As part of the Blockchain team, you will be responsible for building the most production-grade L1 for everyone
You will work on initiatives from performance, reliability, scalability, decentralization, and incentives to enable the many safe and scalable applications to thrive
These projects will have an emphasis on quality, safety, and interoperability with other Aptos tools
The scope, as it currently stands, is open-ended, but some projects will be likely from the following areas: governance, tokenomics, decentralized finance, games, social
What you’ll be doing:
- Design core, backend software components, and code primarily using Rust that support a blockchain and its ecosystem of systems
- Use extensive experience to build, test, debug, and deploy large-scale decentralized systems across thousands of nodes
- Work with file systems, execution engines, programming language design, and consensus protocols to complete complex engineering challenges such as scaling up performance and reducing transaction latency
- Develop and maintain high-quality software engineering practices and principles in a highly visible open-source project
What we’re looking for:
- 3 years (ideally 5+ years) of experience as a hands-on software engineer
- Expertise in networking, consensus protocols, parallel execution, storage, authenticated data structures, and/or caching
- Experience with a low-level programming language such as Rust, Go, Swift, or C/C++
The base salary range for this full-time position is $180k – $300k
The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and typical maximum target for new hire salaries for the position of a candidate based in the Bay Area at any level
We do hire exceptionally talented professionals with decades of experience in their field
As such, our range may be higher than what is displayed
Our base salary ranges are determined by experience and location, and we hire at all levels for multiple roles
Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location, job-related skills demonstrated during the interviews, working experience, and relevant education or training
Please note that the compensation details listed in role postings reflect the base salary only and do not include equity, tokens, or benefits
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