Research Intern
Chainlink Labs helped pioneer decentralized finance and now works with the world's largest financial institutions to enable transactions across the tokenized asset economy. It builds and operates the Chainlink platform, serving financial market infrastructures, asset managers, and top DeFi protocols.
About Chainlink Labs
Chainlink Labs is a company at the center of the shift of global finance onchain, working with financial market infrastructures, asset managers, and leading DeFi protocols. The company employs a world-class team of over 600 developers, researchers, and capital markets experts with deep experience in cryptography and decentralized systems, working toward building Chainlink into the global standard for onchain finance. Chainlink Labs operates a unified platform powering a global system of onchain finance across DeFi and TradFi, enabling significant transaction value across a multi-chain ecosystem, and has been battle-tested on mainnet for years with a strong security track record. Its clients and partners span capital markets, DeFi, gaming, and other major verticals, including partnerships with institutions such as ANZ Bank, DTCC, Swift, Sygnum, Fidelity International, and Fireblocks.
Skills
About the Role
You will work on research problems in applied cryptography, mechanism design, and distributed systems. You will identify short- and long-term research challenges, prototype and build solutions, transition innovations into production, and engage with technical communities and literature to guide practical research outcomes.
Requirements
- B.S. in computer science or equivalent professional experience
- Coursework in algorithms, data structures, and discrete mathematics
- Familiarity with the academic process and ability to engage with research literature
- Professional software development experience
- Preferred: advanced degree or coursework in applied or theoretical cryptography
- Preferred: knowledge of mechanism design and distributed systems
- Preferred: familiarity with Go or Rust
- Preferred: broad knowledge of blockchain technologies and smart contracts
- Familiarity with Go
- Familiarity with TypeScript
- Familiarity with Solidity
- Familiarity with Python
- Familiarity with LaTeX
- Familiarity with git
- Familiarity with Linux
Responsibilities
- Identify short- and long-term research challenges relevant to oracle systems
- Collaborate with engineering to transition research innovations into production
- Study, invent, and build cutting-edge oracle technologies
- Perform literature searches and synthesize academic research
- Monitor relevant technology ecosystems and participate in technical communities
