Senior Protocol Engineer

About Allora Labs: Allora Labs' mission is to commoditize all forms of intelligence. Operating at the intelligence layer of the AI stack, we believe that building at the intersection of crypto and AI is the optimal path to achieving our mission.

As crypto-natives and ML experts with experience across leading Web3 projects, large finance companies, and large tech companies, our team combines deep blockchain knowledge with world-class technical capabilities. We're backed by top crypto venture funds and angel investors who share our vision for the future of digital ownership.

At Allora Labs, we nurture our people just as much as our products, providing an environment where top talent can thrive at the intersection of crypto and AI. Together, we're building the infrastructure to enable financial markets for anything. Join us as we shape the next frontier.

About the Role 

As a Senior Protocol Engineer, you'll work on the core protocol layer that underpins Allora's decentralized intelligence network. You'll contribute to protocol design, implement performance-critical systems, and collaborate closely with researchers and engineers to turn novel ideas into production-ready infrastructure. This role is for engineers who enjoy deep technical challenges, ambiguous problem spaces, and building systems that must be correct, resilient, and performant from day one.

• Designing improvements and new features: improving upon its incentive mechanisms, optimizing the capital and computational efficiencies, and generalizing its application.
• Writing Go code that improves the codebase by implementing ideas designed as above
• Preemptively assess all implications from every new decision made for the chain and every signal emitted by the chain. This includes but is not limited to economic, scalability, and usability concerns; anything that comprises an \"end-to-end ownership\" of the chain.
• Battling emergencies in the war room whenever key chain functionality has been impaired
• Collaborating with other teams to communicate chain functionality to maximize the value they can in turn offer others (e.g. to help inform how the indexing team should build new schemas for various applications)Participating in system architecture, protocol design, and decision-making to ensure security and minimize attack surface
• Keeping up-to-date with the latest developments in the Cosmos and broader crypto ecosystems, to always incorporate new best practices, techniques, and threat mitigations

• 2+ years in an adversarial, blockchain environment writing production-grade, protocol-level code including core chain source code or smart contracts4+ years writing production-grade, scalable GoShape rotator; Can read and speak in math and abstractions
• Expert understanding of common crypto-economic primitives
• Previous experience at a crypto project that successfully navigated at least one, full cycle while actively battling typical adversarial forces inherent to crypto i.e. you worked at a noteworthy protocol
• Deep problem-solving skills and comfort working in research-driven environments

• Experience building Cosmos SDK chains
• Exposure to machine learning systems or data-intensive infrastructure
• Is a notable presence on CT
• Prior start-up or early-stage company experience

Why Join Us

You'll work directly with senior leadership in a fast-moving, globally distributed company where clarity, trust, and execution matter. This is a role for someone who enjoys being a true partner, anticipating needs, creating order from chaos, and enabling leaders to operate at their best.

We value autonomy, ownership, and thoughtful communication. If you're energized by responsibility, discretion, and impact, we'd love to meet you

We are a remote-first, globally distributed team.

We hire based on talent and potential, regardless of location, and are committed to building an inclusive and respectful workplace.

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or disability.