VP, Protocol Engineer – Validators

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design, construct, and sustain highly available, scalable, and secure infrastructure and systems related to our blockchain participation and custody services.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to pinpoint and implement enhancements in infrastructure, monitoring, system automation, and incident response.

• Identify and execute solutions within your domain where processes, automation, or tools can significantly enhance our operational capabilities.

• Develop a current and forward-looking perspective on activities within each area of your domain and their relevance to the business. Establish and communicate insights that guide leadership and organizational strategy.

• Continuously investigate and stay informed about emerging trends in the web3/blockchain landscape.

• Identify, scope, and capitalize on new product opportunities that may add value to the organization.

• Troubleshoot complex distributed blockchains and protocols to enhance our participation.

• Implement monitoring and observability tools along with best practices to ensure the health, performance, and stability of our blockchain infrastructure.

• Engage in and enhance domain-specific on-call rotations to maintain the reliability and uptime of our services.

• Collaborate with others to develop and maintain automation scripts and tools for streamlining deployment, scaling, and recovery processes.

⛳️ Requirements

• You are a skilled Protocol, DevOps, or SRE Engineer with;

• Prior software engineering or application development experience in modern programming languages (.Net, Go, Rust, C/C++, etc.)

• Ability to script in high-level scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or Bash, along with the capability to identify human processes that can be scripted and automated.

• Proven experience working with blockchain infrastructure or a solid understanding of the blockchain domain (proof-of-stake consensus, web3, RPC, etc.)

• Extensive familiarity with compute infrastructure systems, tools, observability, debugging strategies, coupled with research aptitude and a commitment to avoiding repetitive issues.

• Expertise in troubleshooting complex application flows across multiple systems, along with the ability to identify server, network, and application problems and implement measurable solutions.

• Proficient in Linux systems, system performance optimization, and command line tools.

• Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and virtualization technologies (VMWare, KVM, Docker, or similar).

• Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog, LogDNA, etc.)

• Conceptual knowledge of security best practices, including encryption, access control, and network security (firewalls, traffic filtering).

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey information to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Strong problem-solving skills with the capability to identify issues, determine their root causes, and see them through to resolution.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus

• Competitive paid time off

• Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees and their eligible dependents

• Free virtual coaching sessions through Headspace

• Free daily snacks in-office

• Opportunities to learn about the Crypto industry

• Smart, entrepreneurial, and fun colleagues