Senior Software Engineer
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30+ days ago
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Job Summary
Intro
This is a unique opportunity to contribute to an essential part of Ethereum infrastructure which enables >75% of transactions in Ethereums ecosystem to settle onchain.
The PBS Foundation a non-profit organization originally initiated by Flashbots sits at the core of the orderflow ecosystem to maintain software and market mechanisms around Proposer-Builder Separation (PBS) and mev-boost.
Tasks
Youll be step by step onboarded into a high responsibility role for mev-boost and support the whole ecosystem around it. This means youll get in-depth insights into the orderflow market structure and infra of MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) on Ethereum.
Over time youll own and upgrade essential PBS infrastructure and be deeply involved in shipping future Ethereum upgrades (hardforks).
Current and future responsibilities will be:
- Develop ownership of mev-boost and surrounding infrastructure
- Ensure security and resilience of PBS orderflow pipeline
- Consistently improve dev workflows incl. CI automation and advancing unit and e2e tests
- Navigate upgrades around Ethereum hardforks starting from early devnets
- Collaborate closely with Execution Layer and Consensus Layer client teams
- Follow the Ethereum MEV/PBS ecosystem research and development
Codebases youll be involved with:
- mev-boost mev-boost-relay go-boost-utils
- rbuilder builders-specs relay-specs
- go-eth2-client go-builder-client
Requirements
Must have:
- Strong proficiency with Go (Golang) and performance-optimized code
- Networking experience: TCP/IP RPC libp2p
- Extensive database knowledge: Redis SQL and NoSQL
- Security-first mindset and interest in adversarial-resistant systems
- In-depth testing CI and DevOps experience
- Passion for distributed systems and open source ethos
Great to have:
- Good working knowledge of Rust (or other systems programming languages)
- Understanding of the Ethereum infrastructure and the PBS architecture ecosystem
- Experience with designing distributed systems and blockchains (ideally Ethereum execution and consensus clients)
- Interest in cryptography and state-of-the-art computer science research
- Exposure to working in startups or other high iteration speed environments
Benefits
Innovative Environment: Work on cutting-edge Ethereum stack with leading experts in MEV research and infrastructure development.
Competitive Compensation: Receive a competitive salary and opportunities for deep engagement in Ethereums research ecosystem.
Flexible Work Conditions: Be part of a fully remote team with flexible working conditions high autonomy and a strong open-source ethos.
High-Impact Work: Contribute to projects that directly influence Ethereums decentralization censorship resistance and fairness in MEV value distribution.
Were excited to hear from you and cant wait to have you join our closely-knit team and become an essential part of the core Ethereum ecosystem.
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- AWS
- Data Structures
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
The PBS Foundation is a non-profit organization ensuring a healthy PBS ecosystem for Ethereum. We envision a fair ecosystem for all market participants with competition preventing centralized market power and allowing open access for new entrants. To do so we support research, develop ... View more
