Staff Protocol Engineer, EVM

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We are looking for a Staff Engineer to join our Platform Engineering Group. This team is responsible for maintaining and advancing the EVM for the Avalanche blockchain and its ecosystem.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
Maintain and advance Avalanche’s EVM-compatible chains.
Design and implement paradigm-shifting extensions on top of vanilla EVMs, without breaking ecosystem compatibility.
Here are some specific examples of projects you will contribute to:
libevm (repo): the EVM as a library; a backwards-compatible fork of geth with injectable configuration directives to minimise merge conflicts.
Streaming Asynchronous Execution (spec / talk / repo): decoupled consensus and execution, allowing for always-on, concurrent execution without forced dormancy.
WHAT MAKES YOU A GOOD FIT
A self-starter with insatiable curiosity, combined with being comfortable diving into someone else’s code to understand how it works. You treat the code as the source of truth and are able to discern nuances from there.
Meticulous attention to detail and an appreciation for clean, maintainable code. You create software as much for the end user as for the love of the craft.
You feel at home in a hacker culture. You believe that creativity is not just limited to the arts. You understand the rules of the system primarily so you can bend them.
WHAT YOU WILL BRING
Highly proficient in Golang; the language and its primitives are second

Requirements will be detailed in the application process.

Responsibilities will be detailed during the interview process.

Apply online at: https://www.themuse.com/jobs/avalabs/staff-protocol-engineer-evm