Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Chainlink Labs is an oracle platform company building decentralized technologies that support blockchain and decentralized finance applications. The Research Intern will work with engineering, research scientists, and technical advisors to identify research challenges, develop applied cryptography and decentralized systems innovations, and transition them into production solutions.
Responsibilities
- Working with Chainlink core engineering to identify short- and long-term research challenges critical to the company’s success and to transition innovations from Chainlink Labs into production
- Working with research scientists and technical advisors to study, invent, and build cutting-edge oracle technologies for the benefit of the company and community
- Staying abreast of the evolution of relevant technology ecosystems and participating in relevant technical communities for more effective application development and to guide research toward practical and impactful work
Skills
- B.S. in computer science or equivalent professional experience along with coursework in algorithms and data structures and discrete math
- Familiarity with academic process and ability to engage with existing literature on relevant research topics, e.g. by performing literature searches and comprehending papers in a wider context
- Professional software development experience is required
- Advanced computer science or related degree, coursework in applied and theoretical cryptography, mechanism design, distributed systems, or related fields
- Familiarity with Go or Rust
- Broad knowledge of blockchain technologies and familiarity specifically with smart contracts
Benefits
- All roles with Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based.
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