Senior Backend Engineer, Flashbots
+ Equity
Ethereum research and development firm
Open for applications
Ethereum research and development firm
21-100 employees
Open for applications
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To mitigate the negative externalities of current Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) extraction techniques and to avoid the existential risks MEV could cause to state-rich blockchains like Ethereum.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in production systems, skilled in Rust or Go
- Experience building scalable services, ideally in the Ethereum space
- Ability to contribute effectively in an asynchronous work environment, both as part of a team and working autonomously
- Adaptable, accountable, and solution-oriented, with a focus on delivering high-impact solutions
- T-Shaped skills, showcasing both depth of knowledge in a specific area and breadth of knowledge across multiple areas
- Deep familiarity with the Ethereum ecosystem and MEV supply chain
Desirable
- Experience working across the Ethereum stack (e.g., working with Ethereum clients like Lighthouse, Prysm, Geth or Reth, smart contract programming, etc.)
- Contributed to open-source projects
What the job involves
- Flashbots is on the hunt for seasoned, self-starter Backend Engineers who thrive in rapidly evolving environments, learn new technologies on the fly, and tackle complex problems with a builder mentality
- Contribute actively to the development of Flashbots' core products such as our Block Builder, MEV-Share and our future offerings
- Create and manage comprehensive technical documentation/diagrams for public use, fostering an understanding and accessibility of our products
- Develop and maintain public API services and user-friendly tools to support the Flashbots ecosystem, including searchers, integration partners, and end-users
- Implement robust tests to ensure the quality and stability of our offerings
- Engage positively with our community, addressing their technical issues and fostering a collaborative environment
Our take
Flashbots is a research and development organization that is mitigating against the miner-extractable value (MEV) problem, striving for a transparent and fair ecosystem for MEV extraction to reinforce the Ethereum blockchain ideals.
Flashbots, whilst connecting searchers and mining pools together, stands out for not using private contracts and arrangements. Instead, it is an open participation system where any searcher or mining pool can join. This is considered to be more beneficial to the network, rather than a few private entities dominating, because it still allows for competition.
The company is seeing active progression, having raised $60 million for its Suave, a new vision for a kind of blockchain that could transform the process by which chain-operators earn value across different networks. With this, the company is becoming a genuinely exciting disrupter to an ever-changing industry. However, mid-2023 has seen major resignations in Flashbots leadership team following its substantial funding, down to the company's compliance with US Treasury sanctions concerning censorship and tighter regulations in the Ethereum industry. These changes were followed by a strategic hiring push but nevertheless, the future direction of the company remains a considerable unknown.
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2023
$60m
SERIES B
Total funding: $60m
Company benefits
- 🌍 Fully remote with flexible hours in a flat hierarchy
- 🧠 Work alongside the brightest minds in the crypto space
- 💸 Competitive salary + significantly above market rate equity package
- ✈️ Regular team on-sites to locations like Morocco, Amsterdam and Costa Rica
- 🌴Unlimited PTO with no approval needed on 3 days or less vacations
- 🍏 Attractive health cover package for US employee 🇺🇸
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Leadership
Stephane Gosselin
(Co-Founder)Also General Manager and Board Member at Flashbots
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