Distributed Systems Engineer

Summary

Join Ritual, a company building a sovereign execution layer for AI, as a Distributed Systems Engineer. You will play a key role in building and scaling our heterogeneous blockchain infrastructure. This involves designing and implementing distributed systems components, developing peer-to-peer networking protocols, and building infrastructure for node monitoring. You will collaborate with the research team and create robust testing frameworks. The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in Go and/or Rust, strong understanding of peer-to-peer systems, and proven experience with blockchain nodes. Ritual offers a highly competitive compensation package, top-tier benefits, and a fully remote or hybrid work option.

Requirements

• Deep expertise in Go and/or Rust, with a track record of building production-grade distributed systems
• Strong understanding of peer-to-peer systems, networking, and messaging protocols
• Proven experience operating and developing blockchain nodes, with deep knowledge of node architecture and consensus mechanisms
• Experience optimizing high-throughput systems and implementing performance improvements at scale
• Advanced Linux expertise, with strong command line proficiency and system administration skills
• Proficiency with infrastructure orchestration tools like Kubernetes
• Mastery of monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana and Prometheus
• Experience designing and implementing fault-tolerant, high-performance distributed applications
• Strong background in system design, with the ability to make architectural decisions that balance performance, reliability, and scalability
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex distributed systems issues
• Ability to act quickly under high pressure scenarios and context switch at a high frequency
• A high level of end-to-end ownership and self-direction, with excellent communication skills
• Hungry, high-energy and ability to work within and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Design and implement distributed systems components for Ritual's heterogeneous compute network
• Develop and optimize peer-to-peer networking protocols optimized for AI model execution and blockchain consensus
• Build and maintain infrastructure for node monitoring, metrics collection, and system observability
• Architect solutions for efficient state management and synchronization across specialized nodes
• Collaborate with the research team to implement novel distributed systems algorithms
• Create robust testing frameworks for distributed system components

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with AI/ML systems and their distributed computing requirements
• Knowledge of cryptography and secure systems design
• Contributions to open-source distributed systems projects

Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation package, including annual discretionary bonus & optimized tax structure compared to the vast majority of web3 startups
• Top 1% of benefits across the web3 startup space
• 100% of premiums covered on highest quality healthcare
• Aggressive company 401k match
• Fully remote and/or hybrid, up to you!
• Participate in virtual and in-person events