Senior DevOps Engineer

Monad Foundation

19h

About The Position

The Monad Foundation is a team dedicated to growing the impact of decentralized tech, believing the Monad blockchain, a performant and parallel EVM Layer 1, will advance decentralized applications. They are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer with deep Linux expertise and a strong background in building infrastructure and testing automation from scratch. This role involves joining a small, talented team of systems experts to enhance the testing, tooling, and operational backbone of a high-performance, next-generation Layer 1 blockchain.

Requirements

• 2+ years of DevOps experience at a professional RPC provider / professional validator company / L1 blockchain
• 3+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management (Terraform, Ansible)
• 2+ years of experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Proficient in bare metal server management and scripting
• Proficient in at least one back-end language such as Python or Go
• Hands-on experience running highly available containerized systems on Kubernetes, including packaging (Helm) and GitOps-style deployment (FluxCD, ArgoCD, or GitHub Actions)
• Strong experience with a major cloud provider (AWS preferred)
• Comfort with network setup, maintenance, and troubleshooting at the systems level
• Experience operating open-source observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, or similar)
• Proficient with command-line git
• Able to juggle competing priorities and move quickly during incidents
• Fluent written and spoken English

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain testnets and test automation for components of the Monad blockchain
• Prototype new deployment patterns across validator and full-node topologies
• Design and run performance benchmarks and load tests to surface bottlenecks before they reach production
• Drive observability, alerting, and security across the stack
• Define best practices for node operators & support them
• Develop tooling for internal & external use
• Participate in on-call rotation for production support

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed