About the company
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Ethereum and related technologies. The EF is not a company, or even a traditional non-profit. We do not control Ethereum, nor are we the only organization that funds critical development of Ethereum-related technologies. We are part of a large ecosystem of organizations, individuals, and companies that support Ethereum. Our mission is to do what is best for Ethereum’s long-term success. Our role is to allocate resources to critical projects, to be a valued voice within the Ethereum ecosystem, and to advocate for Ethereum to the outside world. Since 2014, EF has hosted Devcon, an annual 4-day conference which has become the oldest and most prominent event in the Ethereum community (and arguably the entire blockchain space). The event attracts developers, designers, researchers, creators, and others — many of whom are intrigued by cutting-edge technology, decentralization, privacy/security, free and open-source software, and the potential for Ethereum to change the world for the better. For a look at past Devcon editions and their speakers, see here: http://archive.devcon.org/. Devcon 7 (aka Devcon Southeast Asia) will take place this year in Bangkok between the dates of 12-15 November.
Job Summary
You’ll be responsible for:
📍 Establishing a comprehensive approach to performance monitoring, profiling, and optimization specifically tailored for large-scale production deployments of Ethereum nodes, such as RPC services. 📍Working closely with EthPandaOps and external ecosystem stakeholders to identify, analyze, and resolve performance issues at scale. 📍Analyze and improve industry standard approaches used for node snapshots and quick restores used by large scale deployments of Ethereum nodes. 📍Developing and refining tools, benchmarks, and best practices to ensure optimal performance of Ethereum across diverse, real world distributed deployments. 📍Collaborating with Ethereum client teams and researchers to translate performance insights into actionable improvements for Ethereum clients and core infrastructure. 📍Guiding strategic decisions through rigorous data-driven analysis and clearly communicating bottlenecks and proposed solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders. 📍Comprehensively surveying various performance bottlenecks affecting Ethereum scalability, including state, data, execution, and node performance, and identifying candidate solutions to systematically address each one. 📍This role is ideal for a senior engineer who thrives in environments combining complex distributed systems, large-scale monitoring, and data-driven performance optimization.
Requirements
📍 5+ years experience in performance engineering, distributed systems, or infrastructure roles, ideally with direct responsibility for large-scale production deployments. 📍Demonstrated experience profiling distributed systems, systematically identifying bottlenecks, and delivering clear, measurable performance improvements.
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