WHY JOIN COMMUNITY LABS? 

Shape the internet’s future as a vital member of a passionate, innovative, and diverse team creating revolutionary products. Community Labs will unlock Arweave’s vast potential as a programmable decentralized storage layer by bringing powerful products to the world’s only permanent data storage network. Community Labs recently raised $30M to fund our protocol development, also covered by Bloomberg. 

WHAT IS COMMUNITY LABS? 

Community Labs (“CLabs” or “Company”) is a native software development company and venture studio focused on accelerating developer tools, use cases, and adoption of Arweave – a permanent storage blockchain. The Company is focused on developing foundational-level infrastructure for the next thousand founders and developers on Arweave. CLabs will develop products and tools in-house and support founders via the CLabs venture studio.

WHAT WILL YOU DO? 

As a Protocol Engineer you will work directly with the fellows and core team to execute on the engineering and product roadmap for the evolution of protocols and products at Community Labs.  

Your focus will include:

• Working with the core team to understand and shape the protocol vision and product strategy

• Leading the development of the protocol with guidance from the core team and executing on the product roadmap

• Work with the founder and core team to execute on the roadmap for one or more protocols 

• Learning the Arweave ecosystem and how our products can partner with different Arweave dApps and protocols

• Keep yourself up-to-date with the rapidly evolving Arweave ecosystem and drive changes in the protocol and the team

• Be a leader, know when to follow, and work autonomously inside a small high performing team

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? 

• You write high quality, well tested code, have a Github profile, and it will be a plus if you’ve gone through rapid growth in an early stage technology company

• Ability to work cross functionally with limited oversight to communicate progress, needs and blockers. You are the driving force behind the protocol’s development and success.

• Enjoy working on products with a B2C user base as well as B2B partnerships and integrations.

• Self-motivated, innovative, and proactive with the ability to take responsibility for projects and the willingness to learn and grow professionally in a team environment, as part of a small core team.

• You have a  foundation in blockchain or have contributed to a Web3 project.

• Excited about the possibilities of Arweave and the Permaweb.

• Understands the importance of needing simple user experiences and polished user interfaces for Web3 products.

• Enjoys doing a mix of front end and back end work.  

• Solid knowledge of computer science fundamentals: algorithms, data structures, databases, distributed systems, operating systems, networking, web applications, mobile applications and in particular Javascript, Typescript, and Node.js.

WHAT’S IT LIKE WORKING AT COMMUNITY LABS? 

• Collaborative, supportive, inclusive, and accessible environment that is open to new initiatives and ideas. 

• High-performing and ambitious team seeking to make a lasting impact on the way we democratize the internet. 

• Fast-paced, remote-first, and international organization where everyone is inspired by each other and grows together. 

HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE? 

• Competitive compensation

• Competitive benefits, including company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents, 401(k) contributions, generous PTO and leave, technology allowance, and other stipends. 

• Advancement and professional development opportunities.

This job may either be a full-time role, which includes health insurance and benefits listed above, or a contractor role with a 90 day contractor trial period to start.

Community Labs is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to apply, regardless of race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. If you believe that you are a good fit for this role, please apply below.