We’re looking for an incredible senior 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 across silicon valley and the global blockchain ecosystem and offer competitive pay, an equity + token grant in the company, and full benefits.
About CalderaCaldera 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 already operate chains for a significant user base, and are eager to expand that operation with a sleek, performant team.
As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Caldera, you will:Own significant components of Caldera's core infrastructure
Architect, develop, and deploy blockchain infrastructure to ensure the smooth operation of existing Caldera chains, and expand offerings for new customers.
Expand and hone our DevOps pipeline, allowing blockchains to be deployed and operated reliably and securely
Continuously improving the observability stack for the services we provide
Maintain and enhance the security posture of our infrastructure in AWS and Kubernetes, and upwards in the stack for the apps we run.
Have 4+ years of engineering experience
Have experience writing backend services in Go or Typescript
Have experience with containerization, especially Kubernetes, Docker
Have strong experience with IaC tools such as Terraform, Helm
Hands-on experience with cloud / infrastructure and service providers, including AWS, Vercel, and Cloudflare
Keen eye for security, basic understanding of threat modeling and secure system architecture
Are confident with performance optimization, identifying bottlenecks and scalability concerns
Have familiarity with observability tools like Prometheus/Grafana or Datadog
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 😀
Skills Required
- 4+ years of engineering experience
- Experience writing backend services in Go or Typescript
- Experience with containerization, especially Kubernetes and Docker
- Experience with IaC tools such as Terraform and Helm
- Hands-on experience with cloud and infrastructure providers including AWS, Vercel, and Cloudflare
- Keen eye for security; basic understanding of threat modeling and secure system architecture
- Experience with performance optimization and identifying scalability bottlenecks
- Familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus/Grafana or Datadog
What We Do
It all started with a challenge. We were enthralled by blockchain technology and its potential to change everything on the internet, but saw that it was hampered by terrible performance. We recognized pretty early on that just attempting to make a single faster blockchain wasn’t the best solution. To truly reach web-scale on Ethereum, we would need to scale horizontally. In 2022, we launched Caldera. With our platform, projects can deploy a rollup with a single click, without an engineering team. We take care of deployment, customization, ongoing maintenance, and security, so projects can focus on building their vision. Today, Caldera is one of the fastest growing rollup ecosystems on Ethereum. We’ve empowered web3 teams to customize and launch over 60 high-performance rollups across a number of app categories, and projects have free reign to launch their rollup on Optimism, Arbitrum, ZKsync, and Polygon stacks. At present, the Caldera ecosystem comprises 1.7 million unique wallets holding over $800 million in TVL, with more than 60 million completed transactions. Some notable chains in our ecosystem include Manta Pacific, inEVM by Injective, ApeChain, Treasure, Plume Network, Towns, Kinto, RARI Chain, and Zero Network by Zerion. To learn more, visit www.caldera.xyz or follow us on X/Twitter at www.x.com/calderaxyz
