Zk Engineer / R&D Lead

About Fluent

Fluent’s mission is to make programming for Ethereum as seamless as programming for the web.

To that end, we are building a permissionless, credibly neutral L2 blockchain on Ethereum that supports general-purpose smart contract execution with apps written in Solidity and traditional programming languages. It will also provide settlement, proof aggregation and messaging between custom state machines. Fluent will be powered by the zkWasm VM (Fluent VM) and framework (Fluentbase), and will enable the creation of novel apps previously impractical using blockchain-based infrastructure.

On a personal level, we believe in authenticity, empathy, transparency, clear communication, healthy skepticism and kindness. We’re ambitious, want to make an impact on the world, but we don’t take ourselves TOO seriously 🙃.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and optimize circuits for rWASM virtual machine and runtime extensions.
• Research new zk solutions and integrate them into the Fluent proving system.

Requirements

• Familiarity with Halo2 and/or other frameworks.
• Experience in different proving schemes.
• Understanding of different virtual machines (especially Wasm).

Our benefits include competitive compensation, early-stage equity allocations, team outings, wellness stipends, 401k with employer matching (for US employees), and unlimited PTO.

Fluent Labs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sexual orientation, gender or any other status protected under federal, state or local law.