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Web3 Junior Site Reliability Engineer

Asymmetric Research:

Asymmetric Research is a specialized security firm focused on long-term, integrated partnerships with L1/L2 blockchains and DeFi protocols. We help teams build resilient systems, strengthen security posture, and proactively address emerging threats.

Culture:

AR is a fully remote organization and members of our team have been strongly committed to open-source values for decades, having worked at organizations with deep open-source roots and strong security programs including Google, Netflix, Mozilla, Stripe, and Jump Crypto. We pride ourselves on maintaining the highest levels of confidentiality, trust, and professionalism.

About the Role:

We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to join Asymmetric Research. In this role, you will design, operate, and scale mission-critical blockchain infrastructure supporting leading L1/L2 networks and DeFi protocols, working within a high-trust team to deliver secure, highly available, production-grade systems while driving automation, reliability, and operational excellence across our globally distributed environments.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain a globally distributed blockchain infrastructure fleet

• Design, architect, deploy, and operate production-grade infrastructure services

• Implement and maintain infrastructure-as-code across development, staging, and production environments

• Ensure high availability and performance of mission-critical systems

• Contribute to automation, CI/CD pipelines, and operational tooling

• Monitor system health and respond to incidents with strong troubleshooting fundamentals

• Uphold the highest standards of integrity, professionalism, and operational discipline

What we're looking for:

• 2+ years of experience in a Site Reliability, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering role

• Strong experience managing Linux systems and network infrastructure

• Hands-on experience with load balancers and high-availability technologies (e.g., HAProxy, ALB/ELB)

• Experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Chef, Puppet, SaltStack)

• Solid troubleshooting skills across hardware, networking, and software systems

• Development experience in Go, Python, or Rust

• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows

• Experience with open-source monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, Alertmanager)

Good to have, not required:

• Experience operating distributed systems using tools such as Nomad or Kubernetes

• Familiarity with blockchain infrastructure, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Cosmos, or Move-based ecosystems

Benefits:

• 25+ days of paid time off

• Comprehensive stipends for home office, wellbeing, professional development, and more

• Pension/401(k) programs

• Life insurance

• Premium healthcare

• Competitive base salary

• Lucrative bonus programs

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