Senior Rust Developer

What is Polygon Labs?
Polygon Labs is a software development company building and developing a network of aggregated blockchains via the AggLayer, secured by Ethereum. As public infrastructure, the AggLayer will bring together user bases and liquidity for any connected chain, and leverage Ethereum as a settlement layer.  Polygon Labs has also contributed to the core development of several widely-adopted scaling protocols and tools for launching blockchains, including Polygon PoS, Polygon zkEVM, and Polygon Miden, which is in development as well as Polygon CDK.

Your Role

Polygon Labs is looking for an experienced Rust developer to join the team building Plonky2 to help move the project into production. This person will be working on novel problems in the Zero Knowledge space and should be comfortable stepping into the unknown from time to time to solve hard problems as we’re breaking new ground. 

Your Responsibilities

• Implementing the code needed to interact with Plonky2

• Building scalable and secure systems in rust

• Reviewing open pull requests

• Performing code reviews

What you’ll need

• Previous experience with Rust is required (2+ years)

• Previous experience with distributed systems

• Knowledge of Ethereum internals is helpful

Preferred Qualifications

• A basic understanding of zero knowledge proofs is helpful

• A degree in a technical field is preferred

Polygon Labs Perks

The goal of the Polygon Labs total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan includes, the following benefits:

Remote first global workforce

Industry leading Medical, Dental and Vision health insurance*

Company matching 401k with 3% match*

$1,500 Home Office Set Up Allowance (life-time max)

$200 Annual Book Allowance Program 

$75 Monthly internet or phone reimbursement

Flexible Time Off

1 company wide wellness Friday day off per quarter

Company issued laptop

Egg freezing, mental health, and employee wellness benefits

*In certain countries medical, dental and vision is fully covered for employees & their dependents. This is country and plan specific.

*401k is for United States employees only

Polygon Labs is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Polygon Labs is committed to treating all people in a way that allows them to maintain their dignity and independence. We believe in integration and equal opportunity. Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process and applicants with a disability may request to be accommodated throughout the recruitment process. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their individual accessibility needs.

If you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.

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