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Networking Engineer P2P

Remote:

Full Remote

Contract:

Freelance

Experience:

Mid-level (2-5 years)

Work from:

Estonia

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Strong engineering background, Experience with encryption mechanisms, Proficiency in strongly typed languages, Familiarity with p2p building blocks, Alignment with decentralization principles.

Key responsabilities:

Implement P2P networking protocols
Develop and enhance the nim-libp2p stack
Research new P2P protocols and primitives
Collaborate to address networking needs
Ensure interoperability, scalability, and security

Status Computer Software / SaaS SME https://status.im/

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Job description

Logos is a movement supporting the development of the decentralised web. Logos technologies lay the foundations for a freer internet upon which communities can evolve into network states. Each protocol in the Logos stack seeks to empower its users while upholding civil liberties and fundamental freedoms.

Who we are

P2P networks are at the heart of decentralized technologies and libp2p has quickly gained popularity as the goto p2p stack.

We, the Vac P2P R&D service unit, have successfully implemented and deployed a full fledged libp2p stack, which is now powering the Nimbus Ethereum 2 client as well as Waku.

Our implementation is written in Nim - an efficient, expressive and elegant programming language. Besides developing nim-libp2p, we conduct applied P2P research and take part in the libp2p specification process.

The role:

We are seeking a skilled P2P Networking Protocol Engineer to work on the implementation and refinement of P2P networking protocols.
Your primary focus will be on advancing the nim-libp2p implementation by further architecting and developing its capabilities,
adhering to existing specifications, and also improving and enhancing existing protocols.
Your responsibilities include collaborating across teams to address networking-specific needs, ensuring interoperability, scalability, and security in distributed systems.
You will play a critical role in researching and developing innovative solutions, pushing the boundaries of P2P networking technology to meet evolving demands effectively.

Key responsibilities

Implementing P2P networking protocols
Further architecture and development of the nim-libp2p implementation
Implement libp2p protocols according to existing specifications
Research and development of new p2p protocols and primitives
Working across teams to help with networking specific needs

You ideally will have

A passion for decentralization, p2p and privacy-preserving technology
Strong engineering background
Experience with encryption and key exchange mechanisms
Experience with low level/strongly typed languages (C++/Go/Rust/Nim or Java/C#
Experience building networking-heavy applications and p2p networking specifically
Experience implementing with core networking protocols such as Websockets and/or Quic
Familiar with p2p building blocks such as gossiping, routing and discovery (DHTs), and Nat traversal
A strong alignment to our principles: https://status.im/about/#our-principles

Bonus points

Experience working remotely
Experience working for an open source organization
Previous experience with libp2p - preferably as a direct contributor to the codebase or specifications
Or, experience with other off-the-shelf networking stacks such as devp2p
Experience with the Nim language

[Don’t worry if you don’t meet all of these criteria, we’d still love to hear from you anyway if you think you’d be a great fit for this role. Just explain to us why in your cover letter].