Blockchain Developer

Zama's mission is to safeguard privacy by making the internet encrypted end-to-end. Zama’s products help web2 and web3 developers build private-by-design applications using homomorphic encryption (FHE), without having to learn cryptography. Zama was founded by Pascal Paillier, a pioneer in FHE, and Ra nd Hindi, a serial privacy entrepreneur, and has a team of veteran cryptographers, including Nigel Smart, Marc Joye, Ilaria Chillotti and others. As part of our efforts bringing privacy to web3, we are building a homomorphic blockchain protocol that enables private smart contracts, where computation happens on-chain on encrypted shared states.

Role Description

We’re looking for a Blockchain Engineer with a strong background in Layer 1 or Layer 2 blockchain protocols, capable of designing and implementing new PoS protocols that are taylored to the particularities of using homomorphic encryption. You will be working alongside a team of cryptographers, protocol designers, and full-stack engineers to design, implement and launch Zama’s homomorphic blockchain.

Your job as a Blockchain Engineer will be to:

• Develop and maintain the Zama blockchain.
• Take part in architecture discussions.
• Develop our blockchain ecosystem and work closely with partnering protocols.

He / She / They should have:

• Strong experience building blockchain protocols
• Strong understanding of various consensus schemes (PoW, PoS, ..)
• Passionate about open source and blockchain
• Be a friendly team player
• Be obsessed with making things that actually work for users3

We are a full remote company but you should ideally be in an European time zone.

Recruitment Process:

Our process is described in detail here: https://www.zama.ai/post/how-we-hire-at-zama Zama values and promotes diversity. We give everyone a fair chance to be evaluated on their mix of professional, academic, and personal skills. Our aim is to make the hiring process as pleasant, stress-free, and friendly as possible, even if the process is longer and more involved than you might find elsewhere.