Senior Software Engineer – Hybrid, Core Blockchain Systems

Rustify; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Category Labs is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to research, design, and build core improvements to the Monad protocol. You will work on distributed algorithms, cryptography, and consensus mechanisms within a small, high-performing team.

The role emphasizes building core components from scratch in C++ or Rust and requires experience with distributed systems or blockchain engineering. Hybrid work in the United States is supported.

Qualifications

• Experience in distributed systems or blockchain engineering.
• Ability to design and implement core protocol improvements.
• Proficient in C++ or Rust.
• Strong problem-solving and performance focus.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement core improvements to the consensus mechanism, gossip protocol, and state synchronization.
• Devise experiments to test worst-case scenarios and iterate on design results.
• Consider interactions with rollups, bridges, or staking systems in component design.
• Build performant system components from scratch in C++ or Rust.

Skills

Distributed algorithms

Cryptography

Consensus mechanisms

Distributed systems

Blockchain engineering

Tools

C++

Rust

Job description

Category Labs is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to research, design, and build core improvements to the Monad protocol. You will work on distributed algorithms, cryptography, and consensus mechanisms within a small, high-performing team.

The role emphasizes building core components from scratch in C++ or Rust and requires experience with distributed systems or blockchain engineering. Hybrid work in the United States is supported.