About the role

Role Overview

Join Injective Labs to develop core protocol infrastructure for the next generation of DeFi. This senior role focuses on building and optimizing blockchain components that directly affect network performance, block times/throughput, and interoperability.

Responsibilities

Design and implement core blockchain logic in Golang, including:
- Cosmos SDK modules
- Consensus mechanisms
- State machine optimizations
Develop and maintain performance-critical bridge infrastructure and cross-chain interoperability solutions.
Collaborate with a small team to research, architect, and ship network upgrades that push L1 throughput and latency limits.

Requirements

Deep professional experience in Golang, with a track record building and maintaining high-performance, concurrent production systems at scale.
Strong blockchain infrastructure background, specifically with one or more of:
- Cosmos SDK
- Tendermint/CometBFT
- other L1/L2 protocols
Understanding of financial product mechanics in decentralized contexts, such as:
- order-book DEXs
- perpetuals
- derivatives
- market microstructure

Nice-to-Haves

Experience shipping protocol-level upgrades that impact real-world trading volume and cross-chain interoperability.

Location / Work Style

Remote (United States)

About Jack & Jill

Injective Labs is a blockchain laboratory building a high-performance Layer 1 protocol purpose-built for decentralized finance. It develops optimized infrastructure for order-book-based DEXs, derivatives markets, and trading products within the Cosmos ecosystem, and supports cross-chain interoperability. The company is backed by investors including Binance, Jump Crypto, and Pantera Capital.

Protocol Engineer ($200k + Equity) at Injective Labs

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