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Distributed Systems Researcher (Blockchain) @ Status
Today - This role is dedicated to applied research. In our initial phases, we are dedicated to understanding and leveraging the state-of-the-art, while in future phases we will advance it.
- Primarily, the researcher will contribute to the design of new architectural solutions, as well as evaluate the work of other members of the team.
- Design, specify and verify distributed systems by leveraging formal and experimental techniques.
- Build proof of concepts and prepare executable specifications for the development team.
- Regularly going through papers, bringing new ideas and staying up-to-date.
- Conducting theoretical and practical analysis of the performance of distributed systems.
- Collaborating with both internal and external contributors.
- Presenting research results both internally and externally (internal documents, blog posts and presentations).
- Strong background in Computer Science and Math, or a related area.
- Distributed Systems experience with a focus on Blockchain.
- Coding experience.
- Deep knowledge of algorithms.
- Experience in analyzing the correctness of distributed systems.
- Comfortable with “reverse engineering” code in a number of languages including Java, Go, Rust, etc. If no experience in these languages, the ability to read and understand code of other projects is useful to understand other real-world systems.
- Keen communicator, eager to share your work in a wide variety of contexts, like internal and public presentations, blog posts and academic papers.
- Passionate about blockchain technology in general.
- A strong alignment to our principles
- Experience working for an open-source organization.
- PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related area.
- Track record of scientific publications.
- Interview with our People Ops team
- Interview with Team Lead
- Interview with Team Member
- Interview with Program Lead
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Software Engineer Distributed Systems Testing @ Status
Today - Design and implement network simulation tools and solutions to validate the functionality and performance of distributed systems.
- Run, analyze, and report on small-scale simulations to test the behavior of a specific protocol change or software implementation, or to simulate a type of attack on the Waku clients.
- Own, maintain and improve the waku-simulator framework to enable running local simulations of the Waku network.
- Work closely with Waku engineers and researchers to help design and analyze simulations needed to validate assumptions.
- Assist engineers by conducting ad-hoc regression testing, reproducing bugs, and testing bug fixes.
- Be the point of contact within the Waku team for the the Vac/DST (Distributed System Test) Team who is in charge of large scale simulations and QA activities.
- Pre-empt and plan small scale simulations to study the behaviour of Waku clients, identify potential bottlenecks and performance optimization, then handover to DST for large scale simulation to confirm findings.
- Foresee, and help plan and execute any other testing activities that helps ensure the production readiness of Waku, including secure scaling.
- Help provide visibility on testing and simulation output, to ensure that the wider Waku ecosystem is informed of the expected performance of the Waku protocol and software.
- A passion for blockchain technology, privacy-preserving technology and decentralization.
- Solid experience with scripting languages (Python, Shell) and a systems language like Rust, C++, Nim, Go.
- Strong foundation in networks and system programming.
- Working knowledge of Docker and POSIX-like systems.
- Algorithm design skills.
- Have a strong alignment to our principles
- Call with Talent
- Interview with Waku Research team member or lead
- Take home task (paid)
- Interview with another Waku Research team member or Lead to present home task and discuss further
- Interview with Waku Lead
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Rollup Engineer @ Flashbots
6d - Develop a comprehensive understanding of the PBS design space and the Ethereum L2 ecosystem, along with the unique challenges and features of individual rollups
- Collaborate closely with rollups on the decentralization of their sequencers
- Research, develop, and evaluate L2 PBS designs, MEV-Boost on L2, and L2 MEV auctions
- Explore potential paths toward enshrined PBS in collaboration with Ethereum Foundation, the community, and the broader ecosystem
- Experience with Ethereum consensus, and consensus protocols more broadly
- Familiarity with L2 technologies and platforms, such as Optimistic Rollups and zk-rollups
- A strong background in distributed systems, cryptography, and network protocols
- Familiarity with multiple programming languages, including but not limited to Golang, Rust, and Solidity
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently and make critical decisions under pressure
- A genuine interest in blockchain consensus designs and the challenges they present
- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in a remote environment
- Works within Asian, African, or European time zones
- Competitive salary
- Significantly above market rate equity compensation package
- Unlimited PTO with a high level of freedom and autonomy for your work
- Attractive health cover package for US employees
- Yearly budget for your individual learning and development goals
- Work alongside the brightest minds in the crypto space
- Help build the future of blockchain technology
