Nethermind is hiring a
Distributed Systems Engineer in Worldwide

Summary

The job is for a Protocol Engineering role at Nethermind, a remote team working on decentralized systems. The role involves building state-of-the-art blockchain clients (nodes) and requires excellent programming skills, a strong computer science background, and a fascination with blockchains. Preferred knowledge areas include distributed networks, performance optimizations, and cryptography. The company offers remote work and flexible hours, along with equity.

Requirements

• 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

Responsibilities

• Designing and building distributed and fault-tolerant systems
• Implementing networking layer and P2P protocols
• Processing and management of large data sets with strict real-time performance requirements
• Optimizing software performance
• Troubleshooting

Preferred Qualifications

• Fascination with the inner workings of blockchains
• Deep knowledge in one of the following areas: Distributed networks (P2P), Performance and memory optimizations, Blockchain / EVM / TransactionPool / JSON RPC, Complex data structures, for example; Patricia-Merkle/Verkle tries, NoSQL Key Values databases for example; RocksDB, Cryptography

Benefits

• Fully remote
• Flexible working hours
• Plus equity