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Protocol Engineer (Injective Labs)

Injective Labs Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Remote

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Build, maintain, and test core components of the Injective blockchain protocol built on Cosmos-SDK, including the decentralized order book, trade execution coordinator, order matcher, and Layer-2 execution environment.
• Develop and optimize key blockchain infrastructure components such as consensus mechanisms, state management, and financial infrastructure applications.
• Write open-source Golang clients that enable direct user interaction with Injective’s protocol and smart contracts.
• Contribute to the research and development of new blockchain features and technologies to enhance the platform’s capabilities and scalability.
• Improve chain performance and scalability through kvstore optimization, processing logic enhancements, and order matching engine refinements.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including front-end developers, back-end developers, and QA engineers to deliver integrated blockchain solutions.
• Engage with external partners and open-source communities to expand and strengthen the Injective blockchain ecosystem.
• Work within a global, highly-skilled development team to brainstorm, write technical specifications, implement features, and conduct rigorous testing of DeFi modules.
• Ensure all protocol-level code adheres to high standards of security, performance, and maintainability in a production blockchain environment.
• Participate in technical discussions and documentation efforts to communicate complex blockchain concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Stay current with advancements in DeFi, DEX architectures, consensus algorithms, and interoperability protocols across Ethereum, Cosmos, and Solana.
• Contribute to the ongoing evolution of Injective’s proprietary DeFi primitives, including the world’s first fully on-chain order book.
• Maintain and extend the financial infrastructure that supports high-throughput, low-latency trading operations on a public blockchain.
• Apply strong computer science fundamentals in data structures, API design, and parallel processing to solve distributed system challenges.
• Actively identify performance bottlenecks and propose data-driven improvements to core protocol components.

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a Blockchain Engineer
• Prior experience working in trading or in an exchange
• Worked on at least two production Golang codebases that are reasonably large and performant
• Strong knowledge of Go idioms, libraries and parallel processing
• Strong knowledge of blockchain, DeFi & DEX concepts, consensus mechanisms, CosmWasm contract platform
• Strong knowledge of CS fundamentals such as data structures and API design

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and INJ token award
• Remote-friendly work environment with flexible hours
• Unlimited PTO
• Equipment and Home Office Stipend
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge blockchain technology in the finance industry
• Collaborative team culture with opportunities for professional growth and development
• Global team meet ups

Skills & Technologies

Remote

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About Injective Labs Inc.

Injective Labs Inc. is the core contributor to the Injective blockchain, an open, interoperable layer-1 network optimized for decentralized finance applications. The protocol supports spot, perpetual, futures, and options trading without centralized intermediaries, using on-chain order books and MEV-resistant batch auctions. Built with the Cosmos SDK and secured by Tendermint consensus, it offers cross-chain interoperability with Ethereum, IBC-enabled chains, and non-EVM networks. The company provides developer tools, APIs, and a token economics framework enabling governance, staking, and deflationary fee burns, fostering an ecosystem for permissionless exchange, lending, and derivatives markets.

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