Performance Engineering Lead
Performance Engineering Lead
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04-06-2025
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About the Ethereum Foundation
Background
Protocolis the Ethereum Foundations R&D group with the mission of bringing the world computer to the world. Our research engineering and delivery teams work at the frontier of multiple domains to execute on Ethereums ambitious roadmap without compromising on our guiding principles.
About this Role
The Performance Engineering Lead at Protocol will drive the scalability and robustness of Ethereum in real-world production scenarios. Your primary mission will be ensuring Ethereum can meet the demands of global usage at scale. You will collaborate closely with our internal DevOps team EthPandaOps Ethereum client teams and applied researchers to identify and resolve bottlenecks improve node and network performance and enhance Ethereums overall efficiency in live production environments.
Youll be responsible for:
- Establishing a comprehensive approach to performance monitoring profiling and optimization specifically tailored for large-scale production deployments of Ethereum nodes such as RPC services.
- Working closely with EthPandaOps and external ecosystem stakeholders to identify analyze and resolve performance issues at scale.
- Analyze and improve industry standard approaches used for node snapshots and quick restores used by large scale deployments of Ethereum nodes.
- Developing and refining tools benchmarks and best practices to ensure optimal performance of Ethereum across diverse real world distributed deployments.
- Collaborating with Ethereum client teams and researchers to translate performance insights into actionable improvements for Ethereum clients and core infrastructure.
- Guiding strategic decisions through rigorous data-driven analysis and clearly communicating bottlenecks and proposed solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Comprehensively surveying various performance bottlenecks affecting Ethereum scalability including state data execution and node performance and identifying candidate solutions to systematically address each one.
This role is ideal for a senior engineer who thrives in environments combining complex distributed systems large-scale monitoring and data-driven performance optimization.
Requirements
- 5 years experience in performance engineering distributed systems or infrastructure roles ideally with direct responsibility for large-scale production deployments.
- Demonstrated experience profiling distributed systems systematically identifying bottlenecks and delivering clear measurable performance improvements.
- Strong hands-on experience operating clusters of distributed nodes or services particularly in production scenarios with high user traffic. Ideally with experience in Kubernetes Nomad or a large scale orchestration platform.
- Familiarity with Ethereum node infrastructure or equivalent distributed systems and a deep understanding of their performance characteristics.
- Exceptional collaborative and communication skills with proven ability to work cross-functionally and align diverse stakeholders on performance-driven outcomes.
Bonus Experience
- Direct experience managing clusters of Ethereum nodes (e.g. RPC endpoints validator nodes indexing services) under high-volume conditions.
- Proven expertise in performance profiling and optimization of blockchain infrastructure or similar highly complex distributed systems.
- Experience collaborating closely with DevOps teams to streamline deployments and establish robust continuous performance monitoring systems.
How we work
Protocol isnt a traditional workplace: it demands and rewards clarity rapid execution and genuine commitment to Ethereums mission. Distinct aspects of our work environment include:
- Ethereum period: the EF is in the privileged position where it only needs to consider what is best for Ethereum without other constraints. This opens the door for unconventional strategies and bold approaches that wouldnt be possible if we had to optimize for anything else.
- Public by Default: Most contributions happen in the open coordinating with stakeholders across the broader Ethereum community. This requires proactive engagement clear communication and effective collaboration without direct authority even (and especially!) when consensus is challenging.
- Agency Impact & Accountability: Youll have substantial freedom to define your own approach experiment and take ownership over your decisions. But with this autonomy comes clear accountability. Your work will be measured both by its immediate strategic impact and also by its second-order effects across Ethereums ecosystem.
This isnt a fit for everyone but for motivated independent individuals its uniquely empowering.
Contract Details
- This is a full-time role fully remote. Hours are flexible but you should generally be available around Eth oclock (14:00 UTC) for synchronous calls.
- Additionally while this isnt a strict requirement youll benefit from being able to travel a few times a year to events related to your work such as devcon or interop.
- Lastly anons are welcome to apply and work under a pseudonym but will need to KYC with the Ethereum Foundation.
Employment Type
Full Time
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