Nomic Foundation is hiring a

Web3 Senior Systems Engineer (Rust) - Rethnet

The Nomic Foundation is a non-profit behind Hardhat, the most widely used Ethereum development environment. We’re dedicated to building open-source infrastructure and tools that empower Ethereum developers to decentralize the world while fostering growth and innovation in the developer ecosystem.

Remote-First:

We are a remote team located across Europe, the UK, and the Americas. Most of our work is done asynchronously, relying on written communication. We hire in the European and American time zones to ensure enough overlap between everyone. We’re open to candidates applying within UTC+1 to UTC-4 time zones.

We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to join the team behind Rethnet - an Ethereum development runtime library - written in Rust - with bindings for the Node API (TypeScript). Its goal is to provide a performant API for developer tooling, such as an EVM debugger or state inspector. We are planning our first release in the upcoming months, which will be a complete rewrite of the Hardhat Network TypeScript code and will continue to expand its features to serve a wider range of developers.

In this role, you will:

• Design APIs that take into account the needs of a large and diverse ecosystem
• Maintain and implement low-level functionality that works directly with EVM bytecode
• Support and mentor other developers on the team
• Practice good open-source hygiene

Tech stack:

• Rust
• Node.js / N-API
• Ethereum / EVM

The skills we look for:

• At least 5 years of experience working on systems software
• 2+ years of working with Rust
• We work remotely and mostly asynchronously, so the ability to take ownership and work with minimal direction is crucial
• As this is an early-stage project, we are seeking a teammate who is comfortable adapting to changing requirements
• Prior experience working in a remote and globally distributed environment
• High sense of ownership and responsibility

Why is this an exciting opportunity:

• You’ll have a chance to work on a core component of the Ethereum stack and support the entire Ethereum ecosystem to be more productive
• Contribute to Ethereum as a project
• Service the needs of high-profile projects that use Hardhat
• All of your work will be open-source, and you’ll have the chance to collaborate with other open-source projects (both inside and outside Ethereum)