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[Remote] Senior Distributed Systems Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. NEBRA Labs is seeking an experienced Distributed Systems Engineer specializing in consensus protocols to join their team. This role focuses on designing, implementing, and maintaining distributed consensus mechanisms that ensure reliability and consistency across their distributed systems.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement consensus protocols
- Develop and optimize distributed system architectures focusing on scalability, reliability, and fault tolerance
- Analyze and improve system performance, latency, and throughput
- Debug complex distributed system issues across multiple nodes and networks
- Create and maintain technical documentation for distributed systems and protocols
- Collaborate with team members to implement Byzantine fault-tolerant solutions
- Conduct performance analysis and optimization of distributed systems
- Implement and maintain monitoring and observability solutions
Skills
- Proven track record of distributed system or consensus engineering (i.e. Master/PhD in related field or 3+ years of industry experiences)
- Strong background in consensus algorithms (Paxos, Raft, PBFT, etc.)
- Expertise in concurrent and parallel programming
- Proficiency in systems programming languages (Go, Rust, or C++)
- Deep understanding of distributed computing concepts (CAP theorem, consistency models, etc.)
- Experience with network programming and distributed system testing
- Strong knowledge of performance optimization and bottleneck analysis
- Experience implementing Byzantine fault-tolerant systems
- Knowledge of modern consensus protocols like HotStuff, Tendermint, or Narwhal/Bullshark
- Familiarity with formal verification methods for distributed systems
- Experience with large-scale distributed databases
- Background in peer-to-peer networking protocols
- Publications in distributed systems conferences (PODC, DISC, etc.)
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Benefits
- Opportunities for career advancement
- Equity participation
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