Senior Go Engineer — Cloud Compute & Open Source

Overclock Labs; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Job summary

Overclock Labs is seeking a Software Engineer to build the core Akash marketplace software. You will write Go, test upgrades, and resolve provider issues in Kubernetes while shaping protocol capabilities. The team develops in the open, and clear technical documentation is part of the role, from feature specs to provider guidance.

Remote-first, distributed team fostering collaboration across time zones. Competitive compensation and stock options available, with opportunities to contribute to

Qualifications

• Strong, current experience writing Go in production.
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience, including debugging real workloads, networking, and cluster issues.
• Expert knowledge of systems design concepts and distributed computing.
• Keen eye for modeling scenarios in reproducible test environments.
• Experience in key security concepts: cryptography, key/certificate management, identity, and access management.
• Experience with test-driven development and the use of testing frameworks.
• Experience developing backend APIs and complex services.
• Ability to write clear technical documentation for both engineers and provider operators.
• You take a pragmatic approach to developing clean solutions to complex problems.
• Proven ability to work in an open source Git workflow, since the team develops in the open.
• Ability to stay communicative while working remotely and asynchronously.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain core features in Go across the Akash node and provider daemon.
• Design, test, and ship network upgrades, validating behavior on testnet before mainnet rollout.
• Diagnose and resolve provider-side issues in Kubernetes, from gateway and networking to workload orchestration across an independently operated provider fleet.
• Maintain the gRPC and protobuf API definitions and code generation shared by the node and provider.
• Cut, sign, and release provider and node software.
• Write feature specs and technical documentation that help providers, developers, and teammates understand and adopt new features.
• Contribute to closed source Overclock Labs products such as Akash Homenode.
• Think creatively about attack vectors, failure handling, and other non-functional requirements.
• Continuously raise the standard of engineering excellence through best practices for coding, testing, and deployment.

Skills

Go

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

Security concepts

Testing frameworks

Backend APIs

Documentation

Open source

Async communication

Identity management

Tools

gRPC

Protobuf

Code generation

Job description

Overclock Labs is seeking a Software Engineer to build the core Akash marketplace software. You will write Go, test upgrades, and resolve provider issues in Kubernetes while shaping protocol capabilities. The team develops in the open, and clear technical documentation is part of the role, from feature specs to provider guidance.

Remote-first, distributed team fostering collaboration across time zones. Competitive compensation and stock options available, with opportunities to contribute to