Lead Software Engineer - Protocol Engineering (Digital Assets Platform)

We are building a next-generation Digital Asset Platform focused on enabling institutional-grade transactions with both strict regulatory compliance and strong privacy guarantees., Architect and develop a custom blockchain application using Go, Cosmos SDK, and CometBFT (Tendermint).

• Implement Cryptography: Develop and optimize privacy-preserving primitives including Pedersen Commitments and Bulletproof range proofs without trusted setup.

• Customize Consensus Mechanisms: Build custom ABCI++ extensions (e.g., PrepareProposal, Vote Extensions) to support on-chain multi-party computation (MPC) workflows.

• Design State Machines: Create and manage state models using encrypted data structures (e.g., elliptic curve-based balances instead of plaintext values).

• Drive Performance & Scalability: Optimize cryptographic operations (scalar multiplication, point addition) for low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems.

• Enable Secure Auditing: Build off-chain query systems and view key mechanisms to support permissioned regulatory access.

• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work with engineering, product, and compliance stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable solutions., * Solve foundational challenges: Work on real-world problems at the intersection of privacy and compliance in global finance.

• High-impact engineering: Build systems that secure institutional-scale transactions.

• Technical ownership: Influence architecture, cryptography choices, and system design decisions.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience (or equivalent experience through work, education, or military service).
• 3+ years of backend or systems programming experience with strong proficiency in Go (Golang).
• Experience with distributed systems, including BFT consensus, P2P networking, and state replication.
• Working knowledge (6+ months) of elliptic curve cryptography (ECC).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Cosmos SDK and CometBFT, including custom module and consensus development.
• Knowledge of:

• Pedersen Commitments and homomorphic encryption
• Zero-knowledge proofs (e.g., Bulletproofs, Sigma protocols)

• Ability to translate research papers and cryptographic specifications into production code.
• Experience with multi-party computation (MPC) or verifiable secret sharing (VSS).
• Familiarity with Ristretto255 or libraries such as gnark-crypto.
• Background in financial systems, payments infrastructure, or high-frequency trading.
• Understanding of account-based vs. UTXO-based models in privacy-focused systems.