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Senior Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
122 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Engineer
Polygon Labs
• Design, implement, and optimize peer-to-peer networking components in the Bor, Erigon, and Heimdall clients. • Analyze and improve network stability by identifying peering bottlenecks, protocol edge cases, or propagation inefficiencies. • Investigate incidents and contribute to root cause analysis (RCA) efforts related to network partitions, peer discovery failures, or gossip performance issues. • Collaborate closely with internal protocol and infra teams to align client behavior with network goals. • Contribute to client documentation and architecture discussions around networking layers and system resilience. • Stay up to date with trends and developments in distributed systems and peer-to-peer infrastructure.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in systems or infrastructure engineering, ideally working on distributed systems or blockchain clients.
- Deep expertise in Go (Golang), with strong knowledge of networking libraries, protocols (TCP/UDP), and debugging tools.
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems in live production systems with a proactive, ownership-first mindset.
- Experience working on peer-to-peer networking protocols or low-level infrastructure systems.
- Comfortable working in a remote, asynchronous environment across time zones (EMEA, East Coast US, or South America preferred).
Benefits
- Remote first global workforce
- Industry leading Medical, Dental and Vision health insurance*
- Company matching 401k with 3% match*
- $1,500 Home Office Set Up Allowance (life-time max)
- $200 Annual Book Allowance Program
- $75 Monthly internet or phone reimbursement
- Flexible Time Off
- Company issued laptop
- Egg freezing, mental health, and employee wellness benefits
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