Matter Labs
1-10 employees
blockchain-services
cryptocurrency
software-development
technology-information-and-internet
technology-information-and-media
About Matter Labs
an engineering team passionate about liberty, blockchain, and math. You might know us as humble creators of zkSync
5 days ago
Protocol Security Engineer
Full-time
Mid Level
Security Engineer
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Description
- Matter Labs builds private settlement infrastructure (Prividium) using zero-knowledge proofs for institutional finance.
- The Protocol Security Engineer will protect ZKsync's core components — smart contracts, ZK circuits, and blockchain nodes — by performing internal security reviews, threat modeling, adversary research, and participating in incident response.
- The role owns secure architecture and implementation for adopted protocol components, embeds secure-design practices across development teams, tracks industry exploits to convert lessons into system improvements, and applies modern AI systems to scale security operations.
- The position is a hands-on individual contributor role with broad license to identify and fix security gaps and will participate in security investigations often under time pressure.
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Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- Performance-based variable compensation with a defined annual target (may pay in ZK tokens or cash)
- Long-term token incentive paid in ZK tokens with new-hire grants vesting over four years and a one-year cliff
- Fully remote work (occasional travel to team gatherings and industry events)
- No geographic pay discounts applied
- Freedom & ownership culture: no time tracking where legally applicable and minimal bureaucracy