Job Description
The Specifications and Testing for the Ethereum Execution Layer (STEEL) team consists mainly of two projects: Ethereum Execution Layer Specification (EELS) and Ethereum Execution Specification Tests (EEST). The EELS project is responsible for the main Ethereum protocol reference specification written in Python, which aims towards replacing the yellow-paper specification and being a crucial aid to the EIP process in order to provide a prototyping framework for new updates. The EEST project is responsible for the Ethereum protocol reference tests, used by all clients to detect consensus issues during new hard-fork implementations and regressions. The team also supports testing efforts for the consensus-specs , takes care of maintaining and improving the tooling, frameworks, documentation and guidance required to facilitate the client developers with the consumption of the tests, which includes the EEST , the legacy ethereum/tests repository, and also integration tests in the form of various hive simulators.
About Ethereum Foundation
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) is a global non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Ethereum and related technologies and to do what is best for Ethereum’s long-term success.