Senior Fullstack Software Engineer

Eigen Labs is more than just a leading name in the blockchain space. We’re the driving force behind EigenLayer, a game-changing solution that revolutionizes crypto-economic security. Imagine a world where blockchain projects break free from the shackles of the scaling trilemma and capital limitations. 

We’re building a platform to deliver security to novel distributed applications. In today's blockchain ecosystem, each service is typically secured by its own tokenized trust-network. With EigenLayer, services can build upon the established security of the Ethereum trust network, unlocking untold scalability while maintaining security and decentralization.

THE ROLE

Our Marketplace team is scaling up as we seek out innovative thinkers and engineers to join us on our mission to hyperscale Ethereum. As a member of this team, you will play a critical role in developing and delivering tools for capital allocators in the Eigen Layer ecosystem, design discovery methods, and build management consoles for Operators/AVS partners. This is an opportunity to be a technical thought leader on this team and drive new features/decisions, work on applications that drive economic activity on EigenLayer and grow with a team of talented collaborators. If you enjoy being challenged by the complexity of new primitives and working on problems for a diverse segment of technical users, we want to hear from you! 

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Take ownership and drive the full development life cycle of mission critical systems, services and tooling for our Marketplace team 
• Implement critical EigenLayer protocol features and upgrades
• Build systems to scale up and support 100s of AVSs, 10,000s of Operators and 100s of tokens
• Create services and tools that allow AVS and Operators to self-serve interactions with the protocol

WHAT YOU WILL BRING

• 5+ years of professional software development experience w/ proven track record of delivering highly scalable products/features on distributed systems
• 2+ years of full lifecycle development and maintenance of enterprise scale applications
• Typescript
• SQL and Subgraphs
• REST and Microservices
• React or similar frontend frameworks/libraries
• General understanding of blockchain tech and concepts; signature schemes, hash functions, erasure codes, multi-threaded and parallel computing, etc. 

NICE TO HAVES

• BS in Computer Science or related technical field (e.g., physics or mathematics)
• Knowledge or experience of Solidity, Go, Rust or similar languages 
• Understanding and use of web3 libraries like Wagmi or WalletConnect
• Prior experience with Proof of Stake protocols, EVM, DeFi and/or the EigenLayer platform
• Hands on experience and delivery of web3/daap applications
• Experience turning Figma designs into best-of-class frontend applications
• Familiarity with DevOps, AWS, k8s, CI/CD pipelines, DataDog, etc.

The target base salary for this role will range between $190,000 to $225,000. This is determined by a few factors including your skillset, prior relevant experience, quality of interviews and market factors at the point in time of offer. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Eigen Labs provides various employee benefits, including:

US Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity (tokens and options)
• Comprehensive insurance (medical/dental/vision)
• Stipend for your ideal remote set-up
• Flexible hours and a supportive remote environment
• Unlimited vacation: Take time when you need it (and we really mean it!)
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Monthly wellness benefit
• Yearly off-sites
• Paid Parental Leave

If hired outside of the US through an EOR, benefits will be offered based on specific country requirements and EOR offerings.

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.