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Axiom

Distributed Systems Engineer

New York, NY · On-site +1

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The Role We are looking for a distributed systems engineer to join a startup using zero-knowledge proofs to scale smart contract applications. You will be responsible for building Rust-based rollup ...

Stanford Climate Ventures

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Senior Distributed Systems Engineer Hours : Full-Time, Salaried Location : Salt Lake City, UT, Hybrid Benefits Eligible : Yes Manager : Head of Reservoir R&D Why we exist Geothermal energy is the ...

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Distributed Systems Engineer to Build the Future of Enterprise AI SaaS Location: Remote (US time zones preferred) | Full-time Are you a distributed systems wizard who dreams of architecting the ...

Archil

Sr. Distributed Systems Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$123K - $168K/yr

Role As a distributed systems engineer, you'll work across the stack to solve problems as they come up and help build Archil volumes. You'll have significant influence over the technical and product ...

Netflix

Distributed Systems Engineer, L5

$100K - $700K/yr

We are looking for Distributed Systems Engineers to help evolve and innovate our infrastructure. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team to bring new perspectives as we solve the ...

Netflix

Distributed Systems Engineer, L5

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IonQ

Senior Distributed Systems Engineer

Santa Clara, CA

$122K - $167K/yr

We are looking for a deeply hands-on Senior Distributed Systems Engineer to join the team building IonQ's Network and Security Platform. You will own the backend services - ingestion pipelines ...

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Distributed Systems Engineer

New York, NY • On-site, Remote

Axiom
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$125K - $250K/yr

Full-time

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Job description

About Us
Axiom is using zero-knowledge proofs to enable new types of verifiable and private software applications, starting with crypto and fintech. We are a small but incredibly strong team backed by the best investors in crypto. We're looking for exceptional people who are excited to work on challenging and impactful problems in a fast-paced environment. Our office is in NYC and working in person in NY is our strong preference, but we're open to remote candidates as well.
We recently released OpenVM, a performant and modular zkVM framework built for customization and extensibility. OpenVM allows developers to verify the correct execution of arbitrary computer programs in a flexible and performant way. We are building ZK-enabled products using OpenVM and supporting teams building on OpenVM.
The Role
We are looking for a distributed systems engineer to join a startup using zero-knowledge proofs to scale smart contract applications. You will be responsible for building Rust-based rollup nodes and sequencers to deliver zero-knowledge proof based products on-chain. Your work will require designing secure and efficient systems and making design choices to enable rapid development without sacrificing security.
We are looking for someone with strong engineering design skills, a security mindset, and the ability to design and implement blockchain protocols. We also value the ability to make pragmatic technology choices which empower our small team.
Who you are
  • You are fluent in Rust, C++, or a similarly performant backend language. We work primarily in Rust.
  • You have experience deploying and monitoring high uptime applications to production in the cloud using orchestration and containerization (Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes).
  • You have experience working within a large production codebase.
  • You are extremely detail oriented and have a security mindset.
  • You're a clear communicator and value collaboration.
  • You have a bias towards action and extremely strong work ethic.

Bonuses
  • You have experience working with blockchain nodes like Geth, Reth, or similar.
  • You have experience with low-level details of Ethereum.
  • You have experience working in an adversarial or security critical environment.

Why work with us
  • You'll be working on groundbreaking tech that has the potential to be a key piece of infrastructure for the crypto industry
  • You'll receive a competitive salary with equity
  • You will work with and receive mentorship from an exceptional team

Our Team
Our founders Yi Sun and Jonathan Wang met while studying math at Harvard and have been working on ZK since 2021. Together, they wrote some of the most performant ZK circuits for elliptic curve cryptography and Ethereum data reads before starting Axiom.
Before Axiom, Yi was a professor at UChicago Statistics and did a math PhD at MIT. He was previously an advisor for Gauntlet and worked at an HFT startup from inception to profitable trading. Jonathan published number theory research in top math journals and did a math PhD at UChicago.
The rest of our small but incredibly strong team includes alums of Applied Intuition, Coinbase, Color, Neon, and Google, as well as math / CS PhDs and IMO / IPhO / Codeforces winners. We look forward to working with you!

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