Blockchain Researcher

requirements

• Research on some of the critical issues in building high performance blockchain platforms.
• Work on designing and improving our core protocol architecture.
• Research on Sharding, Rollup design, and different attacks & security issues.
• Participate in ongoing research on latest Consensus protocols and MEV
• Token economics, MEV, auction-based fees, governance.
• Help build a team of researchers and external academic collaborations.

requirements

• PhD degree in computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Interest/experience in building or researching scalable infrastructure or distributed systems.
• Track record of publications in international conferences and journals focusing on one or more of the following: cybersecurity, blockchains, distributed systems and storage, applied cryptography, formal methods, programming languages.
• Passionate about decentralized ledger technologies.

perks

Comp: competitive + token allocation

We're a globally distributed team so new team members have the option of full remote work.

about us

Sei is the first sector-specific Layer 1 blockchain, specialized for trading to give exchanges an unfair advantage.

Backed by Multicoin, Delphi, Coinbase, Hudson River, GSR, Flow Traders and angels from LayerZero, Frax, and Anchorage, Sei has 70+ teams from Solana, Avax, Polygon, Polkadot, NEAR, and Terra building ahead of mainnet.