Senior Software Engineer
About The Position
Category Labs (formerly known as Monad Labs) is a team of systems engineers and researchers focused on advancing decentralized technology. We are developing Monad, a high-performance, EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain, with its public mainnet now live. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to contribute to the research, design, and implementation of core improvements to the Monad protocol, focusing on distributed algorithms, cryptography, and consensus mechanisms. This role requires a strong background in distributed systems or blockchain engineering and involves working within a small, high-performing team.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of software engineering experience in Rust, C++, or C.
- Significant experience building performant systems from scratch, such as databases, device drivers, or embedded systems.
- Excellent instincts for software architecture, memory management, and performance optimization and profiling tools.
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
- Value communication and collaboration.
- Expect engineers to use coding agents and keep up as the tooling evolves.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement core improvements to the consensus mechanism, gossip protocol, state synchronization algorithm, leader election protocol, etc.
- Devise experiments to test worst-case scenarios, and iterate on designs based on the results.
- Design components considering the behavior of other blockchain systems such as rollups, bridges, or staking systems.
- Build performant system components from scratch in C++ or Rust.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity package.
- Private health insurance options.
- Flexible paid time off.
- Monthly wellness reimbursement.
- Paid parental leave.
- World-class benefits package with 100% paid medical, dental, and vision insurance including 75% coverage for dependents and HSA + FSA options (US employees).
- 401(k) with company match (US employees).
- Lunch and dinner stipend (in-office NYC).
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
