Wells Fargo
Senior Specialty Protocol Engineer
$119K–$224K
ISELIN, NJ +2 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Location
- ISELIN, NJ
CONCORD, CA
COLUMBUS, OH - Experience
- 4+ years in Specialty Software Engineering (or the stated equivalent); 3+ years in backend or systems programming; 6+ months with ECC; 1+ year with BFT consensus algorithms, P2P networking, and state replication.
About the job
Architects and builds a privacy-preserving digital asset settlement protocol, applying cryptography and distributed systems to support confidential, auditable institutional transactions.
What you'll do
- Develop a custom blockchain application and settlement engine using Go, Cosmos SDK, and CometBFT, including custom consensus extensions and state-machine design.
- Implement and optimize privacy-preserving cryptographic primitives and high-performance distributed operations.
- Build off-chain query and view-key mechanisms for permissioned regulatory auditing.
What they ask for
- 4+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, education.
- 3+ years of backend or systems programming experience, with expert-level proficiency in Go (Golang).
- 6+ months of experience with Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC).
- 1+ year of experience with BFT consensus algorithms, P2P networking, and state replication.
Nice to have
- Deep experience with Cosmos SDK and CometBFT, including building custom modules or modifying consensus logic.
- Experience with MPC or VSS schemes, Bulletproofs or Sigma protocols, Ristretto255 or gnark-crypto, or FinTech/payment systems/high-frequency trading.
Pay
$119,000.00 - $224,000.00 USD base salary
Tools
Go, Cosmos SDK, CometBFT (Tendermint), Pedersen Commitments, Bulletproofs (Range Proofs), ABCI++, MPC, Ristretto255
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