Syndica is hiring a Senior Blockchain Engineer (Zig/C/Rust)
Location: Texas Houston
At Syndica, big things happen. Every day, we’re translating vision into reality by tackling new and exciting challenges head-on. This is a breakthrough stage in our company, and you’ll experience firsthand the infectious enthusiasm of our employees and leadership team. You’ll have the opportunity to learn new skills, grow your career, and work with the smartest, most passionate people in crypto.
We are backed by strategic partners, investors, and advisors who are all-in on our mission: Chamath of Social Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Solana Ventures, and many more.
This role will have the primary accountability of designing, implementing, and operating Syndica’s blockchain infrastructure platform. Zig, C, C++, or Rust knowledge is a necessity! The team operates with a “run what you write” philosophy and each engineer is responsible for deploying and operating the code they write.
A successful candidate must have demonstrable experience in at least one programming language (Zig, C, C++ or Rust), and previous work in SaaS application development and operations. You will be responsible to ensure the environment is built,, configured,, and monitored correctly to support the business. The ideal candidate will also have prior experience developing applications utilizing cloud for infra.
As a Senior Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing a high-performance Solana validator client from scratch. You will have the opportunity to leverage your expertise in distributed systems and blockchain technology to create an efficient and robust RPC interface. The ideal candidate is passionate about optimizing performance, has a deep understanding of Solana's architecture, and possesses strong coding skills in languages such as C, C++, Rust, or Zig. If you are a talented engineer who thrives in a collaborative and fast-paced environment, and you're excited about contributing to the advancement of Solana's ecosystem, we would love to hear from you.
Responsibilities
Drive features from inception to completion: architecture, implementation, instrumentation, testing, and monitoring
Identify and troubleshoot any availability and performance issues at multiple layers of deployment, from hardware to operating environment, network, and application
Explore opportunities to improve the efficiency, reliability, and security of the Solana validator client
Participate in technical discussions, sharing insights, and contributing to open-source projects related to Solana
Troubleshoot and solve platform issues, ensuring that SLAs are met
Collaborate with other engineers to implement solutions while defining and adhering to industry best practices
Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in Solana's ecosystem and incorporate new features and enhancements into the validator client
Write beautiful maintainable code
Qualifications
5+ years of related professional experience using C, C++, or Rust (or extensive Zig project experience preferred)
Demonstrated experience learning new technologies and shifting direction with changing trends
Experience with alerting and monitoring tools is plus
Experience working in a highly distributed company is a plus
Align a portion of your day with the business hours of Central Time Zone - UTC -6
Systematic problem-solving approach, combined with a strong sense of ownership and drive
Some working knowledge of web and network protocols and standards (HTTP, TLS, DNS, etc)
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or relevant experience
What does success in this role look like?
In three months, you have become one of our lead Zig developers. You’ll have taken on independent code review responsibilities and are collaborating on the design of new features
In six months, you have earned the trust of the team and are delivering tasks through the entire SDLC, from design through development with minimal guidance, and are helping to effectively mentor new engineers joining the team
In twelve months, you have established a cadence of predictable, on-time delivery without cutting corners
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