Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Remote

Overview

Eigen Labs is more than just a leading name in the blockchain space. We’re the driving force behind EigenLayer, a game-changing solution that revolutionizes crypto-economic security. Imagine a world where blockchain projects break free from the shackles of the scaling trilemma and capital limitations.

We’re building a platform to deliver security to novel distributed applications. In today's blockchain ecosystem, each service is typically secured by its own tokenized trust-network. With EigenLayer, services can build upon the established security of the Ethereum trust network, unlocking untold scalability while maintaining security and decentralization.

Enter EigenDA: Provisioning data availability is one of the key components for scaling blockchains, and specifically Layer2 rollups. EigenDA is a secure, high throughput, and decentralized data availability (DA) service built on top of Ethereum using the EigenLayer restaking primitive. Developed by Eigen Labs, EigenDA is the first actively validated service (AVS) to launch on EigenLayer. Restakers will be able to delegate stake to node operators performing validation tasks for EigenDA in exchange for service payments, and rollups will be able to post data to EigenDA in order to access lower transaction costs, higher transaction throughput, and secure composability across the EigenLayer ecosystem.

With EigenLayer, building blockchain infrastructure modules (AVSs) in a permissionless manner is no longer a hypothetical—it's our reality. Now, we invite you to be part of this exciting journey.

In Short

• Collaborate with Researchers/Engineers to design and develop backends, built to run cloud services with their own infrastructure.
• Deliver and own large features end-to-end, considering customer experience, system reliability, scalability, operability, and ongoing metrics.
• Propose, write, and explain technical designs, approaches, and solutions.
• Constantly research/learn new concepts, ideas, and frameworks.
• Proactively contribute to discussions about technical issues, sprint and roadmap planning, and improving team processes.
• Engage in team design/code reviews, standups, and advocate engineering best practices.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science or related technical field (e.g., physics or mathematics).
• 5+ years of backend distributed systems experience.
• 1+ years of full life cycle development with Go.
• Exposure to cloud technologies (managing keys and/or bootstrapping AWS environments).
• Experience developing applications optimized for deployment and management via microservices.
• Experience with highly scalable P2P networks.
• Track record of successfully delivering complex and high-scale software systems.
• Familiarity with blockchain tech and concepts such as cryptography, polynomial commitments, signature schemes, hash functions, erasure codes, multi-threaded and parallel computing.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and non-cash compensation (tokens and equity).
• World class benefits package (medical/dental/vision).
• Remote work set up stipend.
• Flexible hours and a supportive remote environment.
• Flexible time off.
• 401(k) retirement plan + company match.
• Monthly wellness benefit.
• Yearly off-sites.
• Paid parental leave.