Eigen Labs is the team behind EigenLayer, which provides crypto economic security as a service for proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain modules, such as rollups, bridges, oracles, and Dapps. In today's blockchain ecosystem, each service is typically secured by its own token. The difficulty of bootstrapping new tokens often leads to too little capital to secure their services sufficiently. With EigenLayer, blockchain services can rely on Ethereum for security instead of the value of their own token values. Stakers in the Ethereum proof-of-stake network can "re-stake" their assets with EigenLayer to secure other services and earn higher returns. Customers pay transaction fees for these strong security guarantees, making it possible for anyone to build innovative blockchain modules without large upfront capital costs.
THE ROLE
We are seeking a senior software development engineer in test (SDET) with a strong background in testing high-scale distributed systems to work on a variety of testing, automation, and performance challenges. This role will build infrastructure to scalably test distributed systems while simulating varied network conditions as well as on different hardware configurations to determine critical edge-cases, failure modes, and performance issues to help build more robust systems. You will also lead initiatives to standardize how we test and deploy software (e.g., via CI/CD) and set the quality bar for teams by recommending and producing software quality metrics to be used across the organization.This is a full-time position that is fully remote or located with the team based in Seattle.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
- Develop and implement best practices for CI/CD pipelines across the organization, building smooth and low-friction processes that are straightforward to troubleshoot and modify
- Collaborate with other teams to ensure the performance and scalability of the entire EigenLayer ecosystem with a focus on off-chain systems
- Work to reliably automate testing-related tasks, including educating teams you work with on how to best expand and automate their product test coverage as well as designing and implementing your own test cases and supporting infrastructure
- Be comfortable digging in to distributed system code and understand failure modes and performance concerns, diagnose root causes, and make recommendations for product improvements
- Stay up-to-date with emerging trends in the blockchain space, specifically with a focus on scaling blockchain infrastructure and performing systematic testing
WHAT YOU WILL BRING
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in test engineering or quality assurance work, with a specific focus on hands-on instrumentation and testing of distributed systems
- Experience managing large, cross-team programs
- Strong experience with infrastructure-as-code to support build-up and tear-down of cloud-based test environments for distributed systems
- Experience building relevant test cases and corresponding test automation (e.g., in Go) with a focus on systems software
- Experience with CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions or ArgoCD, including proposing and implementing standards for best practices across multiple teams
- Experience defining and tracking software quality metrics
- Hands-on experience with AWS
- Excellent written, and verbal communication skills
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional and geographically remote teams, partners, and community members
You enjoy contributing in a team environment
- Proficient and thoughtful with asynchronous and synchronous communication, giving and receiving feedback, and working independently and with a team
- Proactively contribute to discussions about technical issues, sprint and roadmap planning, and improving team processes
You want to help the crypto ecosystem improve the everyday lives of billions
- Excited to learn and develop technology in the blockchain space, even if you don’t have crypto development experience yet.
- Recognize the culture and community in crypto are different from other professional software industries, and you want to embrace and improve it.
NICE TO HAVES
- Hands-on experience in the blockchain industry
In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. $200,000 - $250,000 is the annual base salary. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Eigen Labs provides various employee benefits, including:
- Employer-covered Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
- 401k
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- 12 weeks of fully paid maternity and paternity leave
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