Platform Engineer

Matter Labs; Österreich; Vor Ort; EUR 70 000 - 90 000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading blockchain technology firm in Austria is seeking a Platform Engineer to design and optimize core platform components. Ideal candidates will have 3-10 years of relevant experience and strong competencies in blockchain infrastructure and CI/CD processes. Join the team to push the boundaries of zero-knowledge infrastructure in a full-time role that calls for technical ownership and collaboration across multiple teams.

Qualifikationen

• 3–10 years in platform, infrastructure, systems, or protocol engineering.
• Proven experience building and scaling internal platforms.
• Rust experience highly valued.

Aufgaben

• Design, build, and maintain core platform supporting zkSync protocol.
• Develop high-performance services and infrastructure components.
• Optimize CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows.

Kenntnisse

Blockchain infrastructure understanding

Strongly typed languages (Go, Rust, C++, Scala)

CI/CD processes

Smart contract development

Algorithms and data structures optimization

Cross-functional communication

Jobbeschreibung

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Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain the core platform and internal tooling that supports zkSync protocol and application development.
• Develop high-performance services and infrastructure components for both L1 and L2 systems.
• Optimize CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and developer workflows to improve iteration speed and reliability.
• Conduct research, prototype solutions, and produce high-quality technical documentation.
• Collaborate with Protocol, DevEx, Core Engineering, and Security teams to shape platform architecture and long-term infrastructure roadmap.
• Ensure platform components meet high standards of scalability, security, and performance.

Experience

• 3–10 years in platform, infrastructure, systems, or protocol engineering, depending on level.
• Proven experience building and scaling internal platforms, developer tooling, or high-load distributed systems.

Technical Competencies

• Strong understanding of blockchain infrastructure and EVM/L2 development environments.
• Experience with strongly typed languages (Go, Rust, C++, Scala) — Rust experience highly valued.
• Familiarity with smart contract development workflows (Foundry, Yul, Solidity tooling) is a strong plus.
• Deep experience with CI/CD, observability stacks, release pipelines, and environment orchestration.
• Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, and system performance optimization.
• Knowledge of cryptographic primitives, Merkle trees, or low-level protocol components is a bonus.

Core Competencies

• Ownership mindset with a history of operating in environments with high technical accountability.
• Strong cross-functional communication and the ability to collaborate with protocol and product teams.
• Passionate about developer experience, internal tooling excellence, and building leverage for engineering teams.
• Curious, proactive, and motivated to push the boundaries of what’s possible in zero-knowledge infrastructure.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior; Employment type: Full-time; Job function: Engineering and Information Technology; Industries: Technology, Information and Internet.