Senior Distributed Systems Engineer (Infrastructure)

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This role is with our partner company that is actively hiring:
Caldera

Caldera enables dynamic, scalable blockchain experiences. Currently, dapps that are deployed to general-purpose blockchain compete with thousands of other applications for space on the network — this can lead to congestion and high fees or even network outages.

That’s where we come in. We’re building software that makes it easy for the most innovative blockchain applications to launch their own ultra-performant blockchains (rollups), enabling applications to own their ecosystem, scale to millions of users, and provide a superior user experience to their users.

We’re backed by some of the best investors in the valley and offer competitive pay, an equity grant in the company, and full benefits! Our team is primarily located in San Francisco, and work in-person from the Financial District.

We’re looking for an experienced senior systems engineer to help us build the future of blockchain scalability.

This is an ideal opportunity for an engineer who is already passionate about tackling problems in blockchain scalability, or looking to break into the blockchain engineering space. If you’re looking to work in a fast-paced, high-impact team and help shape the direction of our product and company, this position is for you.

We’re backed by some of the best investors in the valley and offer competitive pay, an equity grant in the company, and full benefits.

• Architect and develop backend systems to ensure the smooth operation of Caldera chains
• Improve our DevOps pipeline, enabling reliable and secure deployment of Caldera chains
• Increase the reliability of our infrastructure by continuously improving the observability stack
• Build highly reliable and performant RPC infrastructure designed to handle billions of requests per day

• Have 4+ years of engineering experience
• Have experience writing distributed systems in Go
• Have experience with cloud technologies, especially Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Helm
• Possess hands-on experience with cloud/infrastructure providers, including AWS, Vercel, and Cloudflare
• Are confident with performance optimization, identifying bottlenecks, and scalability concerns
• Have familiarity with observability tools like Grafana or Datadog

• Are familiar with how blockchains like Ethereum or Bitcoin work under the hood
• Are up-to-date with Ethereum scaling solutions such as sidechains or rollups
• Have an understanding of cryptography primitives, such as hash functions or digital signatures
• Have built Ethereum “dapps” before

If in doubt, please apply! We will find a place for great candidates, even if you feel that you don’t check all of the boxes 😀