Research Scientist/Engineer

Offchain Labs is a leader in blockchain scalability and security, transforming how the world interacts with decentralized applications. The Research Scientist/Engineer will tackle fundamental challenges in building scalable and secure blockchain systems, conduct feasibility studies, and collaborate with various teams to enhance the developer and user experience.

Responsibilities:

• Attack fundamental challenges to building scalable, secure, reliable, user-friendly blockchain systems
• Reason through the emerging trends in the crypto and blockchain space and identify (non)obvious opportunities for Offchain Labs
• Proactively perform feasibility studies and analysis for new protocols, architectures, and feature enhancements
• Design and write technical specifications and academic papers
• Design and build proofs of concept
• Collaborate with research colleagues, share knowledge and expertise, and solve problems together
• Work with teams across the broader organization, including engineering, product, and business development, to think beyond current technical limitations in delivering the best experience for developers and users

Requirements:

• Doctorate degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related discipline, or Master's degree in Computer Science/Engineering, or equivalent work experience
• 1–2 years of relevant research and development experience in academic and/or industry settings
• Deep expertise in one or more distributed systems, security, or cryptographic research areas (e.g., distributed protocols, design and analysis of cryptographic algorithms, formal methods, secure multi-party computation, system security, and/or their application to data protection and privacy, authentication, payments, and cryptocurrencies)
• Familiarity with or willingness to learn blockchain technologies
• An open-minded research approach and genuine intellectual curiosity
• Ability to explain complex concepts in simple terms to a non-technical audience
• Attention to detail and a commitment to excellence
• A positive attitude and a passion for sharing knowledge within your team, organization, and broader community
• Experience or interest with layer 2 technologies is a plus