Backend Engineer (Distributed Systems Engineer) - TechChain Talent

London 9 days agoFull-time External
Negotiable
Backend Engineer: Distributed Systems Specialist Location: New York or London (Hybrid) Salary: $300,000 – $350,000 USD About Us We’re a stealth-mode infrastructure venture building next-gen primitives for decentralized execution. Our mission: rethink how distributed systems scale, sync, and self-heal — with a focus on performance, modularity, and cryptographic integrity. Our team includes protocol veterans, systems engineers, and cryptography researchers pushing the limits of what’s possible in Web3 infra. The Role We’re hiring a Backend Engineer with deep distributed systems expertise to help architect and optimize our core infrastructure. You’ll work on low-latency, high-throughput systems that power decentralized coordination, execution, and data integrity across global nodes. What You’ll Build • Core backend services for distributed coordination and execution • Fault-tolerant systems that scale across thousands of nodes • Performance-critical modules for consensus, networking, and data pipelines • Internal tooling for observability, testing, and simulation • Contributions to open-source infra and protocol-level primitives What You Bring • 5+ years of backend engineering experience in systems-level environments • Deep knowledge of distributed systems, fault tolerance, and consensus mechanisms • Strong command of Rust, Go, or C++ (Rust preferred) • Experience with container orchestration, microservices, and cloud-native infra • Familiarity with blockchain, cryptographic protocols, or decentralized coordination Bonus Points • Experience in zero-knowledge systems, MPC, or verifiable computation • Contributions to open-source infra projects • Prior work in Layer 1 or Layer 2 blockchain development Why Join • Stealth-stage impact with protocol-grade ownership • Competitive comp: $300k–$350k base + equity • Hybrid flexibility in NYC or London • Work with a team of deep systems thinkers and protocol engineers #Jobster