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Magic Labs · 3 months ago

Sr. Protocol Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$200K/yr - $230K/yr

7+ years exp

Magic is innovating at the intersection of crypto and AI to create invisible wallets that operate autonomously. They are seeking a Senior Protocol Engineer to build and optimize core protocol features, develop smart contracts, and ensure security standards are met while collaborating with product and design teams.

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Responsibilities

Architect and implement protocol features end-to-end. From building protocol level features in Rust to developing middleware contracts in Solidity

Build, optimize, and scale services and contracts

Work closely with product and security teams (internal + external) to ensure our systems and contracts meet our security standards

Lead and collaborate as appropriate with other engineers, drive code reviews, set best practices for maintainable, scalable architecture

Qualification

RustSolidityBlockchain protocolsSystem designAI coding toolsAutonomous executionSecurity best practicesCloud infrastructureCommunicationMentorship

Required

7+ years as a Full‑Stack Engineer or equivalent experience, with a focus on: Protocol: Production-grade Rust services, EVM: Solidity

Proven track record at scale - building high‑traffic, low‑latency systems (e.g., handling tens of millions of user requests)

Strong proficiency with blockchain fundamentals (EVM – i.e memory/storage, gas model), and understanding of core EIPs on EVM

Strong system design skills for efficiency and scalability of the system

Experience of working on building blockchain protocols (L1, L2s, bridges, oracle networks, relayers, bundlers, solvers, etc.)

Strong understanding of security best practices both in Rust based systems and Solidity contracts

Excellent communication, mentorship, and autonomous execution at a senior engineering level

Proficiency with AI coding tools (Copilot, Cursor, Claude code, etc.)

Preferred

Direct experience building with or contributing to Eigenlayer operator binaries/middleware or to blockchain/dapp infrastructure (i.e L2s/L1s)

Experience developing against L1s/L2s both EVM or non-EVM

Knowledge of secure enclaves, zero knowledge proofs, and cryptography—handling secure approvals, cryptographic proofs (TEEs, ZKPs, MPC, via ZKvms i.e Succinct)

Familiarity with cloud infrastructure at scale—Kubernetes/ECS, serverless, CI/CD (GitHub Actions), distributed logging/metrics