About Kaleido

Kaleido is the leading enterprise-grade Web3 platform for blockchain and digital assets in the world. Its full-stack infrastructure includes access to all major protocols and chains, 500+ pre-built services and APIs, event streams, wallets, Web3 storage solutions, and more. Founded in 2017 by early pioneers in the blockchain space, Kaleido makes blockchain development radically simple at scale across industries as varied as Finance, Healthcare, Insurance, Supply Chains, Media, Entertainment, ESG, the Public Sector, and more.. As one of the fastest growing SaaS companies in the space, Kaleido is poised to transform critical business processes with efficiently deployed NFT marketplaces, digital assets platforms, blockchain as a service, and blockchain consortiums.

The Role

Kaleido is growing rapidly and seeking a blockchain Senior Protocol Engineer with a passion for blockchain software. If you want to work in a well respected startup that builds blockchain based platforms and products for companies across the globe, including many of the largest banks and central banks, using the latest Web3 technologies in blockchains (Layer 1 and Layer 2), identity, tokenized digital assets, wallets.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop platform features that can provision and manage blockchains, both Layer 1 and Layer 2.
• Develop platform features that interact with blockchains such as connectors/adaptors, and signing wallets.
• Develop blockchain based privacy-preserving tokens using advanced cryptography such as Zero Knowledge Proofs.
• Develop enterprise grade products for managing digital assets.
• Work with open source communities and researchers on data privacy, cross-chain interoperability, decentralized identities, and account abstractions.
• Opportunities to research and develop innovative approaches to challenging problems in enterprise software such as distributed systems and consensus algorithms.

Your Experience

• 10+ years of experience in a senior engineering role.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience in basic cryptography such as digital signature, encryption based on asymmetric or symmetric keys.
• Knowledge in advanced cryptography is a big plus such as zero-knowledge proofs, threshold signatures, and elliptic curves.
• Golang or Rust programming experience.
• Being able to explain consensus algorithms like Raft or PBFT.

What We Value

• Strong sense of ownership and pride in the code you write.
• Highly collaborative engineers who build good relationships with colleagues and communicate clearly.
• Fast learners are excited to develop new skills.
• Excellent communicator who works well in extremely fast-paced team environments.
• Thrives in chaos and is comfortable with the uncertainty and the rapid change of R&D projects.
• Self-starter who can define and execute tasks with minimal guidance.

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