Senior Protocol Solutions Engineer: Privacy & DeFi

TechChain Talent; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k)

Generous PTO

Job summary

Etherealize is seeking a senior engineer to own and extend a privacy-focused Rust/ZK-based stack and to build DeFi-native applications on top of our protocol. You will work closely with protocol leads and partners to translate complex financial needs into practical, on-chain solutions.

You should bring deep EVM/ Solidity experience, a track record solving hard problems in unfamiliar environments, and comfort with privacy-oriented protocols.

Qualifications

• Senior engineer or security researcher with deep familiarity with the EVM, Solidity and DeFi.
• Ability to work in novel, non-standard programming environments and build from first principles.
• Experience with ZK / Privacy protocols, or willingness to learn new protocol quirks.
• Strong protocol thinking, problem solving, and sound design decisions with incomplete information.
• Willingness to work US or European hours to collaborate with the team.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build privacy-native DeFi applications on top of our protocol.
• Collaborate with external partners to integrate privacy infrastructure.
• Build bridges between private environment and public Ethereum using modular components.
• Translate client needs into working protocols for real assets.

Skills

Senior engineer

Security researcher

EVM familiarity

Solidity

DeFi experience

ZK / Privacy protocols

Job description

Etherealize is seeking a senior engineer to own and extend a privacy-focused Rust/ZK-based stack and to build DeFi-native applications on top of our protocol. You will work closely with protocol leads and partners to translate complex financial needs into practical, on-chain solutions.

You should bring deep EVM/ Solidity experience, a track record solving hard problems in unfamiliar environments, and comfort with privacy-oriented protocols.