Description:

Espresso Systems builds foundational infrastructure to power tomorrow’s internet, enabling digital assets to move across chains seamlessly.
The company is the lead developer of the Espresso Network, designed to provide rollups with fast, secure finality for transactions and seamless composability.
Espresso addresses the isolation and fragmentation of rollups within the Ethereum ecosystem by offering secure, real-time visibility into integrated chains.
The Espresso Network is live on mainnet and supports a growing ecosystem of interconnected chains.
The team consists of diverse contributors from various backgrounds, having raised approximately $60 million from leading investors.
As a Security Engineering Lead, you will lead security and auditing efforts for Espresso's codebase, focusing on EVM smart contracts and/or Rust distributed systems.
Responsibilities include leading security audits, organizing security efforts, coordinating with engineering teams, managing external auditing teams, and suggesting improvements to testing practices.

Requirements:

A solid grasp of software engineering principles, both low-level and high-level, particularly in distributed systems.
If focused on Rust, at least 1 year of experience writing Rust, especially with async Rust.
If focused on Solidity, multiple years of experience writing smart contracts and experience with smart contract security audits or formal verification.
Experience as an engineer or software architect in a security-critical industry.
Ability to articulate the stakes and challenges faced in building secure software and the processes taken to mitigate risks.
Experience as an auditor, pentester, QA tester, or similar roles.
A well-thought-out approach to testing software and designing it to be testable/auditable.
Ability to think adversarially and identify potential vulnerabilities in software.
Experience in the design and/or testing of distributed systems.
Comfort in exploring unknowns and asking questions.

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