Network Engineer

Harmony; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Harmony is seeking engineers specialized in blockchain development to join our innovative team in Palo Alto. As part of a fast-growing startup, you will develop a highly secure and scalable blockchain while managing a significant operational infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will have 3 to 5 years of experience, including startup exposure, and possess strong cloud operations and optimization skills. This full-time position is office-based, requiring a commitment to operational excellence and team collaboration.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of working experience including at least 1 year in a startup.

Responsibilities

• Develop a blockchain with high security, scalability, and decentralization.
• Operate a network of 1000 nodes and manage $500M assets in open development.
• Optimize 100M requests per second at a $50K monthly operational cost.

Skills

Cloud operations

System optimization

Kernel expertise

Strong communication skills

Job description

Harmony is an open blockchain with data sharding and fast finality. Social games and community AI can use our onchain tokens for micro-payments, smart contracts for market pricing, and zero-knowledge proofs for data privacy.

Harmony’s mission is to scale trust and create a radically fair economy. Our platform is decentralized, scalable and secure to settle any transactions without trusted parties.

Building a (Rocket)Ship

We are a Day-1 startup. Blockchains are becoming the foundation of the global economy, yet their adoption is at only 1%. That means that you as a pioneer and developer are shaping the future with 10X impact. Harmony is a community-driven project, a network with hundreds of applications, and a team wearing crazy ambitions on their sleeves. Because the invincible summer awaits!

For engineers, we value your deep understanding of how bytes work. You are a tool maker, a system hacker, and a math nerd all in ONE. Your typical day involves prototyping a top-conference research paper, debugging and profiling in hexdecimal, or writing updates to coordinate asynchronously with tens of engineers in the open. Building a blockchain is like jumping off the cliff while assembling the plane engine on the fly – but, if you can thrive in chaos, why NOT?

For creatives, we approve your obsession with user experience. You are a product designer, a brand manager, and an industry analyst all in ONE. Your typical day involves studying what delights and what hurts through hard metrics, writing long-form narratives on the why's and the do's, or scrumming tasks for a product launch to iterate with millions of users. Building a community is like sharing your blue heart while keeping the culture alive for decades – but, if this is your dream of 50 years, start NOW?

See our project vision on Social A(G)I and Shard 1.

Responsibilities

• Develop a blockchain with high security, scalability and decentralization
• Operate a network of 1000 nodes and $500M assets in open development
• Optimize 100M requests per second at $50K monthly operational cost

Requirements

• Specialized in cloud ops, optimizations, and kernel
• 3 to 5 years of working experience including 1 year of startup experience
• 5 days full-time in office (Palo Alto, CA) and off-hour emergency
• Strong communication skills