scalable.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of commercial software experience.
• 5+ years in blockchain or distributed systems design/development.
• Cosmos SDK development, 3+ years.
• Go development, 3+ years.
• IBC protocol/app design.

Responsibilities

• Optimization and functional expansion of high use modules such as x/auth, x/authz, x/feegrant
• Custom cross-chain integrations with IBC or non-IBC blockchains
• Integration of protocol level ZK proving systems for consumer dapp integration
• Expand testing automation and internal development tooling
• Coordinate and collaborate with the best teams in the web2 and web3 space
• Research and evaluation of cutting edge protocol concepts, to maintain the forward facing technological sustainability of the platform

Skills

Cosmos SDK

Go

IBC protocol design

Blockchain development

Rust

TypeScript

Job description

We are looking for senior, top of ecosystem engineers to augment and/or lead our growing protocol team.

Required experience

• Software development, 8+ years
• Blockchain or similar distributed systems design/development, 5+ years
• Cosmos SDK development, 3+ years
• Golang, 3+ years
• IBC protocol/app design

Recommended experience

• Rust, 3+ years
• Typescript, 3+ years
• Hyperlane warp routes

Day to day work and responsibilities

• Optimization and functional expansion of high use modules such as x/auth, x/authz, x/feegrant
• Custom cross-chain integrations with IBC or non-IBC blockchains
• Integration of protocol level ZK proving systems for consumer dapp integration
• Expand testing automation and internal development tooling
• Coordinate and collaborate with the best teams in the web2 and web3 space
• Research and evaluation of cutting edge protocol concepts, to maintain the forward facing technological sustainability of the platform

Why work at Burnt Labs / XION

• Consumer minded team, building for massive audiences and user-bases
• Direct product ownership and impact
• Autonomy and independence
• Competitive compensation

Responsibilities

• Optimization and functional expansion of high use modules such as x/auth, x/authz, x/feegrant
• Custom cross-chain integrations with IBC or non-IBC blockchains
• Integration of protocol level ZK proving systems for consumer dapp integration
• Expand testing automation and internal development tooling
• Coordinate and collaborate with the best teams in the web2 and web3 space
• Research and evaluation of cutting edge protocol concepts, to maintain the forward facing technological sustainability of the platform
• Consumer minded team, building for massive audiences and user-bases
• Direct product ownership and impact
• Autonomy and independence
• Competitive compensation

Requirements

• Cosmos SDK (advanced)
• Go (advanced)
• Rust (intermediate)
• TypeScript (intermediate)
• Blockchain development (advanced)
• 8+ years of commercial experience
• Formal education: nice to have
• English (advanced)

Tech stack

• Cosmos SDK
• Cosmos
• Blockchain
• Rust
• TypeScript
• Go
• Blockchain development
• Cryptocurrency