Senior DevOps Engineer
Monad Labs is a tech startup that is focused on developing the Monad blockchain, which is a smart contract platform designed to promote the widespread use of decentralized apps. The platform has impressive performance capabilities, with the ability to handle 10,000 transactions per second, and is fully compatible with Ethereum smart contracts. Monad achieves this performance through innovations in parallel execution and distributed consensus.
Established by former employees of Jump Trading, Monad Labs has substantial backing from prominent figures in the crypto space, including Dragonfly, Placeholder, and Naval Ravikant. Despite being a small startup with a team of 25 people, we are based in New York City and our ambitions are significant.
The position:
We are currently seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer who possesses extensive knowledge of Linux systems and has a strong background in developing new automation for infrastructure and testing purposes. As our first DevOps hire, you will play a vital role in the development of our system, contributing to the creation of a robust and high-performance platform. This will involve enhancing our automated testing capabilities for a distributed system, managing and improving our Linux systems and networking architecture, and working closely with our development teams to ensure scalability, observability, and security.
This position is for a hybrid role in New York City, requiring three days on-site at our NoMad office.
About you:
The desired requirements for this role include:
- At least 5 years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Linux Engineering
- Proven experience in setting up a DevOps environment and creating a CI/CD platform from scratch using tools like GitHub Actions or Jenkins
- Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and container technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and Puppet
- Proficiency in at least one back-end development language like Python, Go, or C++
- Strong command-line git skills
- Familiarity with writing scripts for deploying and maintaining infrastructure, such as Linux installations, clusters, and networks
- Experience in evaluating and improving observability and security practices
- Knowledge of network setup and maintenance
- Familiarity with virtualization technologies like Docker and Qemu
- Ability to write scripts and assist with testing and automation activities
Key responsibilities:
In this role, you will be responsible for:
- Building, testing, monitoring, and deploying code across multiple cloud and hosted environments
- Installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting Linux (Fedora/Ubuntu) installations
- Establishing testing infrastructure for a system with elements of high-performance computation and distributed systems
- Maintaining and enhancing our network infrastructure for clusters of Ethereum-like nodes
- Contributing to the development of observability standards and security measures
- Participating in an on-call rotation for production support
What we offer:
Working for Monad Labs presents exciting opportunities, including solving challenging problems with potential massive impact and collaborating with an exceptional team. You will receive a competitive salary, along with equity in the company. As an early employee, you will have the chance to shape the company's culture and make significant contributions from the outset. We operate as a flat, results-driven organization. Your work will play a crucial role in enabling cheaper and more efficient decentralized computation, paving the way for new decentralized apps that improve people's lives.
Additional benefits include unlimited and encouraged paid time off, health coverage, a home office equipment stipend, a monthly wellness/fitness stipend, and 10 company-observed holidays.
Minimum full-time salary starts from $175,000 (final salary offer may vary based on factors such as experience and location).
We look forward to having you work with us in our NYC office, in a hybrid capacity (3 days/week).
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