Your main responsibilities will be to:

📍Design and implement procedures related to validator node operations (incident response, key management, change management) 📍Manage validator node operations across various testnets and mainnets. Maximise efficiency and minimise loss risks 📍Adhere to internal SLAs and committed KPIs 📍Coordinate client upgrades, hard forks, and emergency responses to failures 📍Provide training and guidance for other members of the infrastructure team, ensuring round-the-clock node operation 📍Document and communicate technical details via open-source documentation 📍Collaborate with various internal teams and the wider community to tap into new trends and opportunities highlighted by internal data, blockchain research, and the wider blockchain industry

Who we're looking for

📍Must be Europe-based - strong preference for Berlin-based candidates 📍Minimum of 5 years of experience in a similar role or as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) 📍Experience with specifying, procuring, and setting up infrastructures for validator nodes, and managing them across several testnets and mainnets 📍Demonstrable experience with modern Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools 📍Proven experience with writing and managing configuration manifests 📍Ability to coordinate hard forks and handle emergency responses to failures 📍Excellent communication skills with the ability to document and convey technical details clearly 📍Proven history of contributions to open-source projects, excluding minor changes such as README file updates 📍Understanding of Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) and Proof of Stake (PoS) blockchains 📍Experience with managing and optimizing performance for bare-metal nodes 📍Understanding of modern IT security trends 📍Experience in automating routine tasks and processes