Distributed Systems Evaluation Engineer

Logos; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading decentralized web movement is seeking a Distributed Systems Evaluation Engineer in the United Kingdom. This role requires expertise in testing and assessing complex distributed systems, automating processes, and providing insights based on rigorous evaluations. Successful candidates will have strong skills in scripting languages like Python and experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and statistical analysis tools. The position offers flexible compensation options including fiat and crypto.

Qualifications

• Solid experience with scripting languages like Python.
• Experience with statistical analysis tools, like pandas, seaborn.
• Experience with systems programming languages like Go, Rust.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain tools for analyzing distributed systems.
• Automate large-scale deployments to validate functionality at scale.
• Troubleshoot issues in distributed environments with IFT project teams.

Skills

Scripting languages like Python

Statistical analysis tools (pandas, seaborn)

Systems programming languages (Go, Rust)

Network behaviors (libp2p, gossipsub)

Docker

Kubernetes

Excellent written and conversational communication skills

Experience in blockchain technology

Experience with off-the-shelf networking stacks (libp2p)

Experience with systems programming languages (Nim)

Open-source organization experience

Job description

Logos is a movement supporting the development of the decentralised web. Logos technologies lay the foundations for a freer internet upon which communities can evolve into network states. Each protocol in the Logos stack seeks to empower its users while upholding civil liberties and fundamental freedoms.

Logos (λ) is a movement of technologists, creatives, strategists, and activists working together to build a sovereign, people-owned technology stack that revitalises civil society and protects digital liberties at scale.

This position is within the IFT Technical Services (IFT-TS), Distributed Systems Testing (DST) Team, a team that primarily supports Logos, while also contributing to other IFT projects.

The role:

We are seeking an experienced Distributed Systems Evaluation Engineer to join the Institute of Free Technology - Technical Services, on the Distributed Systems Testing (IFT-TS DST) team.

This role focuses on rigorously assessing the performance and reliability of IFT projects at scale, where Logos (λ) is one of them. Logos (λ) technology stack is composed of 3 main components:

• Logos (λ) Blockchain: Advanced privacy for a new era of decentralised applications and social institutions.
• Logos (λ) Messaging: Private peer‑to‑peer communication that resists surveillance and censorship.
• Logos (λ) Storage: Secure decentralised storage enabling fully decentralised apps and file sharing.

You’ll be responsible for designing and executing comprehensive evaluation strategies, leveraging both large-scale lab deployments and protocol behaviour modelling scripts. Your expertise will be crucial in analyzing these complex distributed systems, automating intricate test scenarios, and providing in-depth insights into system behaviors.

Working closely with cross-functional teams, you’ll troubleshoot complex issues and translate technical data into actionable recommendations. Proficiency in containerization, cloud technologies, and distributed systems principles is essential.

Key responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain sophisticated tools for analyzing distributed systems at scale, ensuring robust and efficient testing processes.
• Orchestrate and automate large-scale deployments to rigorously validate the functionality, performance, and scalability of complex distributed systems.
• Identify, document, reproduce, and troubleshoot intricate issues in distributed environments, collaborating closely with IFT project teams to resolve challenges.
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of IFT project protocols and components to provide insightful analyses that drive improvements and inform decision-making.
• Create and maintain scripts that model protocol behavior, utilizing these models to validate and sanity-check large-scale deployment runs.
• Work with Docker, Kubernetes, and POSIX-like systems

You ideally will have:

• Solid experience with scripting languages like Python.
• Experience with statistical analysis tools, like pandas, seaborn.
• Experience with systems programming languages like Go, Rust.
• Understanding of network behaviors (libp2p, gossipsub, p2p networks).
• Working knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and POSIX-like systems.
• Excellent written and conversational communication skills.
• Alignment with our core values and principles.
• Experience with off-the-shelf networking stacks such as libp2p.
• Experience in blockchain technology.
• Experience with systems programming languages like Nim.
• Experience working for an open-source organization.

Hiring process:

• Intro call with our Talent team
• Interview with team member from the IFT-TS DST team
• Live coding interview with team member from the IFT-TS DST team
• Interview with IFT-TS lead

Compensation:

We are happy to pay in any mix of fiat/crypto.