Senior Software Engineer, Privacy

Chainlink Labs Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering team at an innovative company focused on embedding privacy-enhancing technologies into decentralized applications. As the first engineer in this role, you will spearhead the development of groundbreaking privacy features, ensuring robust implementations that protect consumers while enabling new use cases. Collaborate with internal research and engineering teams to deliver scalable solutions that address real-world challenges. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of blockchain technology and decentralized finance, making a significant impact in a rapidly evolving industry.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Familiarity with privacy preserving technologies and cryptography.
• Professional experience with large distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of privacy features within the Chainlink Runtime Environment.
• Collaborate with diverse stakeholders to integrate privacy technologies.
• Shape the future of privacy technologies and influence long-term strategy.

Skills

Software Engineering

Privacy Preserving Technologies

Cryptography

Distributed Systems

Trusted Execution Environments

Tools

GO

Rust

WASM

Job description

United States / Remote, Zug / Remote, Brussels / Remote, United Kingdom / Remote, Dubai / Remote, Barcelona / Remote, Dublin / Remote, Vancouver / Remote, Toronto / Remote, San Francisco / Remote, New York, NY / Remote

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Remote

Department

About Us

Chainlink Labs is the primary contributing developer of Chainlink, the decentralized computing platform powering the verifiable web. Chainlink is the industry-standard platform for providing access to real-world data, offchain computation, and secure cross-chain interoperability across any blockchain. Chainlink Labs helps power verifiable applications for banking, DeFi, global trade, and gaming by collaborating with some of the world’s largest financial institutions, notably Swift, DTCC, and ANZ. Chainlink Labs also works with top Web3 teams, including Aave, Compound, GMX, Maker, and Synthetix. Chainlink Labs was ranked in Newsweek’s 100 Most Loved Workplaces 2023 in both the United States and United Kingdom .

At Chainlink Labs, our engineering team pushes the scale and capabilities of decentralized applications across the industry. The Chainlink Network holds >70% market share in the oracle space, solving real-world problems by enabling smart contracts to securely interact with off-chain data/computation.

We value talented and driven craftsmen who work collaboratively to tackle complex challenges, deliver product impact, and grow as builders. Join us and shape the future of blockchain technology and decentralized finance.

About The Role

Join a brand new team as the first engineer focused on embedding privacy-enhancing technologies into the Chainlink product stack. This role spans the development of both off-chain and on-chain privacy solutions to enhance the Chainlink runtime Environment. The mission is to introduce privacy solutions at every layer of Chainlink's operations, ensuring robust, customer-centric implementations to protect consumers and enable new use cases that rely on privacy.

Our approach is practical and implementation-driven, emphasizing battle-tested protocols that meet the privacy requirements of diverse customers, from native DeFi protocols to traditional financial institutions navigating blockchain adoption in regulated settings. Experience with technologies like Privacy Pools, Zero Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs), Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE), Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs), and Stealth Addresses will be highly advantageous.

You will work closely with our internal research team and other engineering teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and pragmatic privacy solutions that address real-world challenges.

Your Impact

Spearhead the development of a groundbreaking, privacy feature within the Chainlink Runtime Environment, becoming a key contributor within your first six months.

Shape the future of privacy technologies at Chainlink Labs by directly contributing to the 12-month roadmap and driving innovative architectural designs.

Influence long-term strategy by ensuring forward-thinking solutions are ready for implementation.

Lead critical architectural design initiatives that translate privacy roadmaps into actionable development projects, creating scalable and secure systems.

Collaborate with and manage diverse stakeholders, ensuring seamless integration of privacy technologies across Chainlink's platforms and services.

Requirements

4+ years of experience in software engineering

Familiarity and experience working on privacy preserving technologies and/or cryptography

Experience with blockchains or distributed ledgers

Professional experience with large distributed systems

Experience working with Trusted Execution Environments, such as SGX, AWS Nitro, GCP Confidential Compute

Preferred Requirements

Experience with GO, Rust, or familiarity working with WASM preferred

Proven product focused engineering and customer empathy

Experience working on traditional banking or finance systems a plus

Experience writing production smart contracts in the EVM ecosystem a plus

All roles with Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based. Unless otherwise stated, we ask that you try to overlap some working hours with Eastern Standard Time (EST).

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