- Remote working – travel and work from anywhere in the world
- Paid travel – team on-sites in different parts of the world, several times a year
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Distributed Systems Engineer @ Nethermind
21d - R&D working culture
- Designing and building distributed and fault-tolerant systems
- An appreciation of scalable, high availability and low latency architectures
- Implementing networking layer and P2P protocols
- Processing and management of large data sets with strict real-time performance requirements
- Optimizing software performance
- Opportunity to work with the top software engineers and research professionals to solve the toughest technical challenges
- Working with the latest tools and technologies
- Troubleshooting
- Ability to implement efficient algorithms and design complex data structures
- Excellent programming skills, C# or Rust or GO preferred but will also consider other tech stacks (e.g. Java, C++)
- An understanding of good software architecture
- Ability to write clean, testable and maintainable code without over-engineering
- An entrepreneurial nature, willing to take ownership and run towards problems
- Several years of experience in software development
- Strong computer science background
- A fascination with the inner working of blockchains
- Distributed networks (P2P)
- Performance and memory optimisations
- Blockchain / EVM / TransactionPool / JSON RPC
- Complex data structures, for example; Patricia-Merkle/Verkle tries
- NoSQL Key Values databases for example; RocksDB
- Cryptography
- Building of Ethereum client from scratch
- Implementation of Snap Sync protocol that improves the speed of Ethereum node synchronization over the network
- The Merge – implementation and migration from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake
- Performance improvements to an internal virtual machine (EVM)
- Improvements to memory management
- Design and implementation of efficient and robust data stores and caching
- Libp2p implementation in C#
- Fully remote
- Flexible working hours
- Plus equity
Status is hiring a
Distributed Systems Researcher (Blockchain) 
About Status
Status is building the tools and infrastructure for the advancement of a secure, private, and open web3.
With the high level goals of preserving the right to privacy, mitigating the risk of censorship, and promoting economic trade in a transparent, open manner, Status is building a community where anyone is welcome to join and contribute.
As an organization, Status seeks to push the web3 ecosystem forward through research, creation of developer tools, and support of the open source community.
As a product, Status is an open source, Ethereum-based app that gives users the power to chat, transact, and access a revolutionary world of DApps on the decentralized web. But Status is also building foundational infrastructure for the whole Ethereum ecosystem, including the Nimbus ETH 1.0 and 2.0 clients, the Keycard hardware wallet, and the Waku messaging protocol (a continuation of Whisper).
As a team, Status has been completely distributed since inception. Our team is currently 150+ core contributors strong, and welcomes a growing number of community members from all walks of life, scattered all around the globe.
We care deeply about open source, and our organizational structure has minimal hierarchy and no fixed work hours. We believe in working with a high degree of autonomy while supporting the organization’s priorities.
About Logos
A group of Status Contributors is also involved in a new community lead project, called Logos, and this particular role will enable you to also focus on this project.
Logos is a grassroots movement to provide trust-minimized, corruption-resistant governing services and social institutions to underserved citizens.
Logos’ infrastructure will provide a base for the provisioning of the next generation of governing services and social institutions - paving the way to economic opportunities for those who need them most, whilst respecting basic human rights through the network’s design.
You can read more about Logos here: A Declaration of Independence for mindful readers like yourself.
Logos Blockchain Infra Team
We are building the foundation used by other projects at Logos technology. We are researching consensus algorithms, Multi-Party Computation techniques, ZKPs and other cutting-edge technologies with the aim to take the blockchain to the next level of security, decentralization and scalability, with a special focus on privacy as a fundamental right. We are currently in a research phase, working with models and simulations. In the near future, we will start implementing the research. You will have the opportunity to participate in developing -and improving- the state of the art of blockchain technologies, as well as turning it into a reality.
Key Responsibilities
Ideally, you will have
[Don’t worry if you don’t meet all of these criteria, we’d still love to hear from you anyway if you think you’d be a great fit for this role!]
Bonus points
Hiring process
Compensation
We are happy to pay in any mix of fiat/crypto.
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Status is hiring a
Software Engineer Distributed Systems Testing
About Status
Status is building the tools and infrastructure for the advancement of a secure, private, and open web3.
With the high level goals of preserving the right to privacy, mitigating the risk of censorship, and promoting economic trade in a transparent, open manner, Status is building a community where anyone is welcome to join and contribute.
