Backend Engineer (Distributed Systems Engineer)
Backend Engineer: Distributed Systems Specialist
Location: New York or London (Hybrid)
Salary: $300,000 – $350,000 USD
About Us
We're a stealth-mode infrastructure venture building next-gen primitives for decentralized execution. Our mission: rethink how distributed systems scale, sync, and self-heal — with a focus on performance, modularity, and cryptographic integrity. Our team includes protocol veterans, systems engineers, and cryptography researchers pushing the limits of what's possible in Web3 infra.
The Role
We're hiring a Backend Engineer with deep distributed systems expertise to help architect and optimize our core infrastructure. You'll work on low-latency, high-throughput systems that power decentralized coordination, execution, and data integrity across global nodes.
What You'll Build
• Core backend services for distributed coordination and execution
• Fault-tolerant systems that scale across thousands of nodes
• Performance-critical modules for consensus, networking, and data pipelines
• Internal tooling for observability, testing, and simulation
• Contributions to open-source infra and protocol-level primitives
What You Bring
• 5+ years of backend engineering experience in systems-level environments
• Deep knowledge of distributed systems, fault tolerance, and consensus mechanisms
• Strong command of Rust, Go, or C++ (Rust preferred)
• Experience with container orchestration, microservices, and cloud-native infra
• Familiarity with blockchain, cryptographic protocols, or decentralized coordination
Bonus Points
• Experience in zero-knowledge systems, MPC, or verifiable computation
• Contributions to open-source infra projects
• Prior work in Layer 1 or Layer 2 blockchain development
Why Join
• Stealth-stage impact with protocol-grade ownership
• Competitive comp: $300k–$350k base + equity
• Hybrid flexibility in NYC or London
• Work with a team of deep systems thinkers and protocol engineers