We are seeking a Smart Contract Engineer to design and implement next-generation protocol primitives that enable machine-verifiable commitments, state attestations, and autonomous coordination across decentralized environments. This role sits at the intersection of protocol research and systems engineering, contributing to the foundations of next-generation physical intelligence systems — where digital protocols coordinate and verify actions across real-world settings.
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Responsibilities:
- Design cryptoeconomic systems enabling verifiable commitments and programmable state transitions
- Research identity, attestation, and reputation primitives within decentralized environments
- Develop mechanisms for secure cross-network coordination and trust minimization
- Formalize security assumptions and adversarial models for protocol components
- Prototype and benchmark new consensus or validation schemes
- Collaborate with engineering teams to productionize research outputs
- Author technical specifications and research documentation
- Contribute to audits and formal security reviews
- Engage with the broader research community, including opportunities to contribute to publications, open-source research, and intellectual property
Qualifications:
- Strong foundation in distributed systems, cryptography, or applied mathematics
- Experience designing blockchain or decentralized protocol mechanisms
- Deep understanding of consensus systems and cryptoeconomic incentives
- Familiarity with digital identity, attestation systems, or verifiable data models
- Proficiency in Rust, Go, or similar systems-level languages
- Ability to move from theoretical design to implementation
Nice to Have:
- Experience with zero-knowledge systems or verifiable computation
- Knowledge of decentralized identity (DID) or credential frameworks
- Background in mechanism design or formal protocol modeling
- Experience contributing to L1/L2 or interoperability protocols
- Published research or open-source protocol contributions
Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Work Conditions: On-site, Full-time
Language Requirements: Not specified.
