IPC Senior Protocol Engineer JD.md

IPC: Senior Protocol Engineer

Key responsibilities

• Design and develop the next generation of scalable blockchain platforms, consisting of dynamic subnets, multi-level trees (L3+), with versatile Wasm-based execution runtimes, and content-addressed data access.
• Harden IPC’s security by designing and implementing mechanisms like fraud proofs, escape hatches, disaster recovery, and various attack defenses.
• Build the foundation of Filecoin scalability, unlocking new suite of data-oriented services (compute, AI training, inference, hot storage, aggregation, data pipelines, CDNs, and more)
• Maintain and evolve the Solidity smart contracts that orchestrate IPC interactions (e.g. checkpointing, messaging, subnet lifecycle, etc.)
• Create production-grade software that is reliable, resilient, efficient, upgradeable, and observable.
• Strengthen IPC’s guarantees by implementing and deploying zero-knowledge proofs (ZK) and verifiable computation (VC) systems.
• Be productive in a fully remote and asynchronous team that values transparency, deep work, velocity, and rigor.

Skillsets

• Proficiency in Rust is ideal, but experience with another systems programming language is enough if you’re willing to pour your heart and soul into learning Rust quickly (e.g. Go, C, C++, Java).
• Familiarity with a variety of programming paradigms, e.g. actor model, functional programming, capability orientation, etc.
• Knowledge of consensus algorithms, blockchains, web3 technologies and concepts, distributed systems, cloud architectures.
• Experience building secure Solidity smart contracts.
• Constructive analytical mindset, which you leverage to deploy well-designed, elegant systems with a tendency towards pragmatism.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Pragmatic “get it done” attitude and the ability to provide and receive constructive feedback.
• Organizational skills and ability to work in fire-and-forget way
• Experience working in a remote-first environment, across multiple time zones, focusing on open, honest and transparent communication.
• You are OSS-native and have a proven track record of engaging productively in the open (discussions, issues, feedback, PR hygiene, etc.)

IPC Tech Lead.md

IPC: Tech Lead

Key responsibilities

• Analyze product requirements like multi-assets, transparent swaps, xnet comms, subnet tunneling, permissioning, and more.
• Create comprehensive feature specifications, protocol designs, and implementation roadmaps.
• Organize work as a technical TPM. Turn complex designs into approachable, iterative work plans. Optimally divide tasks across the team.
• Prototype complex features, create skeletons, and implement key components to boost team productivity.
• Proactively identify improvements or fixes, and ensure they are implemented in the tech.
• Ensure all features are properly documented, and that security, robustness, and quality expectations are proactively met.
• Engage and consult with adopters to evaluate network requirements, product features, support needs, etc.
• Troubleshoot issues with customers and with the team.

Skillsets

• Proficiency in Rust, Solidity, Wasm, and ideally Golang.
• Substantial, demonstrated expertise in distributed systems and blockchain client architecture.
• Extensive knowledge in operating such systems in the practical world.
• OSS-native and proven track record of engaging productively in the open (discussions, issues, feedback, PR hygiene, etc.).
• Excellent customer collaboration skills and ownership/influence of technical conversations, requirements, and issues.
• Ability to lead small engineering teams as a respected and valued technical leader.