About Aztec
At Aztec, our goal is to add privacy to Ethereum.In the current public blockchain paradigm, users and entities unknowingly broadcast data in the public, compromising privacy and security to get trustlessness.Not only are unencrypted blockchains inherently privacy-exposing, they require significant redundancy to compute and verify the legitimacy of transactions.Implementing scalable encryption in a public blockchain paradigm requires cutting-edge math and engineering. Thankfully, our team of scientists and engineers invented Plonk, the industry-standard zkSNARK, and Noir, the universal language of zero knowledge.Now, we’re building a first of its kind Layer 2 with private smart contracts.
This requires new cryptographic primitives, a zero-knowledge DSL for writing contracts, a privacy-friendly execution environment, a carefully designed set of circuits that prove the validity of the chain to L1, a decentralized block-building and proving mechanism, and a top-tier user and developer experience. And it’s now time to bring it to market.We’ve raised $125 million from industry-leading investors including a16z crypto, Paradigm, Variant, Consensys, and a_capital, and we’re growing quickly.
The Role:
Aztec is gearing up to launch a sophisticated privacy-preserving blockchain on Ethereum. To achieve this, our engineers need support making our code run through first continuous integration, then test networks, and finally peer-to-peer software that anyone in the world can run. We need you! We seek engineers versed in devops and system architecture that are enthusiastic about building production systems with unique and challenging constraints
- Design and build the foundation for monitoring a decentralized private network.
- Develop metrics and monitoring of our hosted services.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration.
- Manage AWS services and resources ensuring cost effectiveness.
- Collaborate with development teams to ensure they have the best development/CI experience.
- Maintain a CI/CD pipeline for 30 engineers working across C++, Rust, Noir, Solidity, and Typescript.
- Monitor system issues and create strategies for their detection.
Responsibilities:
- CI platforms such Github Actions, CircleCI.
- AWS cloud services, EC2, ECS, ECR, etc.
- Expert in Docker and creating fast efficient builds and containers. Earthly is a nice-to-have.
- Terraform for defining IAC.
- Prometheus and Grafana for metrics and monitoring, and working with codebases to extract required information.
- Toolchain experience: C++ (clang, gcc, cmake). Rust. Solidity. NPM/Yarn.
- Demonstrable experience in enabling an engineering team of our size have a robust and efficient development experience.
- Self starter. Able to clearly identify areas to prioritise to deliver most value.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 4+ years of experience in site reliability engineering or DevOps roles, preferably in the cryptocurrency or financial services industry.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Can operate in Greenwich Mean Time Zone
What we offer:
- Flexible and remote work environment
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays annually
- Additional benefits include health insurance, retirement plans, and opportunities for professional development.
- Quarterly offsite travel for collaboration
- Events and conference budget
- An opportunity to work at the cutting edge of blockchain and FinTech with a world class cryptography and engineering team
Compensation Range: $165,000 - $209,000 + equity + additional benefits. The salary for this position will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.Aztec Labs is an equal opportunity employer and we value creativity, diversity, and intellectual curiosity. If you're passionate about leveraging your creative talents to make a real-world impact, and if you want to be part of a team that's shaping the future of digital privacy, then we would love to hear from you.