As an organization, Status seeks to push the web3 ecosystem forward through research, creation of developer tools, and support of the open source community.
As a product, Status is an open source, Ethereum-based app that gives users the power to chat, transact, and access a revolutionary world of DApps on the decentralized web. But Status is also building foundational infrastructure for the whole Ethereum ecosystem, including the Nimbus ETH 1.0 and 2.0 clients, the Keycard hardware wallet, and the Waku messaging protocol (a continuation of Whisper).
As a team, Status has been completely distributed since inception. Our team is currently 150+ core contributors strong, and welcomes a growing number of community members from all walks of life, scattered all around the globe.
We care deeply about open source, and our organizational structure has minimal hierarchy and no fixed work hours. We believe in working with a high degree of autonomy while supporting the organization’s priorities.
About Waku
We are building Waku as a public good infrastructure. Waku is uncompromising Web3 communication at scale. It is a decentralized, censorship-resistant, privacy-preserving communication network that enables anyone to send and receive messages without worrying about surveillance or deplatforming.
We are enabling Ethereum builders to create new projects with a fully decentralized architecture, think dApp to Wallet notifications, NFT marketplaces, censorship-resistant chat, layer-2 and more.
Waku enables a variety of complex use cases and applications. To facilitate the adoption of Waku, you will design and implement application protocols to provide to dapp developers as off-the-shelf SDKs.
Key responsibilities:
You ideally will have:
Hiring process:
Compensation:
We are happy to pay in any mix of fiat/crypto.
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Flashbots is hiring a
Rollup Engineer
About the Role
Flashbots is seeking a talented backend engineer to join our team in exploring proposer-builder-separation (PBS) on Ethereum Layer 2. Your deep understanding of Ethereum, Rollups, and MEV auction will be vital to this role as we work towards enshrining PBS and decentralizing L2 sequencers.
Note: We are prioritizing candidates who can work within Asian, African, or European time zones for this role.
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Qualifications
About Flashbots
Flashbots started in 2020 as a research and development organization formed to mitigate the negative externalities and existential risks posed by Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) to smart-contract blockchains, starting with Ethereum. We build products to maximally decentralize public blockchains, redistribute MEV, and empower users. We work closely with our community to ensure that our products have a positive impact, are secure, and can be used in production at scale.
Our Impact
Since the launch of Flashbots, we have had an immense impact on the world of cryptocurrency. The Flashbots Auction was launched in alpha in January 2021 and was quickly adopted by almost all Ethereum miners. Prior to Ethereum’s Merge in 2022, Flashbots launched MEV-Boost, a temporary solution for out-of-protocol proposer-builder separation. MEV-Boost has since been adopted by over 90% of Ethereum validators and has significantly influenced the Ethereum PoS ecosystem. Now, Flashbots continues its journey with the introduction of MEV-Share as we continue our journey toward SUAVE.
Our Research
Flashbots Research is an independent arm of the organization that aims to become the hub of MEV research. In addition to conducting in-house analysis, Flashbots Research collaborates with external researchers at other institutions via an external grants program. Flashbots Research continues to publish seminal research on MEV, covering a wide range of topics including cross-chain MEV, EIP1559 and MEV, how ETH2 affects MEV, SGX and privacy, and more. For a full list of publications, visit writings.flashbots.net.
Why Flashbots?
At Flashbots, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, or disability status.
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Nethermind is hiring a
Distributed Systems Engineer
What are we all about?
We are a team of world class builders and researchers with expertise across several domains: Ethereum Protocol Engineering, Layer-2, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Miner Extractable Value (MEV), Smart Contract Development, Security Auditing and Formal Verification.
Working to solve some of the most challenging problems in the blockchain space, we frequently collaborate with renowned companies, such as Ethereum Foundation, StarkWare, Gnosis Chain, Aave, Flashbots, xDai, Open Zeppelin, Forta Protocol, Energy Web, POA Network and many more.
We actively contribute to Ethereum core development, EIP’s and network upgrades together with the Ethereum Foundation, and other client teams.
Today, there are nearly 200 of us working remotely from over 45+ countries.
The role
The role of our Protocol Engineering team is to build state-of-the-art blockchain clients (nodes).
Skills:
It is not essential but, if you have deep knowledge in one of the following areas, then we would love to talk to you:
Examples of projects the team has worked on:
Perks and benefits:
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