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Transform global industries

A once-in-a-generation opportunity

The migration of assets and markets onchain is a seismic technology shift akin to when finance first moved online. Working at Chainlink Labs is your opportunity to build at the forefront of this shift and define the future of banking, global trade, and beyond.

With digital transformation accelerating in the financial sector, now is the perfect time to join Chainlink Labs. Work at the intersection of traditional finance and digital assets, building the infrastructure for market participants to embark on their journey towards the tokenized future.

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Angie Walker
Global Head of Capital Markets

Why Chainlink Labs?

As pioneers in the blockchain industry, we are in the early days of a technological shift with significant growth opportunities ahead. Joining us means becoming part of a team that is working towards redefining the way the world works. If you want to help transform industries, Chainlink Labs is the place for you.

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Remote-Only

100% remote means 100% ownership of your success

We build the future of decentralized tech from decentralized spaces. Chainlink Labs is a fully distributed company that provides the tools and resources you need to thrive in your remote work environment.

Benefits include a monthly co-working space stipend and a generous hardware allowance so you can build your ideal work-from-home setup. We trust our employees to deliver results autonomously. Our remote-first approach ensures that you have the flexibility to manage your work-life balance while contributing to groundbreaking projects.

Our key principles

Ownership

At Chainlink Labs, you own your journey. You'll shape your career trajectory while collaborating with the brightest minds in the industry. By tackling complex challenges, you become part of a meritocratic, high-growth environment that values and rewards your commitment. Take charge of your impact, knowing that your work not only advances your career but also drives real-world change.

Focus

We are committed to our mission with unwavering focus. By aligning our efforts with our key priorities, we ensure that every action contributes meaningfully to our goals. This focused approach enables us to drive significant impact and achieve excellence in all we do.

Dialogue

Open and continuous dialogue is essential in our collaborative environment. We value diverse perspectives and believe that constructive conversations lead to better decisions and stronger outcomes. This commitment to dialogue fosters a culture of mutual respect and continuous improvement.

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Our team

Who we are

At Chainlink Labs, we find a deep sense of purpose in what we do. We’re a global team of developers, academics, and financial industry experts with deep experience in cryptography, decentralized systems, game theory, and capital markets. Together we’re leveraging cutting-edge computer science research to build an industry-defining platform. We believe in the power of blockchain technologies to create a more economically fair world.

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Where do I fit?

Global expertise, one mission

Our team comes from a wide range of industries, including Web2, Web3, and capital markets. No matter where your journey started, at Chainlink Labs you’ll be challenged to leverage your experience to innovate the inevitable.

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Web2 professionals
Global expertise, one mission

For Web2 professionals

“Chainlink’s platform lets Web3 projects connect to Web2 systems like AWS and Meta.” – TechCrunch

Chainlink Labs offers Web2 professionals an exciting transition into Web3, the next generation of the Internet. We collaborate with industry giants like AWS, Google Cloud, Swift, Vodafone, ANZ, PwC, and many more to enable onchain finance and transform global trade, gaming, and other major sectors.

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Web3 natives
Global expertise, one mission

For Web3 natives

“The goal of Chainlink is to empower builders. We want to provide people the tools they need to take control of their economic future.” – Steve Ellis, Chainlink Co-Founder

We are at the cutting edge of the Web3 ecosystem. With partnerships alongside leading Web3 teams like Aave, Compound, GMX, Maker, and Synthetix, we're shaping the future of decentralized finance and enabling innovation in the space.

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Our advisors

Ari Juels
Ari Juels
Technical Advisor

Ari Juels is currently the Chief Scientist at Chainlink Labs. He is also the Weill Family Foundation and Joan and Sanford I. Weill Professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech, as well as a faculty member in the Computer Science department at Cornell University. He is a Co-Director of the Initiative for CryptoCurrencies and Contracts (IC3). Previously, he served as the Chief Scientist of RSA.

Eric Schmidt
Eric Schmidt
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Eric is the Chairman of Steel Perlot and previously served as Google’s Chief Executive Officer, where he grew the startup into one of the most important technology companies on the planet. Eric has served on the boards of Alphabet, Apple, Princeton University, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Mayo Clinic.

Farinaz Koush
Farinaz Koushanfar
Advisor

Farinaz Koushanfar is the Henry Booker scholar professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California San Diego, where she is the founding co-director of UCSD MICS (Center for Machine Intelligence, Computing, and Security). Her research is focused on automated holistic cross-layer co-design and optimization of Learning Algorithms, Security, and Privacy-Preserving Computing / Secure Multi-Party Computation.

Dan Boneh
Dan Boneh
Technical Advisor

Dan is a professor at Stanford University and the head of its Applied Cryptography Group. He has an h-index of 123 with over 100 publications and 87,000+ citations. Dan’s research focus includes cryptosystems with novel properties, cryptanalysis, and web security.

Jeff Weiner
Jeff Weiner
Advisor

Jeff built LinkedIn into the world’s largest professional network, currently serving as its executive chairman. He specializes in growing technology companies and mentoring top technology leaders, serving on various advisory boards including Intuit and DonorsChoose.

Tom Gonser
Tom Gonser
Advisor

Tom is the founder of DocuSign, the leading e-signature company that revolutionized digital contracts. He is a seasoned entrepreneur, executive, and board member who has created billions of dollars in enterprise value by enabling contracts to work over the Internet.

Balaji Srinivasan
Balaji Srinivasan
Advisor

Balaji was previously the CTO of Coinbase and a general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, where he helped the venture capital firm move into the blockchain industry. Balaji is also a co-founder and board member of Coin Center, the leading blockchain advocacy organization.

Fan Zhang
Fan Zhang
Advisor

Fan Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Yale University. His research aims to solve real-world security problems leveraging decentralized consensus (aka blockchains), cryptography, game theory, and even trusted execution environments (TEEs). He is the recipient of an NSF SaTC Frontier grant (co-PI), multiple Ethereum Academic Grant awards, a Flashbots Research Grant, a Sui Academic Research Award, a Yale Roberts Innovation Award, and an IBM Ph.D. Fellowship. He created Town Crier and DECO as part of his PhD at Cornell.