Job Title:

• Senior Rust Engineer

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Reports To:

• Ethan Frey, Chief Technology Officer

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Summary:

• We are looking for a Rust server programmer who can contribute to our off-chain AVS operator stack as well as our custom Rust blockchain using CometBFT.

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Responsibilities:

• Building out networking, queries, transaction signing and more in our offchain operator system
• Contributing to a custom blockchain, especially the networking interfaces and contributions to multithreading and database work.

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Requirements

• Strong knowledge of Rust server programming (async, thread pools, networking, etc)
• Working in CET +/- 1 hour
• Good written communication skills
• Writes solid, maintainable code
• Experience with remote work and agile teams.
• Knowledge of public key crypto a plus
• Knowledge of libp2p a plus
• Diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

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Benefits

What We Offer:

• Remote working environment
• International, collaborative team
• Competitive salaries

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Our Culture:

• You’ll be hands-on, collaborating, and learning right away. We embrace creative complexity together.
• We are a full-stack organization with a strong engineering culture, which values open-source.

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Company Overview - Layer Labs

Layer is a fast-growing Web3 startup, launched in September 2024, with the mission to enable developers to build an entirely decentralized stack and create novel applications. We develop a Rust-based blockchain stack that supports decentralized compute for AVSs, GPU, storage, and ZK proofs, paving the way for the future of the web3 ecosystem. Our vision is to resurrect the true principles of web3, creating a trust-based, decentralized internet and shifting away from techno-feudalism. Recently, Layer announced a seed fundraising round of $6 million, with a valuation of $72 million, solidifying our position as a leader in decentralized infrastructure innovation.

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Layer was co-founded by three blockchain pioneers:

• Jake Hartnell (CEO), who previously co-founded Juno, Stargaze and DAO DAO;
• Sam Cassatt (CBO), former Chief Strategy Officer at ConsenSys; and
• Ethan Frey (CTO), founder of CosmWasm and architect of key protocols like IBC for the Cosmos ecosystem.

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Please include the following in your application:

• • Resume
  • Cover letter
  • Github link
  • If you contribued to larger projects, link to PR you worked on with written explantions of the examples
  • If you contributed to solo projects, please submit repository links

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