Senior Distributed Systems Engineer - Node Engineer

About Us

At Tenderly, we're not just shaping the future of blockchain technology – we're defining it. As a full-stack Web3 infrastructure platform, we provide multi-network support and a comprehensive ecosystem that covers every aspect of the blockchain journey, from initial encounters to advanced Node solutions and serverless cloud compute functions.

Our mission is crystal clear: to empower developers worldwide to harness the full potential of blockchain technology for creating innovative products. With our robust Web3 infrastructure platform, we've already enabled tens of thousands of developers to work more efficiently with blockchain. We thrive on tackling complex challenges head-on, crafting solutions that push the boundaries of what's possible in the blockchain world.

Why Tenderly?

Join us at Tenderly, where our values are not just words on a page but the driving force behind our innovative journey. We value and give agency, foster collaboration but not without holding ourselves accountable and are all driven by solving the problems we face. We’re eager to learn, and are not ashamed to make a mistake as long as it ends up a learning opportunity. We love to experiment, ship fast and iterate, try out radical ideas, and moonshot solutions which defy all odds.

No matter the role, seniority, this is a place for growth, where everyone has a say and no idea is dismissed. Our processes are minimal and fine-tuned to our needs. They’re changing all the time, adapting to new requirements, and are optimized for delivering value not bureaucracy.

About the Role

If you're an engineer with a problem-solving mindset, we want to hear from you! At Tenderly, we value adaptability and the ability to embrace new challenges. We’re not writing protocols, we’re building infrastructure. Your engineering experience will help you quickly learn to apply those skills in the Web3 space.

Are you ready to help us revolutionize blockchain infrastructure and redefine scalability? As an engineer on our Node team, you’ll be at the forefront of innovation, building and optimizing systems that power the next generation of blockchain technology.

Blockchain experience is something we value, but what truly excites us is your passion for it and your eagerness to learn. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to grow, work with a talented team, and push yourself to new limits along the way.

What you'll do

1. World-class Engineering: Build backend services that are highly available, consistent, and multi-region, supporting thousands of users and millions of end-users in real-time. Ensure everything runs smoothly and stays responsive as our platform scales to new heights.
2. The blockchain never sleeps, but our engineers do. Being the infrastructure that powers it means our systems need to meet a 99.99% SLO, be self-recovering, consistent, and handle failovers automatically—no interruptions to anyone’s beauty sleep.
3. Driving advancement in such a system, you’ll have to optimize the core technology to handle hundreds of thousands of requests per second and process petabytes of data effortlessly, mastering the trade-offs you need to make for consistency, availability, and low-latency.
4. Our systems designs meet millisecond response times, while scaling out to the demand of our users. Our data pipelines have similar constraints as banking systems, consistent, ordered, and processed exactly once. Our data streaming solutions must be as close to real-time as possible. Users evaluate our solutions like they’re evaluating a database, so tail latency is our sworn enemy, and you’ll be fighting it daily.
5. Nobody gets fired for choosing Tenderly—let’s keep it that way!
6. Take pride in your work: We value simple, powerful solutions, love clean abstractions, and measure progress every step of the way. Whether you're driving innovative ideas, implementing cutting-edge research, or fixing that annoying bug that's been lingering for too long, your work makes an impact. Whatever you do, take pride in your work.
7. Deepen Specialization: Dive into areas like the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), custom storage engines, and high-throughput systems. Enhance distributed storage solutions, implement cutting-edge in-memory MVCC algorithms, fine-tune garbage collectors, benchmark networks, and build automated testing systems.
8. Make new ideas a Reality: At Tenderly, we thrive on agency and drive. Take ownership of groundbreaking projects—whether that’s building a distributed, infinitely scalable node or developing strategies to optimize storage, networking, and performance.
9. Push the limits of blockchain technology by imagining and implementing new features. Collaborate with industry leaders to not only maintain but surpass our #1 position, driving unparalleled success in Web3 infrastructure.

We’re all about honesty—recognizing what works, acknowledging what doesn’t, proposing solutions, and supporting each other in making improvements. Join us in refining how we work—show up, get involved, and keep pushing forward. Let’s grow together!

Take on challenges in all parts of your work, and create something you’re proud of.

About You

We're looking for a highly skilled and innovative engineer with a passion for backend development and distributed systems. You should have:

• Proven expertise in distributed systems and experience working with large datasets and distributed storage solutions.
• A passion for tackling scalability challenges and optimizing systems for real-time performance.
• Deep technical understanding of low-latency systems, high-throughput infrastructure, and building solutions for multi-region availability.
• Proficiency in Go, Rust, or a similar systems programming language.
• A track record of working on complex systems requiring a balance of strong consistency, availability, and massive scale.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to thrive in cross-functional teams.

Our Values

Join us at Tenderly, where our values are not just words on a page but the driving force behind our innovative journey.

Fanatic Drive: We're passionately driven to solve our users' problems, tackling challenges with intensity and speed. Our work is our obsession, and we thrive on the fast-paced world of Web3. As team members, we take breaks, but we understand that Web3 and Tenderly do not.

Underdog Mentality: We love defying the odds, rejecting the status quo, and achieving the impossible. We're on a mission to revolutionize blockchain technology, constantly pushing boundaries.

Inward Responsibility: We hold ourselves accountable, always striving to improve. We embrace feedback, knowing it drives personal growth and collective success.

Intentional Collaboration: Our success relies on individual contributions and mutual support. We share ideas openly, trust each other completely, and continuously push each other to excel.

Tenderly Transparency️: We believe in open, honest communication. We share knowledge and opinions freely, fostering a culture of accountability and trust.

What We Offer

Finance

Stock Options: We believe that everybody should own a part of the company and we want our team members to benefit from our shared success.

Transparent compensation: To ensure fair and equal pay for all employees, salaries within the company are completely transparent.

Support in Life Changes:

Fully covered maternity leave: The leave is fully covered, in the amount of the last salary person received during the regular engagement.

Paternity leave: Four weeks of paid time off after a baby has arrived to help share the joys & responsibilities.

Company equipment: Standard equipment includes a MacBook laptop, monitor, and a keyboard and mouse of your choice.

Welfare

Flexible, no less-than vacation policy: We know that unlimited vacation policies usually have the opposite effect, so we encourage people to actually take and use their time off for rest and relaxation. We have established a minimum of 21.5 days that should be used in a given time of 12 months.

Flexible working hours: You are fully entrusted to effectively manage your working hours, the only important thing is that it allows for collaboration with your team.

Health insurance for you and your dependants: Medical insurance to keep you and your spouse, partner, and children healthy.

Tenderly is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.