Senior Software Engineer, Privacy

Job Description

Join a brand new team as the first engineer focused on embedding privacy-enhancing technologies into the Chainlink product stack. This role spans the development of both off-chain and on-chain privacy solutions to enhance the Chainlink runtime Environment. The mission is to introduce privacy solutions at every layer of Chainlink’s operations, ensuring robust, customer-centric implementations to protect consumers and enable new use cases that rely on privacy.
Our approach is practical and implementation-driven, emphasizing battle-tested protocols that meet the privacy requirements of diverse customers, from native DeFi protocols to traditional financial institutions navigating blockchain adoption in regulated settings. Experience with technologies like Privacy Pools, Zero Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs), Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE), Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs), and Stealth Addresses will be highly advantageous.
You will work closely with our internal research team and other engineering teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and pragmatic privacy solutions that address real-world challenges.
Your Impact

Spearhead the development of a groundbreaking, privacy feature within the Chainlink Runtime Environment, becoming a key contributor within your first six months.
Shape the future of privacy technologies at Chainlink Labs by directly contributing to the 12-month roadmap and driving innovative architectural designs.
Influence long-term strategy by ensuring forward-thinking solutions are ready for implementation.
Lead critical architectural design initiatives that translate privacy roadmaps into actionable development projects, creating scalable and secure systems.
Collaborate with and manage diverse stakeholders, ensuring seamless integration of privacy technologies across Chainlink’s platforms and services.

Requirements

4+ years of experience in software engineering
Familiarity and experience working on privacy preserving technologies and/or cryptography
Experience with blockchains or distributed ledgers
Professional experience with large distributed systems
Experience working with Trusted Execution Environments, such as SGX, AWS Nitro, GCP Confidential Compute

Preferred Requirements

Experience with GO, Rust, or familiarity working with WASM preferred
Proven product focused engineering and customer empathy
Experience working on traditional banking or finance systems a plus
Experience writing production smart contracts in the EVM ecosystem a plus

All roles with Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based. Unless otherwise stated, we ask that you try to overlap some working hours with Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Commitment to Equal Opportunity
Chainlink Labs is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, or ordinances. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need when applying for a role or in our recruitment process, please contact us via this form.