Senior Software Engineer, Protocol (Rust)

OP Labs' Protocol Team designs and operates the core specifications and clients defining the OP Stack. Near-term projects include developing kona-node and related Rust-based consensus-client infrastructure as a production-ready alternative to op-node, implementing native account abstraction across the stack, and developing premium protocol capabilities for OP Enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Own features through the full lifecycle: architecture, implementation, docs, deployment, and monitoring
• Build rigorous conformance and adversarial tests for implementation compatibility
• Execute safe protocol upgrades and resolve availability/performance issues
• Use AI-assisted engineering tools while maintaining rigorous correctness and security standards

What we are looking for

• Professional record shipping production, maintainable Rust systems
• Deep knowledge of Ethereum (EVM, JSON-RPC, clients) and distributed systems
• Familiarity with op-node, kona, or Reth preferred
• Ability to read and migrate production Go code into Rust; Solidity proficiency a bonus

Additional Information

Fully remote within the United States, working on the core protocol powering the Optimism Superchain.