Summary

ABOUT AVALANCHE INTEROPERABILITY

The Interoperability team develops novel solutions for blockchains to communicate with one another seamlessly and securely. This includes connecting Avalanche to external ecosystems (Ethereum, Bitcoin, etc) via the Avalanche Bridges, and connecting Avalanche L1s via Avalanche Interchain Messaging. Future work includes extending interoperability to new virtual machines, designing and implementing new protocols to connect to external ecosystems in a trust-minimized manner, and exploring new use cases of cross-chain applications. The mission is to make it as easy as possible for chains to connect and exchange data, ultimately making many blockchains feel like one. 

WHAT YOU WILL DO

- Design, optimize, and implement novel cross-chain transfer and interoperability protocols

- Contribute to core technical projects of the Avalanche Interchain Messaging and the Avalanche Bridges, from planning through release

- Engage with our open-source community

- Coordinate technical efforts across different teams to design extensible and flexible solutions to manage future challenges 

- Support our Infrastructure team with new releases and production monitoring (on-call rotation)

- Provide input to the long term technical roadmap of the organization

WHAT YOU WILL BRING

- BS in Computer Science or related discipline 

- 3+ years of hands on blockchain, consensus protocols, distributed systems, applied cryptography, or similar systems

- Golang or C++ experience (Solidity is a big plus)

- Strong understanding of blockchains and distributed systems (fee structures, transaction formats & consensus mechanisms)

- Experience managing production systems

- Experience being a technical team leader

- Hands on experience with cloud deployments (AWS and/or Azure)

- Experience with cross-chain protocols and smart contract development is a plus

- Cryptography is a plus

Salary Range: $253,479 - $269,321

(**This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, a final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. NYC metro candidates are required to be in office 2-3x/week, with exceptions.)

Skills

• AWS
• C++
• Communications Skills
• Development
• Software Engineering
• Solidity
• Team Collaboration