Remote Protocol Engineer

Summary

The job is for an infrastructure engineer at Sei Labs, a remote team building the open-source technology for the high-performance Sei Blockchain. The role involves writing code for the core blockchain, identifying optimizations, collaborating with the frontend team, and taking ownership of work. The candidate should have 5+ years of infrastructure engineering experience, proven results in scaling Layer 1 blockchain performance, and a strong technical grasp.

Requirements

• 5+ years of infrastructure engineering experience
• Proven results in building or scaling Layer 1 blockchain performance
• A proven tech lead with experience planning and leading large projects with long-term impact on a single system or team
• Strong technical grasp and excellent judgment on task prioritizations
• Able to tackle complex engineering problems that deliver results
• History of creating and applying new processes and tooling to increase engineering efficiency

Responsibilities

• Write code to build the core sei blockchain (consensus, state management, etc.)
• Proactively identify and drive optimizations and improvements to the product
• Collaborate with our frontend team to fine tune our REST API to support our customers