Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Storage

Summary

Join the Walrus Core team at Mysten Labs and be at the forefront of building the company's newest distributed system, Walrus. As part of this team, you will be responsible for the safety-critical core of the Walrus network, enhancing its performance and reliability, contributing to core protocol design, and ensuring secure and efficient network operations. You will work closely with research, cryptography, production, and security teams to maintain the network's security, performance, and reliability. The role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining Walrus core components, including storage nodes, client software, smart contracts, and toolchains. You will collaborate with other teams to integrate new features and technologies. Mysten Labs offers a remote-first work environment and is hiring globally.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in systems and/or network programming, ideally in Rust, C or C++
• Experience designing and developing systems in one or more of the following areas: Distributed systems and consensus protocols, storage/database systems, high performance systems, or networking protocols
• Production experience: operating and managing production systems, proficiency in system monitoring and alerting, with strong focus on reliability
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Proven ability to drive complex projects to completion

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Walrus core, including storage node, client software, smart contracts and toolchains that power Walrus and its infrastructure
• Work closely with the research, cryptography, production, security teams, and Sui core teams, to keep the Walrus network secure, performant, and reliable
• Optimize existing systems for scalability, efficiency, and reliability
• Collaborate with other teams at Mysten Labs to integrate new features and technologies

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Rust
• Previous work on blockchain technology or cryptographic protocols
• Significant contributions to open source projects
• Research experience formal (Msc/PhD Degree) or informal on relevant computer science topics

Benefits

Our team is remote first and we are hiring across the world