Key responsibilities

📍Research and document the current chat and related app protocols implemented in the Status application 📍Design and specify new application protocols that use Waku, Codex and other IFT technologies; ensure the protocols are securely scalable and privacy-preserving. 📍Use a layered protocol approach that is mindful and explicit about what it requires, what it provides, under what threat models, and with what trade-offs. 📍Build PoCs to demonstrate the working of new or modified protocols in nimlang and JavaScript. 📍Liaise with the Waku research team to understand the Waku protocols and how to build secure applications using them. 📍Liaise with Status leadership to agree on properties for new protocols and related user-facing features. 📍Collaborate with the expert researchers within Vac and apply their specialised knowledge in cryptography and other related fields. 📍Collaborate with Waku test engineers to simulate and test behaviour of new and modified protocols

You will ideally have

📍A strong academic background with proven experience in applied research and translating research findings into user-facing products. 📍Excellent verbal and written skills, especially in interpreting and compiling new technical specification documents 📍Experience with off-the-shelf networking stacks such as libp2p 📍Familiarity with encryption and key exchange mechanisms 📍Experience with building end-to-end instant messaging protocols 📍Experience with low level/strongly typed languages (C/C++/Go/Rust) 📍A strong alignment to our mission: https://free.technology/ ; https://waku.org/about/