At Aztec, our goal is to add privacy to Ethereum.
In the current public blockchain paradigm, users and entities unknowingly broadcast data in the public, compromising privacy and security to get trustlessness.
Not only are unencrypted blockchains inherently privacy-exposing, they require significant redundancy to compute and verify the legitimacy of transactions.
Implementing scalable encryption in a public blockchain paradigm requires cutting-edge math and engineering. Thankfully, our team of scientists and engineers invented Plonk, the industry-standard zkSNARK, and Noir, the universal language of zero knowledge.
Now, we’re building a first of its kind Layer 2 with private smart contracts. This requires new cryptographic primitives, a zero-knowledge DSL for writing contracts, a privacy-friendly execution environment, a carefully designed set of circuits that prove the validity of the chain to L1, a decentralized block-building and proving mechanism, and a top-tier user and developer experience. And it’s now time to bring it to market.
We’ve raised $125 million from industry-leading investors including a16z crypto, Paradigm, Variant, Consensys, and a_capital, and we’re growing quickly.
Team and Responsibilities:
As someone that will help maintain a health network of infrastructure providers, you will be an integral part of the long-term success of the Aztec network. You will have a diverse range of responsibilities and will engage with some of the fastest growing start-ups in the crypto space (e.g. prover networks) as well as a diverse set of infrastructure providers, ranging from home stakers to professional, custodial staking operations. There will be a blend of technical expertise, for supporting operators, and community development and management, for growing and maintaining a healthy community.
- Help maintain Aztec network liveliness and security by nurturing a healthy, welcome community of infrastructure providers
- Evaluate the community of infrastructure providers and consider strategies for improvement (e.g. node count, diversity, security, social engagement, etc)
- Share critical updates with the sequencer and prover network communities
- Educate the community on the governance process and facilitate network upgrades
- Troubleshoot issues with community members running sequencer and prover software
- Create resources (e.g. documentation and videos) showing how to run Aztec network infrastructure
- Collecting data and running experiments. Someone who can always be talking to node operators to get answers to questions relevant to the product.
Qualifications:
- 3+ years experience in open-source community engagement and management
- Strong knowledge of running blockchain infrastructure, ranging from small home to large scale cloud operations
- Knowledge of peer-to-peer decentralized networking and monitoring tools
- Familiarity with Docker, cloud computing services (e.g. AWS)
- Experience coordinating communities operating peer-to-peer networks
- Able to provide clear and constructive feedback on less senior engineers’ PR’s, mentoring where necessary
- Ethereum infrastructure experience a bonus
Nice-to-have experience:
- Located in the UK or Eastern US or can operate in Greenwich Mean Time Zone
- Familiarity with current Ethereum operations and tooling (for inspiration)
- Passion for the web3 space
- Familiarity with other private blockchain technologies like ZCash
What we offer:
- A highly competitive compensation package (including equity)
- Flexible and remote work environment
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays annually
- An opportunity to work at the cutting edge of blockchain with a world class cryptography and engineering team
Aztec Labs is an equal opportunity employer and we value creativity, diversity, and intellectual curiosity. If you're passionate about leveraging your creative talents to make a real-world impact, and if you want to be part of a team that's shaping the future of digital privacy, then we would love to hear from you.
