Blockchain Engineer

About

Zama’s mission is to safeguard privacy by making the internet encrypted end-to-end.

Zama is building a suite of products for securing AI applications in the cloud and on the blockchain. Developers and data scientists can build FHE-friendly applications using our technology without having to know cryptography.

Zama was founded by Pascal Paillier, a pioneer in FHE, and Rand Hindi, a serial privacy entrepreneur.

If you would like to learn more about Fully Homomorphic Encryption, you can read our 6-min introduction.

The Role

Homomorphic encryption is a technology that enables data to remain encrypted during processing. When used in decentralized applications, it makes it possible to run private applications on top of public blockchains, enabling a number of new use cases.

Your job as a Blockchain Engineer will be to:

• Develop and maintain the Zama blockchain.


• Take part in architecture discussions.


• Develop our blockchain ecosystem and work closely with partnering protocols.


• Work with different engineering roles such as devops, cryptography, frontend, smart contract, and API developers.

He / She / They should have:

• Strong experience building blockchain protocols


• Passionate about open source and blockchain


• Be a friendly team player


• Be obsessed with making things that actually work for users

We are a full remote company but you should ideally be in an European time zone.

Our process is described in detail here.

Zama values and promotes diversity. We give everyone a fair chance to be evaluated on their mix of professional, academic, and personal skills. Our aim is to make the hiring process as pleasant, stress-free, and friendly as possible, even if the process is longer and more involved than you might find elsewhere.