Protocol Software Engineer - Consensus at Sei Labs

<p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>About Sei Labs</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Sei Labs builds open sourced technology for the high-performance Sei Blockchain, the first parallelized EVM Layer 1 blockchain designed to scale with the industry. The unique optimizations built into Sei enable Web3 applications to reach Web2 level scale and performance, driving the mass adoption of digital assets.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Our teams are comprised of former Google, Goldman Sachs, Robinhood, Nvidia, and Databricks veterans dedicated to onboarding the next billion users onto a vibrant ecosystem of applications.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Sei Labs has raised over $30M from top investors including Jump Crypto, Multicoin Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Distributed Global, Hudson River Trading, and Flow Traders.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Check out our <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="postings-link" href="https://www.sei.io/">website</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="postings-link" href="https://www.docs.sei.io/dev-intro">docs</a> for more details.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Protocol Engineering at Sei</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Sei Labs is looking for a<strong> Protocol Engineer</strong> to lead the development of core components of the Sei Blockchain. You'll work at the forefront of blockchain infrastructure, designing and optimizing the foundational layers of a high-performance, scalable decentralized network. You'll collaborate closely with our engineering team and ecosystem partners, constantly innovating to push the boundaries of blockchain technology. If you're passionate about low-level systems design, performance optimization, and shaping the future of decentralized networks, this is a rare opportunity to make a lasting impact in Web3.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Write code to build the core sei blockchain (consensus, state management, etc.)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Proactively identify and drive optimizations and improvements to the product.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Collaborate with our frontend team to fine tune our REST API to support our customers.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Take ownership over your work and the work of the team.</p></li></ul><p><br class="ProseMirror-trailingBreak" /></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Qualifications</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">5+ years of infrastructure engineering experience.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Proven results in building or scaling Layer 1 blockchains performance.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A proven tech lead with experience planning and leading large projects with long-term impact on a single system or team.</p></li><li><p style="min