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DeFi Protocol Engineer

Remote, United States +3·Full-time·Added yesterday (last checked 12 Nov)

Injective

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Our summary

Work mode: Remote (/ United States / New York or Remote (US) / Latin America / Europe)
Contract: Full-time
English: Required
Experience: 3+ years

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Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

Minimum of 3 years' experience as a Blockchain Engineer
Strong prior experience in finance, ideally building trading systems, exchanges, or algo trading/derivatives platforms at a bank, trading firm, or exchange
Track record of building large, complex, and performant distributed systems in production
Worked on at least two production Golang codebases that are reasonably large and performant
Strong knowledge of Go idioms, libraries, and parallel processing
Strong knowledge of blockchain, DeFi & DEX concepts, consensus mechanisms, CosmWasm contract platform
Strong knowledge of CS fundamentals such as data structures and API design
Self-driven and comfortable owning problems end-to-end with minimal oversight
Ability to communicate technical concepts with other technical and non-technical team members

Nice to have

Experience with Cosmos-SDK/Tendermint
Deep knowledge of financial instruments and markets (derivatives, credit, perpetuals, options)
Experience with low-latency or high-throughput trading infrastructure
Experience with cryptography libraries, including digital signatures and hash algorithms used by Ethereum and Cosmos
Experience with key-value databases, especially ones used by cosmos-sdk
Experience with Ethereum/Solidity

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Competitive salary and INJ token award
Remote-friendly work environment with flexible hours
Unlimited PTO
Equipment
Home Office Stipend
Opportunity to work on cutting-edge blockchain technology in the finance industry
Collaborative team culture with opportunities for professional growth and development
Global team meetups

The role

We are looking for an accomplished DeFi Protocol Engineer with a strong background in financial systems who can fit into an existing highly skilled global dev team. Your role is to work closely with the protocol team to brainstorm, write specs, implement, and test chain features for our Injective DeFi modules, bringing real-world trading and exchange expertise to how they are designed. You also have the freedom to detect and take ownership to improve chain performance and scalability via kvstore optimization, processing logic, and the order matching engine.

If you're an autonomous engineer with strong financial experience who enjoys working with a high degree of ownership, and you're looking to make a real impact on one of the fastest-growing blockchains, this role is for you.

What you'll do

Build, maintain, and test core components on our Cosmos-SDK protocol, including our decentralized orderbook, trade execution coordinator, order matcher, and Layer-2 execution environment
Design and implement financial primitives on-chain (derivatives, margining, liquidations, pricing and risk logic), translating proven TradFi practices into robust protocol features
Develop and optimize core components of the Injective blockchain (consensus, state management, financial infrastructure and applications)
Take end-to-end ownership of features, from requirement gathering and specs through architecture, implementation, testing and deployment
Write open-source Golang clients that allow users to interact directly with our protocol and smart contracts
Contribute to the research and development of new blockchain features and technologies
Work closely with cross-functional teams, including front-end developers, back-end developers, and quality assurance engineers, to deliver comprehensive blockchain solutions
Collaborate with external partners and open-source communities to enhance our blockchain ecosystem

Hiring process

To apply for this position, please submit your application through the following link:

https://injectivelabs.org/careers/?ashby_jid=87bdf474-fa64-48d8-8e81-b24290f8de24#open-roles

Only applications submitted through this link will be considered.

As an equal opportunity employer we don't tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that's based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.

We will only contact candidates using emails from the @injective.foundation domain. If you are approached by any other account or domain regarding this position, it was not sent by us. Please stay cautious and report any suspicious communication.

About Injective

Injective is a blockchain technology company that builds a fast, interoperable, and developer-friendly layer-1 smart contract platform for decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. The company provides a suite of open-source financial applications and infrastructure, including a decentralized exchange, derivatives, and prediction markets, all built on its proprietary blockchain. Injective is a notable player in the Web3 and cryptocurrency space, competing with other layer-1 networks by offering high transaction speed and low fees.

Injective has a growing presence in Spain, with a dedicated team contributing to its global engineering and design efforts. The company's culture is remote-first and highly technical, attracting international talent in software engineering, blockchain development, and digital design. For international professionals, Injective offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge Web3 technology within a distributed team, making it an appealing option for those looking to relocate to Spain while staying at the forefront of the blockchain industry.

Founded: 2018
Employees: 100–500
Headquarters: San Francisco, USA
In Spain: Madrid

Good to know if you are moving

Injective is a remote-first company, allowing employees to work from anywhere in Spain, offering flexibility for international relocators.
The company operates in the Web3/crypto industry, which is highly globalized and often offers competitive compensation packages for technical talent.
The Spain-based role is in design, contributing to the user interface and user experience of the company's decentralized applications.
Injective's tech stack is modern and includes Go, TypeScript, and React, providing valuable experience for engineers and designers.
The company has a strong international team, with employees distributed across multiple time zones, which can be a plus for those looking to integrate into a global work culture.

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