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About Protocol Labs

Protocol Labs drives breakthroughs in computing to push humanity forward. Protocol Labs is a product-development lab, but behind the protocols and tools we build, behind the research and implementations, are passionate people, teammates, and community members. Most teams in the Protocol Labs Network are fully distributed and work remotely around the world. Engineers, researchers, and operators work in the open to improve the internet — humanity's most important technology — as we explore new advances at the intersection of many exciting fields (web3, cryptography, networks, distributed systems) and cultures (startups, research, open-source, distributed work).

About Filecoin and Lotus
Filecoin is a crypto based distributed storage network that aims to store humanity’s most valuable information. The Filecoin network uses advanced cryptography to store over 15 exabytes of data, and prove its continued storage every day! Lotus is the Go-based reference implementation of the Filecoin protocol, and the Lotus miner handles the process of receiving, storing, and proving those 15 exabytes of data!

General Manager, IPFS Implementations
Protocol Labs Remote
About Protocol Labs Protocol Labs is a network of over 450 open-source teams, projects, and organizations.  These teams are focused on researching, developing, and deploying network protocols with a common goal to drive breakthroughs in computing to push humanity forward. The Protocol Labs Network is fully decentralized and comprises many projects building on top of network native technologies, such as IPFS, IPLD, Filecoin, and libp2p. Key Summary Steward team strategy, cross-project relationships, and funding for critical implementations and tools in the IPFS ecosystem like Kubo , Boxo , Helia , Desktop , Companion , the ipfs.io HTTP gateway , and probelab.io .  You are both the “captain” charting the course and “ground control” responsible for the team’s funding and operations. About IPFS IPFS is making the web work peer to peer with content addressing so content can be verified independent of the provider or transport method.  IPFS is a collection...

Sep 16, 2023
Senior Software Engineer, FIL-Infra
Protocol Labs Remote
What is Protocol Labs?  Protocol Labs is a network of over 450 open-source teams, projects, and organizations.  These teams are focused on researching, developing, and deploying network protocols with a common goal to drive breakthroughs in computing to push humanity forward. The Protocol Labs Network is fully decentralized and comprises many projects building on top of network native technologies, such as IPFS, IPLD, Filecoin, and libp2p. If you are interested in being a part of the most innovative decentralized network in the world, we would love to hear from you! What we're looking for We are looking for an engineer that can contribute toward the design, implementation and optimization of cloud native and on-premise infrastructure toward supporting PL and its partners with access for Filecoin/FVM network. You are an infrastructure-oriented software engineer who can contribute toward the design, implementation and maintenance of tools, while driving software...

Sep 12, 2023
Network Role - Developer Relations
Protocol Labs Remote
***This role is not for direct PL employment but for our PL Network portfolio of companies.  Please read below to find out more about our innovative PL Network*** About the Protocol Labs Network The recruiting team is supporting the Protocol Labs Network (PLN) -- a community of open source teams, projects, and organizations focused on researching, developing, and deploying network protocols to improve humanity’s most influential technology, the Internet. These Web3 teams and organizations are supported by the PL Ventures team through grants and investments – think of it as a VC + crypto fund model. As this ecosystem grows, these projects invest in the network itself, and the network grows along with it, which in turn benefits and incentivizes this ongoing evolution of Web2 to Web3. PLN is made up of 450+ projects, companies, and organizations.  To note, this job posting is for the community of external companies inside of the PLN and is not for direct Protocol Labs...

Sep 06, 2023
Network Role - Infrastructure Engineer
Protocol Labs Remote
***This role is not for direct PL employment but for our PL Network portfolio of companies.  Please read below to find out more about our innovative PL Network*** About the Protocol Labs Network The recruiting team is supporting the Protocol Labs Network (PLN) -- a community of open source teams, projects, and organizations focused on researching, developing, and deploying network protocols to improve humanity’s most influential technology, the Internet. These Web3 teams and organizations are supported by the PL Ventures team through grants and investments – think of it as a VC + crypto fund model. As this ecosystem grows, these projects invest in the network itself, and the network grows along with it, which in turn benefits and incentivizes this ongoing evolution of Web2 to Web3. PLN is made up of 450+ projects, companies, and organizations.  To note, this job posting is for the community of external companies inside of the PLN and is not for direct Protocol Labs...

Sep 06, 2023
Network Role - Distributed Systems Software Engineer
Protocol Labs Remote
***This role is not for direct PL employment but for our PL Network portfolio of companies.  Please read below to find out more about our innovative PL Network*** About the Protocol Labs Network The recruiting team is supporting the Protocol Labs Network (PLN) -- a community of open source teams, projects, and organizations focused on researching, developing, and deploying network protocols to improve humanity’s most influential technology, the Internet. These Web3 teams and organizations are supported by the PL Ventures team through grants and investments – think of it as a VC + crypto fund model. As this ecosystem grows, these projects invest in the network itself, and the network grows along with it, which in turn benefits and incentivizes this ongoing evolution of Web2 to Web3. PLN is made up of 450+ projects, companies, and organizations.  To note, this job posting is for the community of external companies inside of the PLN and is not for direct Protocol Labs...

Sep 06, 2023
Executive Director, FIL+
Protocol Labs Remote
About Protocol Labs Protocol Labs drives breakthroughs in computing to push humanity forward. Protocol Labs is the research-product-development lab behind the protocols widely used in the Web3 ecosystem, such as IPFS, libp2p, IPLD, NFT.storage, Filecoin, GossipSub, drand and many more.  This role is focused on the Filecoin ecosystem, a decentralized storage platform, where we are seeking an experienced leader to come in and lead a new entity being spun out of Protocol Labs.    Role This Executive Director will play a pivotal role in managing and leading a significant community governance program as an independent entity in the Filecoin ecosystem. They will be responsible for cultivating a strong, engaged, and vibrant community that collaborates effectively with the development teams and other relevant stakeholders. The ideal candidate is a highly skilled communicator, a diplomatic problem-solver, and an inspiring leader capable of navigating through conflicts and...

Aug 22, 2023
Software Engineer, Saturn
Protocol Labs Remote
About Protocol Labs Protocol Labs drives breakthroughs in computing to push humanity forward. Protocol Labs is a product-development lab, but behind the protocols and tools we build, behind the research and implementations, are passionate people, teammates, and community members. Most teams in the Protocol Labs Network are fully distributed and work remotely around the world. Engineers, researchers, and operators work in the open to improve the internet — humanity's most important technology — as we explore new advances at the intersection of many exciting fields (crypto, networks, distributed systems) and cultures (startups, research, open source, distributed work). Enthusiasm about the decentralized web and blockchains has brought an influx of people who want to use distributed systems but who don't know how to build the necessary infrastructure. We are building that infrastructure. To continue that work, we're looking for people who thoroughly understand the principles of...

Aug 19, 2023