Senior Blockchain Engineer, EigenDA

Eigen Labs is building the infrastructure for a more trustworthy internet.

Today's digital world runs on trust-me promises: "Trust that this AI model is giving you unbiased results." "Trust that this platform isn't manipulating your feed." "Trust that this service will honor its commitments." These trust assumptions create massive friction and limit what's possible online.

EigenCloud changes this by making any digital service verifiable. Built on our EigenLayer protocol, which has attracted billions in economic security, EigenCloud lets developers build applications with mathematical trust guarantees instead of pinky promises.

For developers, this means the best of both worlds: Use familiar cloud tools and programming environments while gaining blockchain-level verifiability. No need to rewrite your application in specialized blockchain languages or accept the limitations of smart contract environments.

For the world, this unlocks transformative applications:

• AI systems with economic accountability for their outputs

• Social platforms with verifiable, manipulation-resistant algorithms

• Prediction markets that can resolve on any real-world event

• Financial services with cryptographic transparency

• Any application where trust and correctness matter

We're moving beyond crypto's current focus on digital money to make all digital interactions more trustworthy. With the fastest-growing developer ecosystem in crypto and backing from top-tier investors, we're at the inflection point where verifiable computing goes mainstream.

Ready to build the trust layer for the internet? We're looking for builders who want to solve hard problems and create technology that makes the digital world fundamentally more reliable.

This role will be on our EigenDA team: Provisioning data availability is one of the key components for scaling blockchains, and specifically Layer2 rollups. EigenDA is a secure, high throughput, and decentralized data availability (DA) service built on top of Ethereum using the EigenLayer restaking primitive. Developed by Eigen Labs, EigenDA is the first Autonomous Verifiable Service (AVS) to launch on EigenLayer. Restakers will be able to delegate stake to node operators performing validation tasks for EigenDA in exchange for service payments, and rollups will be able to post data to EigenDA in order to access lower transaction costs, higher transaction throughput, and secure composability across the EigenLayer ecosystem.

You will get an opportunity to develop deep expertise in rollup architecture and implementation while making upstream contributions to various rollup frameworks, where generic DA has yet to be developed. You will have a significant impact on DA's ability to provide value to Rollups, the EigenLayer product, the defi industry, and the world. All while working alongside with the biggest projects and brightest minds in DeFi and Ethereum. If you’re looking to collaborate with a talented team of engineers, driving innovation and inventing groundbreaking technologies, we look forward to hearing from you! 

This is a full-time position that is fully remote or located with the largely Seattle-based team.

• Own and deliver large features end-to-end, thinking through everything from customer experience, system reliability, scalability, operability, and ongoing metrics

• Collaborate with Researchers/Engineers to design and develop systems, components and tools for EigenDA which include; zk framework integrations, rollup integrations, fraud proof integrations, off-chain signature verification

• Make original contributions to the broader DA community such as; DA interfaces for various Rollup Stacks, miscellaneous open-source projects, research-oriented writing pertaining to the design space of DA solutions

• Technical Documentation: propose, write, optimize and outline technical specs (designs, approaches, and solutions) for a diverse range of rollup integrations

• Constantly research/learn new concepts, ideas, and frameworks while contributing thought leadership in technical community spaces (blogs, conferences, etc.)

• Proactively contribute to discussions about technical issues, sprint and roadmap planning, and improving team processes

• Engage in the team design/code reviews, standups, and advocate engineering best practices

• 5+ years of backend distributed systems experience 

• 2+ years of full life cycle development with Go, Rust or C++

• Proficiency in reading/writing Solidity smart contracts

• Experience using Docker to build, deploy and manage containers

• Hands on experience designing and building distributed systems

• In depth working knowledge of rollup architectures and blockchain design 

• Strong prototyping skills

• Ability to write tight/accurate design documents and other technical collateral that reflect a clear plan for implementation, while addressing specific end user obstacles/concerns

The target salary range for this role is $190,000 to $220,000. This is determined by a few factors including your skillset, prior relevant experience, quality of interviews and market factors at the point in time of offer. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Eigen Labs provides various employee benefits, including:

• Competitive salary and non-cash compensation (tokens and equity)

• World class benefits package (medical/dental/vision)

• Remote work set up stipend

• Flexible hours and a supportive remote environment

• Flexible time off

• 401(k) retirement plan + company match

• Monthly wellness benefit

• Yearly off-sites

• Paid parental leave

If hired outside of the US through an EOR, benefits will be offered based on specific country requirements and EOR offerings.

There's one more, very important thing. We are an equal opportunity employer. We search for amazing people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We take care of each other to create an inclusive work environment where we love to come to work every day. We hope you can join us.