What is Polygon Labs?
Polygon Labs develops Ethereum scaling solutions for Polygon protocols. Polygon Labs engages with other ecosystem developers to help make available scalable, affordable, secure and sustainable blockchain infrastructure for Web3. Polygon Labs has initially developed a growing suite of protocols for developers to gain easy access to major scaling solutions, including layer 2s (zero-knowledge rollups and optimistic rollups), sidechains, hybrid chains, app-specific chains, enterprise chains, and data availability protocols. Scaling solutions that Polygon Labs initially developed have seen widespread adoption with tens of thousands of decentralized apps, unique addresses exceeding 225 million, over 1.2 million smart contracts created and 2.56 billion total transactions processed since inception. The existing Polygon network is home for some of the biggest Web3 projects, such as Aave, Uniswap, and OpenSea, and well-known enterprises, including Robinhood, Stripe and Adobe. Polygon Labs is carbon neutral with the goal of leading Web3 in becoming carbon negative.
Job Summary
As a Senior member of the Solutions Engineering team at Polygon Labs, you will be on the bleeding edge of zero knowledge technology working with developers ranging from large web2 brands to existing blockchains that are looking to become a zk-enabled L2. You will enable the implementation provider ecosystem that will be an integral part of unlocking the future vision of Polygon 2.0.
Key Job Responsibilities
Serving as one of the primary technical contact points for third party developers, you’ll be constantly tapping into your deep blockchain knowledge and expert customer relationship management abilities.
Technical Expertise:
* Serve as a subject matter expert on our appchain products, specifically the CDK tech stack leveraging zero-knowledge technology.
* Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to provide innovative solutions and level up the team on the evolving zk-tech landscape
* Deep dive into various Polygon blockchain solutions and communicate technical details to various non-technical stakeholders.
Customer Engagement & Solution Design:
* Build and foster technical relationships with developers to understand specific developer challenges and identify solution opportunities within the broader industry.
* Develop and architect customized blockchain solutions with detailed technical proposals, diagrams and documentation.
Collaboration:
* Work closely with teams across business development, developer success, and engineering to ensure optimal solutions are being designed.
* Identify opportunities to build deeper relationships with the engineering team and establish processes that facilitate knowledge sharing between teams.
A Day in the Life
You’re a force multiplier for zero-knowledge app chain technology within the Polygon network. You can expect to be working closely with the engineering team to level up on our Polygon 2.0 technical roadmap. You’ll use that knowledge to enable implementation providers within the Polygon Ecosystem to deliver the world class zero-knowledge technology to our clients.
About the Team
The Solutions Engineering team is the core of the machine that helps developers build successful products on top of the Polygon blockchain tech stack. Our main objectives center around Polygon’s pillar of scalability. Specifically for us, we are scaling our ability to empower developers to build using the Polygon tech stack. Our success has a direct impact on making zero-knowledge blockchain technology accessible to everyone .
You’ll be a great fit for the team if the following values resonate for you:
* Show – Don’t Tell: We understand how our solutions work, in addition to what they do. We aren’t afraid to get our hands dirty to dig into Polygon codebases, learn about new EIPs and demonstrate how they can benefit the greater ecosystem.
* Be the Customer: Build deep trust-filled relationships with engineering teams to proactively address problems.
* It’s too dangerous to go alone: Working on the bleeding edge of technology, we go down rabbit holes to learn and deliver our value. However, we are a team and our ability to succeed is dependent on our ability to collectively learn. We empower each other and level each other up as we go on this journey
What you’ll need
Required Qualifications
* Proven experience in a similar role within the tech industry.
* Experience in technical client-facing roles.
* Deep understanding of blockchains, and decentralized technology infrastructure.
* Proven record to thrive in ambiguity Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills in English
* 5+ years of experience with golang, or a similar statically typed language.
* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
Preferred Qualifications
* Familiarity with EVM execution layer.
* Familiarity with other EVM based tech stacks and their architecture.
* Familiarity with zero-knowledge blockchain architectures.
* Technical experience within the blockchain industry
* Experience working with deployment automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible
* Experience operating, maintaining, and debugging live blockchains.
* Experience mentoring and growing others.
Polygon Labs Perks
The goal of the Polygon Labs total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan includes, the following benefits:
Remote first global workforce
Industry leading Medical, Dental and Vision health insurance fully covered for each employee*
Company matching 401k with 6% match*
$1,500 Home Office Set Up Allowance (life-time max)
$2,000 Annual Employee Development Program
$200 Annual Book Allowance Program
Internet or phone reimbursement
Generous & flexible PTO and country-specific holidays
1 company wide wellness Friday day off per quarter
Company issued laptop
Employee Assistance Programs
*In certain countries medical, dental and vision is fully covered for any dependents. This is country and plan specific.
*401k is for United States Employees only
Polygon Labs is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Polygon Labs is committed to treating all people in a way that allows them to maintain their dignity and independence. We believe in integration and equal opportunity. Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process and applicants with a disability may request to be accommodated throughout the recruitment process. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their individual accessibility needs.
If you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.
