Institute of Free Technology · 10 hours ago
P2P Networking Protocol Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid Leveliftother is a company focused on decentralised technology aimed at revitalising civil society. They are seeking a skilled P2P Networking Protocol Engineer to implement and refine P2P networking protocols, particularly for the Logos core P2P module, while ensuring interoperability, scalability, and security in distributed systems.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Implementing P2P networking protocols
Implementing Logos core modules
Further architecture and development of the nim-libp2p implementation
Implement libp2p protocols according to existing specifications
Research and development of new p2p protocols and primitives
Working across teams to help with networking specific needs
Qualification
Required
A passion for decentralisation, P2P and privacy-preserving technology
Strong engineering background
Experience with encryption and key exchange mechanisms
Experience with low level/strongly typed languages (C/C++/Go/Rust or Java/C#)
Experience building networking-heavy applications and P2P networking specifically
Experience implementing with core networking protocols such as Websockets and/or Quic
Familiar with P2P building blocks such as gossiping, routing and discovery (DHTs), and Nat traversal
Preferred
Experience working remotely
Experience working for an open source organization
Previous experience with libp2p, preferably as a direct contributor to the codebase or specifications OR experience with other off-the-shelf networking stacks such as devp2p
Experience with the Nim language
Company
Institute of Free Technology
As a mission-driven tech startup studio, Institute of Free Technology provides Technical, Financial, Legal, People Operations, Branding & awareness services to a wide portfolio of open source projects such as Logos, Codex, Waku, Nimbus, Status, Nomos, Keycard.
Founded in 2024
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase