Senior Protocol Engineer
Employment: Full-time via MLabs
Engagement: Contracted to a UAE-based enterprise blockchain / fintech client
Location: Remote (Eastern Europe / MENA / India preferred)
MLabs is hiring a Senior Protocol Engineer to contribute to the core infrastructure of a custom Layer-1 blockchain ecosystem supporting enterprise-grade financial systems.
You will work at the protocol layer, contributing to consensus mechanisms, node architecture, networking, and system-level performance. This role requires deep distributed systems expertise and hands-on experience working on blockchain infrastructure rather than application-layer smart contracts.
The ideal candidate is comfortable operating in performance-critical, security-sensitive environments and contributing to protocol evolution discussions.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement core blockchain protocol components
- Contribute to consensus performance, scalability, and reliability improvements
- Optimize node performance and system-level efficiency
- Work on P2P networking and state synchronization mechanisms
- Identify and mitigate protocol-level vulnerabilities
- Collaborate with smart contract, infrastructure, and backend teams
- Participate in architecture reviews and protocol evolution discussions
Requirements