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Job Description
Job Responsibilities:
- Design implement and improve mechanisms to enhance the throughput and stability of the Solana network.
- Create and refine algorithms to ensure fair and efficient block production among validators.
- Identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities within consensus mechanisms to provide robust protection against emerging threats.
- Enhance the scalability of the consensus system to handle increasing transaction volumes and validator participation without compromising performance.
- Develop and execute comprehensive tests to validate the reliability and efficiency of consensus mechanisms including stress tests fault injection and performance benchmarking.
- Work closely with crossfunctional teams including protocol engineers security experts and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless integration and functioning of consensus components.
- Maintain thorough documentation of consensus protocols and conduct peer code reviews to ensure high standards of code quality and consistency.
Candidate Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent practical experience with 3 years of handson experience in core infrastructure software and distributed systems.
- Strong proficiency in systems programming languages such as Rust or C. Experience with consensus algorithms distributed systems and blockchain technology is highly desirable.
- Ability to analyze complex systems identify issues and develop effective flexible solutions.
- Knowledge of common security threats and best practices in securing consensus processes.
- Actively consuming research papers and exploring new solutions.
- Experience with performance profiling and optimization techniques.
- Excellent teamwork and communication skills with the ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment.
Desirable:
- Familiarity with Linux systems automation tools and systems architecture.
- Understanding of networking architecture and principles underlying distributed systems.
- A knack for designing secure protocols software and algorithms that minimize trust requirements.
- Knowledge of Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT).
- Selfdriven researchoriented and capable of independent learning.
- Active participation in Bitcoin/Ethereum/Blockchain projects or the opensource community is highly desirable.
Employment Type
Full Time
