• B.S. in computer science or equivalent professional experience along with coursework in algorithms and data structures and discrete math
• Familiarity with academic process and ability to engage with existing literature on relevant research topics, e.g. by performing literature searches and comprehending papers in a wider context
• Professional software development experience is required

Desirable

• Chainlink Labs is seeking Research Interns to support its mission of building the world’s most secure and flexible decentralized oracle technologies.
• Research Engineers will work directly with top domain experts in applied cryptography, mechanism design (cryptoeconomics), distributed systems, and other disciplines to identify and solve key research challenges and build production solutions that keep Chainlink at the forefront of oracle system deployment and fuel the success of the smart contract ecosystem
• Working with Chainlink core engineering to identify short- and long-term research challenges critical to the company’s success and to transition innovations from Chainlink Labs into production
• Working with research scientists and technical advisors to study, invent, and build cutting-edge oracle technologies for the benefit of the company and community
• Staying abreast of the evolution of relevant technology ecosystems and participating in relevant technical communities for more effective application development and to guide research toward practical and impactful work
• We use Go, Typescript, Solidity, Python, LATEX, git, and Linux/Unix