vac-book/plan/vac-hiring-2023.md

Vac hiring

This is a consolidated view of open positions at Vac.

NOTE: Pending finalized state for what has been approved-approved-approved by PPG

Context

• Initial rough proposal https://notes.status.im/WkNEnXG5ThWhl2CFRx5u2A#
• Officially posted openings https://jobs.status.im/

SeM

NOTE: These percentages are somewhat arbitrary and mostly indicate what was previously the case; depending on who we find it will likely look different.

• Protocol Engineer (80% SeM - 20% RAD)
• Protocol Engineer (80% SeM - 20% AZEK) (backfill)
• Smart Contract / Tokeneconomics / Incentives Research (backfill)
• Protocol Research Engineer

ZK-VM

• zk Protocol Research Engineer (2)
• Compiler Engineer

AZEK

• Rust ZK Engineer (Zerokit lead)
• Full stack rapid prototype engineer
• (Partial) Protocol Engineer (20% AZEK - 80% SeM) (backfill)
• Grants etc (eqv to 1 FTE)

RAD

• Specifications editor (1)
• Specification editor (2)
• Academic Research Assistant / Project manager
• (Partial) Protocol Engineer (20% RAD - 80% SEM) (~backfill)

nwaku (overlap with Waku Product)

• Software Engineer (1)
• Software Engineer (2)
• FFI/Strong Systems Engineer
• (Possibly 1-2 backfills if some people move over to SeM focus)