Role focus:

A key goal of Aztec over the coming year is to meaningfully decentralize the network. Achieving this will require a multi-disciplinary approach that will cover our entire tech stack. One area of particular attention is the networking layer. We’re looking for engineers with specific network protocol experience to:

• Focus on development of Aztec’s networking layer.
• Decentralise the transaction pool, by implementing a p2p network protocol.
• Ensure rapid propagation of transactions through the network.
• Play a critical role in designing and building a scalable and resilient p2p network cable of processing a large proportion of the worlds financial transactions (Rival visa / mastercard but p2p)
• Contribute back to a thriving open source eco-system
• Hook directly into L1 devp2p protocol for advanced L2 synching.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in related technical field
• 6+ years industry engineering experience
• Fluent in Typescript (3+ years experience)
• Solid understanding of internet networking protocols.
• Basic understanding of at least one p2p protocol.
• Experience writing networking code in a production environment.
• Development experience with Ethereum.
• Excellent communication skills.

Nice-to-have experience:

• Located in the UK or can operate in Greenwich Mean Time Zone
• Familiarity with current Ethereum tooling (for inspiration)
• Passion for the web3 space
• Familiarity with other private blockchain technologies like ZCash
• Knowledge of peer-to-peer decentralized networking tools
• A love for Merkle Trees