Principal Engineer
About Us
Chainlink Labs is the leading developer of Chainlink, a decentralized computing platform that powers the verifiable web. Chainlink is the industry standard for accessing real-world data, performing offchain computation, and ensuring secure cross-chain interoperability across any blockchain. Chainlink Labs collaborates with major financial institutions like Swift, DTCC, and ANZ, as well as top Web3 teams such as Aave, Compound, GMX, Maker, and Synthetix. In recognition of our work, Chainlink Labs was ranked in Newsweek's 100 Most Loved Workplaces 2023 in the United States and United Kingdom.
The Engineering Team
At Chainlink Labs, our engineering team is focused on advancing the capabilities of decentralized applications in the industry. With over 70% market share in the oracle space, the Chainlink Network solves real-world problems by enabling smart contracts to securely interact with off-chain data and computation.
We value talented and proactive professionals who collaborate to address complex challenges, drive product impact, and further their own growth as builders. Join us in shaping the future of blockchain technology and decentralized finance.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Principal Engineer to take ownership of and drive high-level design and architecture on our distributed platform. As a Principal Engineer, you will work closely with our product leaders and leadership team to understand long-term product needs, develop platform services, make framework decisions, and influence the entire Chainlink stack to bring about impactful change in the blockchain industry.
Your Impact
- Develop the next-generation platform to extend our node's capabilities in delivering external data and on-chain services, enabling distributed computation for a wide range of smart contract applications.
- Architect and design components and service layers that can sustainably scale as we support an increasing number of blockchain integrations.
- Collaborate with leadership to consider all product aspects and define our high-level technical roadmap to facilitate scaling across multiple dimensions, including blockchain integrations, application diversity, payment flexibility, and engineering operations.
- Collaborate with engineers, technical leaders, and product managers from different teams to reach consensus on technical decisions, concepts, and guidelines.
- Actively contribute to raising the team's engineering standards, increasing team velocity, and improving product reliability and security through coaching and utilization of frameworks.
Requirements
- 10+ years of professional engineering experience in a collaborative, product-driven environment.
- Successful experience in designing, building, and scaling multiple production services, components, and infrastructure.
- Proven experience in collaborating with a team to support production services over the course of multiple years, adapting to user demand and challenges.
- Deep knowledge of programming languages, tools, and frameworks required for building and deploying production services, including experience in selecting these technologies.
- Experience in owning and managing multiple long-term projects, effectively communicating progress, dependencies, and risk mitigation with stakeholders and partners.
Please note that all roles with Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based, with a requirement to overlap some working hours with Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Commitment to Equal Opportunity
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