P2P Networking Protocol Engineer

Logos is a movement supporting the development of the decentralised web, laying foundations for a freer internet. They are seeking a skilled P2P Networking Protocol Engineer to implement and refine P2P networking protocols, focusing on the Logos core P2P module and advancing the nim-libp2p implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Implementing P2P networking protocols
• Implementing Logos core modules
• Further architecture and development of the nim-libp2p implementation
• Implement libp2p protocols according to existing specifications
• Research and development of new p2p protocols and primitives
• Working across teams to help with networking specific needs

Requirements:

• Strong engineering background
• Experience with encryption and key exchange mechanisms
• Experience with low level/strongly typed languages (C/C++/Go/Rust or Java/C#)
• Experience building networking-heavy applications and P2P networking specifically
• Experience implementing with core networking protocols such as Websockets and/or Quic
• Familiar with P2P building blocks such as gossiping, routing and discovery (DHTs), and Nat traversal
• Implementing P2P networking protocols
• Implementing Logos core modules
• Further architecture and development of the nim-libp2p implementation
• Implement libp2p protocols according to existing specifications
• Research and development of new p2p protocols and primitives
• Working across teams to help with networking specific needs
• A passion for decentralisation, P2P and privacy-preserving technology
• Experience working remotely
• Experience working for an open source organization
• Previous experience with libp2p, preferably as a direct contributor to the codebase or specifications OR experience with other off-the-shelf networking stacks such as devp2p
• Experience with the Nim language