Senior Protocol Engineer for High-Performance Blockchain

Sei; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Sei Labs in New York is seeking a Protocol Engineer to lead the development of core components of the Sei Blockchain, including consensus and state management, to enable a high-performance, scalable decentralized network.

You will collaborate with the engineering team and ecosystem partners, continuously innovating to push the boundaries of blockchain technology and performance, shaping the future of Web3 infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of infrastructure engineering experience.
• Proven results in building or scaling Layer 1 blockchains.
• Tech lead with experience planning and leading large projects.
• Strong technical judgment on task prioritizations.
• Able to tackle complex engineering problems that deliver results.
• History of creating and applying new processes and tooling to increase engineering efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Write code to build the core Sei blockchain (consensus, state management, etc.).
• Proactively identify and drive optimizations and improvements to the product.
• Collaborate with our frontend team to fine tune our REST API to support our customers.
• Take ownership over your work and the work of the team.

Skills

Infrastructure engineering

Layer1 blockchain

Technical leadership

Performance optimization

Systems design

Job description

Sei Labs in New York is seeking a Protocol Engineer to lead the development of core components of the Sei Blockchain, including consensus and state management, to enable a high-performance, scalable decentralized network.

You will collaborate with the engineering team and ecosystem partners, continuously innovating to push the boundaries of blockchain technology and performance, shaping the future of Web3 infrastructure.