Senior Software Engineer, Mysten Labs
Walrus Core
$150-225k
+ Tokens + Equity compensation
Foundational infrastructure for web3
Open for applications
Foundational infrastructure for web3
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$150-225k
+ Tokens + Equity compensation
101-200 employees
Company mission
To create foundational infrastructure for Web3.
Role
Who you are
- We're seeking engineers with a passion for systems programming in all its forms, be it storage systems, distributed systems, or low-level performance optimization
- You will be a key player in evolving Mysten Labs’ web3 landscape to meet the growing demands of the ecosystem
- 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
Desirable
- Experience with Rust
- Previous work on blockchain technology or cryptographic protocols
- Significant contributions to open source projects
- Research experience on relevant computer science topics
What the job involves
- Join the Walrus Core team at Mysten Labs, where you'll be at the forefront of building the company's newest distributed system: Walrus, an efficient decentralized storage network
- The Core team is dedicated to developing the software that powers Walrus’ storage nodes and its infrastructure
- As a part of this team, you'll be responsible for the safety-critical core of the Walrus network
- Our goals are to continually make Walrus more useful to builders while maintaining very high standards for safety,reliability, and efficiency
- Your role will involve enhancing the performance and reliability of the Walrus network, contributing to the core protocol design, and ensuring secure and efficient network operations
- 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
Our take
Mysten Labs has been created with the ambition to build a blockchain comparable to Ethereum or Solanan but with even greater capabilities. That means tackling ‘pain points’ currently found in blockchain technology like scaling transactions and speed to meet growing demand.
To do this, Mysten is building foundational infrastructure for web3 to tackle these challenges and accelerate development and adoption of decentralized services. The startup is determined to build a platform that finally lets Web3 developers focus on UI, accelerating adoption, without compromising on security and other areas through Layer 2 and Layer 3 platforms.
The company is now focused on expanding partnerships with existing networks such as Ethos and Orange Comet Partners that integrate Mysten technology, and open protocols based on Mysten-designed components.
One of the startup’s focuses has been on developing a next-generation NFT platform. However, that market has come under increasing scrutiny in recent times. Ensuring that the startup assigns developer and community outreach resources in the right places will be crucial to building a sustainable business.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
122% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2022
$300m
SERIES B
Dec 2021
$36m
SERIES A
Total funding: $336m
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Evan Cheng
(CEO)Previously Director of R&D for Novi Financial at Meta. Also worked as Director of Engineering at Facebook before that. Worked for over a decade in senior engineering positions at Apple.
Adeniyi Abiodun
(CPO)Former Product Lead at Novi for Meta. Also previously worked as Head of Product for VMware's Blockchain division and led the Blockchain Cloud Platform team at Oracle.
Sam Blackshear
(CTO)Previously Principal Engineer for Novi Financial working on the Move language and Diem platform. Also worked as a Staff Engineer for Facebook. Ex-Microsoft and University of Colorado Research Assistant.
George Danezis
(Chief Scientist)Also holds a role as Professor of Security and Privacy Engineering in the Information Security Group of the Computer Science department at University College London. Previously a Research Scientist at Facebook as part of the Novi team. PhD from University of Cambridge in Cryptography.
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