The mission of Chainlink Research is to bring and harness innovation to support Chainlink’s vision of building the world’s most secure and flexible decentralized oracle technologies. The Research Team at Chainlink Labs works to identify and solve key research challenges and build production solutions that keep Chainlink at the forefront of oracle system deployment and fuel the success of the smart contract ecosystem. The Research outcome impacts Chainlink production technology directly and drives transition of innovations from Chainlink Labs into production. The Research team and affiliates includes top domain experts in applied cryptography, distributed systems, smart-contract security, system security and other disciplines.
Chainlink Labs is seeking a Research Engineer in the areas of applied cryptography, distributed systems, and security. Experience in blockchain, privacy-enhancing technologies, secure multi-party computation (MPC) or trusted execution environments (TEEs) is a plus..
Your Impact
- Participate in defining a research agenda and driving research projects to concretely impact the success of Chainlink’s vision of building a world powered by truth
- Conceptualize, design, analyze and prove correct the next generation of Chainlink's systems
- Pursue fundamental research informed by the company's roadmap and enhance company visibility and interaction with the scientific community
Qualifications
- PhD or equivalent experience in relevant fields
- Established expert with publications, blogs, presentation, or leadership roles
- Applied and hands-on experience participating in developing innovative products, production solutions, and/or empirical and data driven analysis, are strongly preferred
- Strong collaboration skills, working well with cross-disciplinary team of autonomous researchers
What the Team is Saying
What We Do
Chainlink Labs is the leading provider of secure and reliable Web3 services that have enabled trillions of dollars in transaction value across DeFi, insurance, gaming, NFTs, and other major industries. Chainlink Web3 services enhance smart contracts by connecting them to real-world data sources and off-chain computation across any blockchain and provide global enterprises with a universal gateway to all blockchains. Chainlink Labs is dedicated to the development and integration of Chainlink as the industry-standard Web3 services platform connecting the world to blockchains.
At Chainlink Labs, we empower the broader Chainlink community and build world-class Web3 solutions with global enterprises such as AWS, Google, T-Systems, and leading development teams at the forefront of the smart contract ecosystem, including Aave, Compound, Synthetix, GMX, and many more. Through a fusion of cutting-edge academic research and an industry focus on user needs, our mission is to enable the next generation of smart contracts and build a world powered by truth.
Why Work With Us
We offer employees the opportunity to help build a world-changing Web3 services platform. Smart contracts and blockchain technology are redefining major industries, from finance to gaming, and we're at the forefront of this global shift. As a remote-first workplace, you will be able to contribute from anywhere in the world.
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Employees work remotely.
Chainlink Labs is a fully distributed company that provides the tools and resources you need to thrive in your remote work environment. Benefits include a monthly co-working space stipend and a generous hardware allowance.
