Full-Time Senior Rust Developer

About the Ethereum Foundation

The Ethereum Foundation (EF) is a global non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Ethereum and related technologies. Our mission is to do what is best for Ethereum’s long-term success. Our role is to allocate resources to critical projects, to be a valued voice within the Ethereum ecosystem, and to advocate for Ethereum to the outside world.

About the PSE Team

As part of the EF, Privacy and Scaling Explorations (PSE) is a cutting-edge technological research and development group that explores privacy and scaling solutions.

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptography to advance human collaboration.

- We build open-source tools that cultivate privacy, agency, and resiliency.

- We operate, fund, and collaborate with driven teams on urgent problems.

- We research, deploy, educate, and advocate for cryptographic solutions.

We achieve this through various approaches, including conducting pure research projects, creating proofs of concept, developing technological primitives, building applications, and advocating, educating, and promoting these innovations within the ecosystem.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Rust Developer to join our team and help us take TLSNotary to the next level. TLSNotary is a groundbreaking open-source project, and your mission will be to architect, develop, and optimize it into a production-ready, audited library. This role is critical to ensuring the codebase is secure, efficient, and high-performing, natively and in the browser via WASM.

As part of the TLSNotary project, you’ll work on cutting-edge open-source technologies that have the potential to disrupt major platforms and empower user sovereignty. You’ll also gain exposure to challenging and impactful work within the Rust ecosystem while collaborating with talented engineers on innovative cryptographic solutions. We offer a unique environment that fosters independence, creativity, and collaboration.

Values Alignment

We are dedicated to advancing cryptographic research and development to enhance and accelerate human collaboration.

We are building public goods, including open-source software, documentation, and learning materials, and we promote them.

We value open participation and a cooperative mindset in a fully remote and decentralized working environment.

We are also radically open-minded and keen on building the next generation of infrastructure on decentralized systems.

We have an entrepreneurial mindset and want to tackle challenges that no one else has solved yet.

Requirements

Experience in developing large-scale Rust projects with the ability to contribute to architectural decision-making

Extensive experience with Rust, including a deep understanding of its async ecosystem and a proven track record of building and deploying production-quality Rust projects

Exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to creatively and efficiently troubleshoot and resolve complex technical challenges

A high degree of self-motivation and the ability to work independently, all while maintaining exceptional productivity and strong collaboration skills in a distributed team environment

Preference is given to the Western Hemisphere, though Western Europe will also be considered.

Key Responsibilities

Enhance and mature the TLSNotary Rust codebase for production readiness.

Lead architectural decisions and improve the overall system design.

Conduct thorough code reviews, ensuring quality, performance, and maintainability.

Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks within the library.

Implement and maintain unit and integration tests to ensure reliability.

Provide mentorship and technical guidance to peers.