Research Internship
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Research intern at Chainlink Labs. Focus on blockchain and decentralized systems. Requires strong academic background in computer science or related field.
AS SEEN IN
Global finance is moving onchain. Chainlink Labs is at the center of this massive shift, working with everyone from financial market infrastructures to asset managers to top DeFi protocols. We’re a world-class team of over 600 developers, researchers, and capital markets experts with deep experience in cryptography and decentralized systems and a singular vision to build Chainlink into the global standard for onchain finance.
Chainlink by the numbers
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Transaction value enabled by the Chainlink Platform across the multi-chain ecosystem
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Ecosystem projects across capital markets, DeFi, gaming, and other major verticals
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Years battle-tested on mainnet with an impeccable security track record
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Unified platform powering a global system of onchain finance across DeFi and TradFi
Our advisors
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
Advisor
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 Koushanfar
Technical 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
Technical Advisor
Dr. Boneh is a professor of Computer Science at Stanford University where he heads the applied cryptography group and co-directs the Center for Blockchain Research. Dr. Boneh's research focuses on applications of cryptography to blockchains and to computer security. He is the author of over 200 publications in the field, and is a recipient of the 2014 ACM prize and the 2013 Godel prize. In 2016 he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
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
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.
Christian Cachin
Technical Advisor
Christian Cachin is a professor of computer science at the University of Bern, where he has led the Cryptology and Data Security Research Group since 2019. He worked for IBM Research for more than 20 years. He is an ACM Fellow, IEEE Fellow, recipient of multiple IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Awards, and has also served as the president of the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) from 2014-2019.
Mike Reiter
Technical Advisor
Michael Reiter is a James B. Duke distinguished professor in the departments of Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering at Duke University. He has been recognized as a Fellow of the ACM and IEEE and received the ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award for his research contributions in computer security and fault-tolerant distributed computing.
Fan Zhang
Technical 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.
We have the chance to become the way the world operates as it transitions into the blockchain format. We have gotten to this point through seven years of very hard work, together with some of the smartest people in the world.
Sergey Nazarov
Co-Founder, Chainlink
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What they require
- Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
- Strong academic background and a passion for blockchain technology and decentralized systems.
- Familiarity with programming concepts and a desire to learn new technologies.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
Benefits
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge blockchain technology.
- Mentorship from experienced researchers and engineers.
- Gain practical experience in a fast-growing industry.
- Flexible work environment.
Chainlink is the industry-standard oracle platform bringing the capital markets onchain and powering the majority of decentralized finance (DeFi). The Chainlink stack provides data, interoperability, compliance, and privacy standards for blockchain use cases including institutional tokenized assets, lending, payments, and stablecoins.