Software Engineer, NetOps

We are looking for an engineer who can contribute to the design, implementation, and optimization of cloud native and on-premise infrastructure to support PL and its partners with access for Filecoin/FVM network. The ideal candidate should have experience in infrastructure-oriented software engineering, be able to drive software improvements in the PL Web3 stack, and support team and stakeholder objectives. Responsibilities include owning sprints and epics, maintaining communication with stakeholders, establishing service level objectives, improving collaboration, writing design proposals, and providing infrastructure support. Additionally, familiarity with the Filecoin implementation and distributed systems is required.

- Own multi-week sprints and quarter-long epics from conception to delivery - Maintain proactive async communication with stakeholders to provide updates and progress reports - Establish measurable service level objectives in collaboration with stakeholders - Establish comprehensive observability over the performance of supported services - Improve collaboration and remove friction within and around the team - Write high-quality design proposals and technical documentation - Offer bespoke infrastructure support where high-priority opportunities arise - Adopt and apply deep domain knowledge in Protocol Lab's Interplanetary Stack (libp2p, ipfs, filecoin, etc) within and around responsibilities - Promote a positive, productive, and constructive engineering culture - Support operations and monitoring of core Filecoin Network Infrastructure - Become familiar with Filecoin implementation (primarily Lotus) and contribute bug fixes and new features - Push on operational improvements in the software to make running it at scale easier and more approachable for decentralized operations and infrastructure teams - Mastery of fundamental software engineering practices - Excellent communication skills on both technical and non-technical issues - Keen awareness of teamwork, process, and patterns of successful collaboration - Excellent written and verbal communication skills - 5+ years experience with a modern programming language - 5+ years experience working in an infrastructure/backend engineering position - 3+ years experience working in distributed systems - Bonus: Peer to peer networking and computing - Bonus: Familiarity with ethereum smart contract - Proficiency with the Go programming language (Bonus) - Disciplined application versioning - Preference toward leaving code better than how it was found - Thorough documentation to increase the next contributor's quality - Being accountable for operational support based on an on-call rotational model - Knowledgeable in the Storage domain at the kernel and application layers - Involvement with Filecoin Storage Providers or Crypto Mining - Experience working remotely in a distributed team - Experience with Open Source Software and working out in the open

- Mastery of fundamental software engineering practices: testing, debugging, automating, refactoring, and consideration to future maintenance - Excellent communication skills on both technical and non-technical issues - A keen awareness of teamwork, process, and patterns of successful collaboration - Excellent written and verbal communication skills - +5 years experience with the modern programming language - +5 years experience working in an infrastructure/backend engineering position - +3 years experience working in distributed systems - Bonus: Peer to peer networking and computing - Bonus: Familiarity with ethereum smart contract - Proficiency with the Go programming language (Bonus) - Disciplined application versioning (Bonus) - Preference toward leaving code better than how it was found (Bonus) - Thorough documentation to increase the next contributor’s quality (Bonus) - Being accountable for operational support based on an on-call rotational model (Bonus) - Knowledgeable in the Storage domain at the kernel and application layers (Bonus) - Involvement with Filecoin Storage Providers or Crypto Mining (Bonus) - Experience working remotely in a distributed team (Bonus) - Experience with Open Source Software and working out in the open (Bonus)

- Base pay ranging from $217,000 to $297,000 - Cryptocurrency and equity opportunities for upside through performance rewards - Great benefits package, including parental and other forms of leave - Contributions to retirement - Unlimited time off - Competitive health, dental, and vision coverage for U.S.-based employees - Remote work option - Opportunities for professional growth and development - Involvement with cutting-edge technologies and projects (IPFS, Filecoin, libp2p, etc.)