Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Flashbots, a leading research and development organization in the crypto space, as a Senior Backend Engineer. You will contribute to the development and scaling of cutting-edge distributed systems like SUAVE and SUAPPS, collaborating with top researchers. This role requires 4-10 years of experience in production systems, proficiency in Rust or Go, and a proven track record in distributed systems. You will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing protocol services, writing documentation, and actively participating in the community. Flashbots offers a competitive equity compensation package, unlimited PTO, attractive health coverage, a learning and development budget, and remote work opportunities.

Requirements

• 4-10 years of experience in production systems, skilled in Rust or Go
• Proven experience in distributed systems
• You find problems to solve, rather than waiting for issues to pile up
• Strong OSS blockchain projects/contributions in Ethereum projects
• Capable of independently leading projects and unifying cross-functional teams through exceptional communication and collaboration skills
• Familiar with blockchain or distributed system protocol standards
• Flexible, accountable, and focused on high-impact solutions
• T-Shaped skills

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and scaling of Flashbots products, specifically SUAVE and SUAPPS
• 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 well-tested code

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Ethereum, Geth, or other Ethereum clients
• Adjacent infrastructure (e.g., indexers or p2p overlays)
• Worked with Solidity or other smart contract languages
• You have contributed to open-source work/projects or participate in public technical discourse, such as contributing to protocol specifications

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