Senior Protocol Engineer

We re a fast-growing tech scale-up with $36M in funding, revolutionizing the modern internet with cutting-edge solutions that drive mass-adoption. We already work with major brands such as Uber, Amazon, North Face, Temu, Lego, BMW, North Face and 100 s more. Our secret? Removing all blockchain and crypto complexities that are barriers to creating user-friendly applications solving real-world use-cases. Our investors include Multicoin, Circle Ventures, Animoca, Valor, Alliance DAO, and more. With a community of over 1M followers across all socials and a CEO who has been featured on the NYSE and NASDAQ, we believe we are only at the beginning of making XION a global brand. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 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 Originally posted on Himalayas