Flashbots is hiring a
Distributed Systems Engineer

Summary

Flashbots is seeking a Distributed Systems Engineer to lead the design and implementation of their distributed block-building system. The role involves contributing to the development and scaling of Flashbots products, specifically TEE Block Builder, SUAVE and SUAPPS. The candidate should have 4-10 years of hands-on experience in building production-grade distributed systems, skilled in Rust or Go.

Requirements

• 4-10 years of hands-on experience in building production-grade distributed systems
• Skilled in Rust or Go

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and scaling of Flashbots products, specifically TEE Block Builder, SUAVE and SUAPPS
• Design, build and optimize distributed and fault-tolerant systems
• Develop and refine networking layers and P2P protocols to ensure high performance and reliability
• Collaborate with the best mechanism design researchers in the industry to build products at the intersection of incentives and distributed systems
• Maintain and enhance protocol services and developer tools within the Flashbots ecosystem
• Write and manage technical documentation and diagrams for public and internal use
• Participate actively in community and partner with leading crypto projects
• Write high-quality, well-tested code that meets production-grade standards

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Ethereum node clients or adjacent software (indexer, p2p overlay)
• Worked with Solidity or other smart contract languages
• Experience in modeling distributed systems using libraries like TLA+
• Strong OSS blockchain projects/contributions in Ethereum projects

Benefits

• Significantly above market rate equity compensation package
• Unlimited PTO with a high level of freedom and autonomy for your work
• Attractive health coverage package for US employees
• $3000 Yearly budget for your individual learning and development goals
• Work alongside the brightest minds in the crypto space
• Help save the world by ensuring crypto remains decentralized, permissionless and censorship-resistant
• Remote working - work from anywhere in the world
• Paid travel - 2 x team on-site in different parts of the world per year plus periodic travel to events