The Role

We are seeking accomplished Research Engineers with a strong background in computer science to join our growing Research Team. As a Research Engineer, you will be responsible for working on various aspects of the complex system that Matter Labs is building, including security, performance, networking, hardware, programming languages, program correctness, and various aspects of applied cryptography related to zero-knowledge proofs.

You will be expected to have a strong interest in one of the areas listed above, as well as connections to both the academic community and industrial practice. While a PhD is preferred, it is not required.

What You'll Be Doing

• We expect you to work with both research scientists as well as with engineers and engineering managers to get what you produce deployed
• We expect you to be a member of the academic community and to read and possibly write papers, go to relevant conferences and workshops, etc., in order to stay abreast of the most recent developments as they happen

What We Look For in You

• A Masters or PhD in a relevant field such as Computer Science or related discipline is preferred
• Experience in one (or more) of the following areas: performance (distributed systems, language runtimes, networking stack), security, verification, cryptography and/or machine learning
• Ability to produce code that leads to industrial deployment
• In-depth knowledge of common algorithms, data structures, and their computational & memory complexities
• Applying scientific and engineering principles to the development of our products, technologies, and processes
• Experience in cryptography / high-load / protocols design will be a big advantage
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• English is your native language or you are completely fluent