About Monad Labs
Monad Labs is a tech startup focused on accelerating the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) to enhance the performance of decentralized applications. With a recent $225M Series A funding, Monad Labs is developing a high-performance Layer-1 blockchain that introduces parallel execution and superscalar pipelining to the EVM. This role is an opportunity to join a team of systems engineers and community builders dedicated to revolutionizing the blockchain space.
The Role
As a Senior Software Engineer at Monad Labs, you will be responsible for researching, designing, and building core improvements to the blockchain protocol. Your work will involve distributed algorithms, cryptography, and consensus mechanisms. You will be a vital member of a small, high-performing team, drawing on your experience in distributed systems or blockchain engineering.
Responsibilities
- Research, design, and build core improvements to the consensus mechanism, gossip protocol, state synchronization algorithm, and leader election protocol.
- Devise experiments to test worst-case scenarios and iterate on designs based on results.
- Design components considering the behavior of other blockchain systems such as rollups, bridges, or staking systems.
- Build performant system components from scratch in Rust.
Who You Are
- You have at least 5 years of software engineering experience in Rust, C++, or C.
- You have significant experience building performant systems from scratch, such as databases, device drivers, or embedded systems.
- You possess excellent instincts for software architecture, memory management, and performance optimization/profiling tools.
- You hold a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
- You value communication and collaboration.
Why Work With Us
- Challenging Problems: Work on extremely challenging problems with massive impact.
- Huge Opportunity: Monad's core innovations offer developers the best of both worlds (portability and performance) and are a game-changer for mass user adoption in crypto.
- The Right Team: Join a small, exceptional team united in a culture of collaboration, low egos, and high-quality outputs.
- Compensation: Competitive salary and equity package.
- Resources and Growth: Well-capitalized with backing from leading venture funds, offering a rare opportunity to join and grow as the company scales.
Salary and Benefits
- Minimum full-time salary of $200,000 (final offer may vary based on experience, domain expertise, and geographic location).
- Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance (100% coverage for employees), unlimited and encouraged paid time off, monthly mental health and fitness stipend, paid parental leave, and 10 company-observed holidays.
Join Monad Labs and be part of a team that is shaping the future of blockchain technology.
Benefits Extracted with AI
- Vision insurance
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Unlimited paid time off
- Mental health and fitness stipend
- Paid parental leave
- 10 company-observed holidays
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