Senior DevOps Engineer

Flashbots is a research and development organization working on mitigating the negative externalities of Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) and avoiding the existential risks MEV could cause to stateful blockchains like Ethereum. Our primary focus is to enable a permissionless, transparent, and sustainable ecosystem for MEV, via a three-pronged approach:

• Illuminate: Bringing transparency to MEV activity.
• Democratize: Democratizing access to MEV revenue.
• Distribute: Enabling sustainable distribution of MEV revenue.

What we're looking for

Flashbots is looking for a talented DevOps engineer capable of running production infrastructure in AWS. This key role will assist the current development team in monitoring, extending, and hardening the current production and development infrastructure, with a goal of scaling infrastructure while taking work off the development team's plates.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve network architecture for clusters of Ethereum nodes
• Maintain and improve the architecture of Flashbots Relay infrastructure
• Assist in the deployment of production and staging tools to support Flashbots Data initiatives
• Design, build, and maintain testing infrastructure for multiple Flashbots projects

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience as a problem solver
• Attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Deep understanding of technology
• Proven record of shipping features on time and on budget
• Flexible and focused on solutions
• Organized and self-sufficient