Systems Engineer
About the Role
You will design and implement core blockchain systems focused on security, scalability, and decentralization. You will operate and maintain a large node network, optimize throughput and performance, profile and debug low-level code, prototype research ideas, and coordinate engineering work and incident responses, including off-hour emergencies.
Requirements
- Bachelor degree in computer science with specialization in kernel data structures or compilers
- 3 to 5 years of professional experience including at least 1 year of startup experience
- Ability to work full-time onsite five days per week in Palo Alto California and handle off-hour emergencies
- Exceptional communication and people skills
Responsibilities
- Develop blockchain systems with high security scalability and decentralization
- Operate and maintain a large network of nodes and manage on-chain assets
- Optimize system throughput to support very high request rates with cost constraints
- Prototype and implement research-driven features and performance improvements
- Debug and profile low-level code including hexadecimal-level analysis
- Coordinate asynchronously with engineers and write technical updates
- Respond to off-hour emergencies and on-call incidents
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders