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EigenLayer

  • Crypto & Web3
  • Scaleup
  • 51–200
We propose EigenLayer, a restaking collective for Ethereum. EigenLayer is a set of smart contracts on Ethereum that allows consensus layer Ether (ETH) stakers to opt in to validating new software modules built on top of the Ethereum ecosystem. Stakers opt in by granting the EigenLayer smart contracts the ability to impose additional slashing conditions on their staked ETH, allowing an extension of cryptoeconomic security. By opting in to EigenLayer, stakers can validate for many types of modules including consensus protocols, data availability layers, virtual machines, keeper networks, oracle networks, bridges, threshold cryptography schemes, and trusted execution environments. Instead of fragmenting security between modules, EigenLayer aggregates ETH security across all of them. This increases the security of the decentralized applications (dApps) that rely on the modules. In addition, the value of Ether increases due to new fee-sharing opportunities from these manifold modules. EigenLayer also acts as a staging system for Ethereum, where new innovations such as Danksharding and proposer/builder separation can be battle-tested in manifold variations before the best ideas can be integrated back into Ethereum. Finally, EigenLayer ushers in a new era of permissionless innovation, in which innovators do not need to build their own trust networks in order to implement new distributed validation modules, but can instead rely on the security and decentralization provided by ETH restakers via EigenLayer.

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Who We Are & What We’re Building

Eigen Labs is a frontier lab building coordination technologies for the post-AGI world. AGI is completely reconfiguring power, and a few major labs are already consolidating this power. We believe that coordination through open networks is the only counterforce that lets individuals maximize their agency.

We are building open networks for many different layers shaping AI: agentic research, inference infrastructure, and capital formation. Recently, we showed how a community of scientists, amateurs, and agents can collaborate to surpass Google’s unpublished quantum breakthrough, showcasing the power of open coordination.

What This Looks Like In Practice

A small number of companies are rapidly becoming gatekeepers to the most powerful systems ever created, trained on open internet, open research, and open-source software, now locked behind permission structures and centralized control.

The question isn't whether AI will transform society. The question is who gets to participate.

We believe:

  • Scientific discovery should remain open.

  • Intelligence should not be controlled by a handful of institutions.

  • Individuals should be able to coordinate, build, and create without asking for permission.

  • AI should empower people, not make them dependent.

  • AI should expand individual agency, not concentrate power.

This isn't a theoretical exercise. Darkbloom is already building distributed AI infrastructure from idle hardware around the world.

These are early examples of a much larger idea: open networks competing with centralized institutions.

We're looking for researchers, engineers, founders, scientists, designers, and builders who see the same trend we do and want to help build the alternative. If you're excited by open science, individual agency, coordination systems, and agentic infrastructure, we should talk.

Help us build what comes next. Learn more about working at Eigen here.

The Role

This is not a solicitation intended to recruit job applicants for a specific available position. Rather, this is a general application for future and opportunistic roles across Eigen Labs. Tell us who you are, what you’re great at, and what you want to build. We’ll review on a rolling basis and reach out when there’s a strong fit.

Equal Opportunity Employment

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.

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