Injective Labs is trailblazing a new dawn for Web3 enabled finance. We are the core contributors to Injective, one of the fastest growing blockchains in the industry.
Injective provides an interoperable smart contracts platform that is optimized for building decentralized finance applications. Interoperability is at the core of Injective, which is natively integrated with chains such as Ethereum, Cosmos and Solana. Developers can rapidly launch premier financial applications suited for mass adoption using Injective’s infrastructure and specialized DeFi primitives such as the world’s first fully on-chain order book.
Our team has decades of experience spearheading the largest financial institutions and tech organizations. Injective is incubated by Binance and is backed by leading firms such as Jump Crypto, Pantera and Mark Cuban.
About the roleWe are looking for an accomplished Golang/Blockchain Engineer who is able to fit into an existing highly-skilled global dev team.
Responsibilities:Build, maintain and test core components on our Cosmos-SDK protocol including our decentralized orderbook, trade execution coordinator, order matcher, and Layer-2 execution environment.
Write open-source Golang clients that allow users to interact directly with our protocol and smart contracts.
Build high performance REST & WebSocket APIs to power our exchange frontend as well as programmatic traders
Worked on at least two production Golang codebases that are reasonably large and performant
Familiar with Geth or Erigon
Strong knowledge of Go idioms and libraries
Strong knowledge of CS fundamentals such as data structures and API design
Strong understanding of blockchain
Ability to communicate technical concepts with other technical and non-technical team members
Experience with Cosmos-SDK/Tendermint
Experience with Ethereum/Solidity (bonus points if you've worked with Layer-2 before!)
Knowledge of financial instruments and markets
Competitive salary and INJ token award
Unlimited PTO
Equipment
Home Office Stipend
Flexible working hours
Opportunity to work on cutting-edge blockchain technology in the finance industry
Collaborative team culture with opportunities for professional growth and development
Global team meet ups
As an equal opportunity employer we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that’s based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.
We will only contact candidates using emails from the @injectivelabs.org domain. If you are approached by any other account or domain regarding this position, it was not sent by us. Please stay cautious and report any suspicious communication.
Skills Required
- Experience working on at least two reasonably large and performant production Golang codebases
- Familiarity with Geth or Erigon
- Strong knowledge of Go idioms and libraries
- Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals, including data structures and API design
- Strong understanding of blockchain technology
- Ability to communicate technical concepts with technical and non-technical team members
- Experience with Cosmos-SDK or Tendermint
- Experience with Ethereum or Solidity, preferably Layer-2 systems
- Knowledge of financial instruments and markets
Injective Labs Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Injective Labs and has not been reviewed or approved by Injective Labs.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Roles highlight a Token Equity Package and INJ token awards on top of salary, indicating accessible upside within the total comp mix. Job postings and the careers page consistently position token awards as a core element of compensation.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible or unlimited PTO is repeatedly promoted across role descriptions and company materials. Feedback suggests employees view the policy as a meaningful part of the package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Remote‑first norms, work‑from‑anywhere flexibility, and flexible hours are emphasized, with equipment provision and home‑office stipends supporting distributed work. Mentions of global team meetups further underscore lifestyle-oriented benefits.
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What We Do
Injective Labs is a core contributor to Injective, the blockchain built for finance. Injective is an open, interoperable network that uniquely provides solutions for DeFi developers. Cosmos IBC and Ethereum compatible, Injective is a hub for dApps shaping the future of finance. Applications built on top of Injective enjoy zero gas fees, secure transactions, and fast transmissions for dynamic scalability. To build with Injective: https://injective.com/developers. To join the Injective Labs team: https://jobs.lever.co/injectivelabs.
