Senior Software Engineer, Low-Latency Systems (C++)

Monad Labs is the team building Monad, the performant and parallel EVM Layer-1 blockchain. We are a team of systems engineers and community builders who are on a mission to help crypto eat the world. After recently raising $225M in series A funding, led by Paradigm, we are growing our team.

The Role

Monad Labs is looking for strong C++ software engineers who enjoy solving challenging performance engineering and low-level optimization problems. Candidates with experience developing systems with lean memory and compute limits are an ideal match. You will be part of a small, deeply technical team, working on high-impact problems in a fast-paced environment. Although we are building a new blockchain, previous experience with crypto is not expected.

What You Will Do

• You’ll be optimizing a high-performance multithreaded stack-based VM, as well as ancillary functionality (disk I/O, computation metering, network)
• You’ll be identifying bottlenecks through profiling, and evaluate design choices for accelerating computation flow
• You’ll be designing and implementing architecture improvements
• You’ll contribute to team tooling, utilizing our tech stack:: C++, clang, LLVM, gdb, perf, unix, git

Who You Are

• You have at least 5 years of C++ development experience
• You have significant experience in HFT or embedded systems development, such as writing software for packet processing, communication, codecs, robotics, etc.
• You have excellent instincts for software architecture, memory management, and performance optimization/profiling tools
• You have a bachelor’s in Computer Science or equivalent
• You are opinionated about software architecture
• You are motivated to push the limits of system performance through repeated optimization
• You are interested in building high-value fault-tolerant distributed systems

Why Work With Us

• Challenging problems. You’ll work on extremely challenging problems with massive impact.
• Huge opportunity. The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) standard is ubiquitous, but existing EVM-compatible chains are very slow. Monad’s core innovations offer developers the best of both worlds (portability and performance) and are a game-changer for mass user adoption in crypto.
• The right team. You’ll be part of a small, exceptional team (bios here).
• Culture. We’re a lean team working together to achieve very ambitious goals. We are united in our culture of collaboration, low egos, and high-quality outputs. As an early member of our team, you’ll help continue to shape our culture.
• Compensation. You’ll receive a competitive salary and equity package.
• Resources and growth. We’re well-capitalized, with backing from leading venture funds like Paradigm, Electric Capital, Greenoaks, Dragonfly, and Coinbase Ventures. We keep a lean team, and this is a rare opportunity to join. You’ll learn a lot and grow as our company scales.

Salary and Benefits

Minimum full-time salary of $200,000.  (**This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary; a final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience, domain expertise, and geographic location.)

Monad Labs’ benefits for US-based full-time employees include medical, dental, and vision insurance (100% coverage for employees); unlimited and encouraged paid time off; monthly mental health and fitness stipend; paid parental leave; and 10 company-observed holidays.