Blockchain Infrastructure Engineer - Remote

Sova Labs Blog; New York (NY); Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering blockchain firm as a Blockchain Infrastructure Engineer, leading the deployment of a proof-of-stake EVM network. This remote role offers full benefits and token allocation, allowing you to shape the future of Bitcoin programmability. You'll design and implement critical infrastructure, manage secure validator workflows, and collaborate with a dynamic team to enhance network performance and security. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to an innovative project at the forefront of blockchain technology, ensuring high availability and reliability for an exciting new EVM-compatible blockchain.

Benefits

Full benefits

Token allocation

Qualifications

• Experience in deploying and maintaining PoS EVM networks.
• Strong understanding of validator key management and security practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain infrastructure for PoS network using Reth and Lighthouse.
• Monitor network health and performance across all node types.

Skills

Ethereum execution clients

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Docker

Linux

Reth execution client

Lighthouse beacon/validator nodes

Job description

Sova is the open interoperable network for native BTC wealth products. Hiring a blockchain infrastructure engineer to pioneer network infrastructure. Remote + full benefits + token allocation.

Position Overview

We are seeking a skilled Blockchain Infrastructure Engineer to lead the deployment and maintenance of our proof-of-stake (PoS) EVM network. This role will be instrumental in establishing and managing our network's core infrastructure, including execution clients, beacon nodes, and validator clients.

Core Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain the infrastructure for our PoS network using Reth execution clients and Lighthouse beacon/validator nodes
• Manage auxiliary services including Bitcoin nodes, signing services, and UTXO services
• Set up and maintain secure validator key management workflows
• Monitor network health, performance, and security across all node types
• Design and implement monitoring and alerting systems for the network infrastructure
• Create and maintain technical documentation for network deployment and maintenance procedures
• Troubleshoot and resolve network issues across execution clients, beacon nodes, and validators
• Collaborate with the development team to implement network upgrades and improvements
• Ensure high availability and reliability of the network infrastructure

Required Technical Skills

• Prior experience with Ethereum execution clients
• Familiarity with Eth2 consensus clients and validator clients
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with AWS, GCP or similar cloud providers

Nice To Have

• Understanding of the Ethereum Virtual Machine.
• Understanding of validator key management and secure key generation practices
• Understanding of peering, the devp2p layers of Ethereum chains
• Understanding of transaction propagation and mempool implementations

Technical Environment

• Execution client: Reth & Bitcoin Core
• Beacon Node: Lighthouse
• Validator Client: Lighthouse
• Infrastructure: Docker, Linux

Required Soft Skills

• Self-motivated with ability to be a team player
• Strong problem-solving abilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Detail-oriented with a focus on security and reliability

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Equivalent practical experience will be considered

Location

US - Remote

About Us

Check us out at https://www.sova.io/.

Sova is a new blockchain designed to add programmability to Bitcoin. While Bitcoin secures the most global economic value of any blockchain, applications and utility beyond value storage and exchange via $BTC are limited.

Sova introduces a new EVM-compatible blockchain with a set of precompile-based VM extensions, combined with validator-level bindings to Bitcoin Core, that enables a smart contract execution environment to interact with Bitcoin and its native assets, such as BTC, Runes and Ordinals. Using pooled security from Ethereum mainnet, the network will quickly bootstrap its economic security to the requisite level for enforcing honest, user-initiated operation on Bitcoin and interaction with Bitcoin-native assets.

Next Steps

Interested candidates should submit their resume, GitHub profile, and any relevant open-source contributions or technical projects.