Staff DevOps Engineer / SRE

We are hiring for one of our ecosystem projects - a MEV Powered Liquid Staking platform. This is a remote-first position—join our global team from anywhere in the world. Core team will be based in the US timezones.

The Role

As their first DevOps hire, you’ll have a unique opportunity to lay the groundwork for their infrastructure, define processes, and shape a culture of reliability and security. You’ll work closely with their backend and smart contract teams to build scalable, high-availability systems that power their MEV-driven staking platform, supporting a growing global user base.

Job Description

• Architect, deploy, and manage secure, scalable infrastructure to support a liquid staking platform with parallel execution capabilities.
• Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines, observability stacks, alerting systems, and incident response processes to ensure high-quality code delivery.
• Oversee bare-metal and cloud-based infrastructure, balancing performance, cost, and security for decentralized systems and blockchain nodes.
• Implement strong security measures, including access controls (SSO, 2FA, VPNs), endpoint protection, and intrusion detection across cloud and physical servers.
• Support mechanisms to minimize network spam and boost validator incentives through efficient block space allocation.
• Troubleshoot and optimize Linux-based systems, containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes), and blockchain node operations.
• Collaborate with our team and partners to ensure robust block production and incentive alignment across the network.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering, with proficiency in at least one backend development language.
• Demonstrated ability to design and maintain scalable, high-availability infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with bare-metal infrastructure—planning, provisioning, and managing physical servers.
• Strong expertise in cloud administration (e.g., AWS).
• Security-focused mindset with experience in access controls, endpoint security, intrusion detection, and attack vector monitoring.
• Proficiency in building CI/CD pipelines, observability tools, alerting systems, and incident management workflows.
• Extensive experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and Linux system administration (monitoring, troubleshooting, optimization).
• Familiarity with blockchain nodes and decentralized infrastructure.

Nice to Haves

• Experience operating validator nodes at scale within a blockchain ecosystem.
• Expertise in networking stack optimizations for high-throughput transactions.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).

Why Join?

• Be the first DevOps hire at a pioneering startup shaping the future of liquid staking and decentralized technology.
• Work remotely with a distributed team passionate about innovation and collaboration.
• Contribute to a platform enhanced by a strategic partnership, driving scalability and user adoption in the blockchain space.