Lead Protocol Engineer (Go / Cryptography)

Wells Fargo

Closes in 7 days Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: IselinColumbus, OHConcord, CA
Salary: $159,000–$305,000 / yr
Posted: 17 days ago
Closes: Jun 19, 2026 (soon)
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Company is one of the largest banks in the United States, providing banking, investment, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance products and services nationwide. Industry: Banking & Financial Services

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TL;DR · Lead Protocol Engineer (Go / Cryptography)

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Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Specialty Software Engineer (Protocol Engineer) to join its innovative Digital Asset Platform team, focusing on solving regulatory compliance challenges in institutional finance. As a senior engineer, you will architect the core settlement engine using Go, Cosmos SDK, and CometBFT, implementing cryptographic primitives like Pedersen Commitments and Bulletproofs for privacy-preserving transactions. You’ll also customize ABCI++ extensions to enable secure multi-party computation and design a homomorphic encrypted KVStore state machine. Essential skills include expert-level proficiency in Go, experience with Elliptic Curve Cryptography, and knowledge of BFT consensus algorithms. Desired qualifications encompass deep expertise in Cosmos SDK, familiarity with MPC schemes, and the ability to translate complex mathematical proofs into efficient code. This role offers high technical autonomy and a significant impact on securing institutional transactions within a cutting-edge financial technology environment.

Skills

Go CosmosSDK CometBFT PedersenCommitments Bulletproofs MPC Ristretto255 gnark-crypto ABCI++ KVStore EllipticCurveCryptography P2PNetworking StateReplication DistributedSystems HighPerformanceEngineering AuditingInfrastructure ViewKeyMechanisms

What you'll do

Architect and build a custom blockchain application using Go, Cosmos SDK, and CometBFT.
Implement and optimize privacy-preserving cryptographic primitives like Pedersen Commitments and Bulletproofs.
Engineer custom ABCI++ extensions to implement an on-chain Multi-Party Computation mixing network.
Design a KVStore state machine for managing homomorphic encrypted balances in a distributed environment.
Optimize cryptographic operations for low latency and high throughput in the settlement engine.

What we're looking for

Expert-level proficiency in Go (Golang) with at least 3 years of backend or systems programming experience
Experience with Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), BFT consensus algorithms, P2P networking, and state replication
Deep understanding of Cosmos SDK and CometBFT, including custom module building and consensus logic modification
Ability to implement cryptographic primitives such as Pedersen Commitments and Bulletproofs in production-grade code
Experience with Multi-Party Computation (MPC) or Verifiable Secret Sharing (VSS) schemes
Strong background in translating mathematical specifications into functioning code for cryptographic implementations

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