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Launch Legends

Internet Marketplace Platforms · Posted 18h ago

Senior Go Protocol Engineer, Cosmos SDK & IBC

Write the Go that runs a Cosmos-based Layer-1 chain, and build the tooling builders use

AnywhereAsyncAny country, as long as you like

Listed as remote with a global base, no country is required, and the cofounder team spans 25+ countries.

How long can you stay where you're going?
  • Equity in three ventures
  • THEO token allocation
  • Direct line to engineering leads

The role

Launch Legends is hiring a part-time equity cofounder to build Autheo's Cosmos SDK modules, IBC paths and DevHub tooling. It's hands-on Go engineering, with no cash salary and at least 20 hours a week.

What you'll do

  • 1Design, build and review Cosmos SDK modules for staking, fees, rewards and governance
  • 2Write deterministic state migrations and upgrade handlers, rehearsed on testnet
  • 3Own IBC paths end to end, including relayer operation
  • 4Build Go tooling for DevHub: CLIs, Protobuf/gRPC code generation, scaffolding
  • 5Run testnet nodes and validators with Kubernetes and Prometheus/Grafana monitoring

What they're looking for

Must-haves

  • Public Go code you wrote inside a blockchain codebase, with merged PRs
  • 5+ years of production Go, including concurrency and load debugging
  • Shipped Cosmos SDK module work on a public network
  • Hands-on IBC: channels, light clients or relayer operation
  • Developer tooling other engineers depend on, with a linked repo

Nice to have

  • Maintainer status on a public blockchain repository
  • EVM experience alongside Cosmos, such as Cosmos EVM or Solidity
  • Ethereum L2 or zk-rollup, wallet or signing infrastructure experience

Skills and platforms

  • Go
  • Cosmos SDK
  • IBC
  • Blockchain development
  • Protocol engineering
  • EVM
  • Distributed systems
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Protobuf
  • gRPC
  • Smart contracts
  • Cryptography

Perks

  • Equity in Launch Legends
  • Equity in Autheo
  • Equity in WFO Creator Network
  • Token allocations in the Autheo blockchain

The company

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Launch Legends

Internet Marketplace Platforms

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