Category Labs

Senior Software Engineer

New York (Hybrid) · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$180k-$250kDetected 34 days ago

RustC++Distributed SystemsAlgorithmsResearchCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

Your work will involve distributed algorithms, cryptography, and consensus mechanisms.
You'll draw on previous experience in distributed systems or blockchain engineering, and work as a vital member of a small, high-performing team.

Design and implement core improvements to the consensus mechanism, gossip protocol, state synchronization algorithm, leader election protocol, etc.
Devise experiments to test worst-case scenarios, and iterate on your design based on the results.
Design components while taking into account the behavior of other blockchain systems such as rollups, bridges, or staking systems.
Build performant system components from scratch in C++ or Rust.
Category Labs (formerly known as Monad Labs) is a team of systems engineers and researchers on a mission to design and build at the frontier of decentralized technology.

You have at least 5 years of software engineering experience in Rust, C++, or C.
You have excellent instincts for software architecture, memory management, and performance optimization and profiling tools.
You hold a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, or have equivalent experience.

You'll receive a competitive salary and equity package.
Resources and growth: We're well-capitalized, with backing https://x.com/monad_xyz/status/1777687376136982767 from leading venture funds like Paradigm, Electric Capital, Greenoaks, Dragonfly, and Coinbase Ventures.
We keep a lean team, and this is a rare opportunity to join.
You'll learn a lot and grow as our company scales.
We're an AI-native team, and we expect engineers to use coding agents and keep up as the tooling evolves.
A few things we believe:
The base salary range for this role is $180,000 - $250,000.

It does not include benefits, token, or equity incentives.
Applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic data, or other legally protected status.
Private health insurance options
Flexible paid time off
Monthly wellness reimbursement
Paid parental leave

You'll work on extremely challenging problems with massive impact.
See our Blogs https://www.category.xyz/blogs and Publications & Talks https://www.category.xyz/papers-talks for a flavor of the problems we are solving in the real world.
We're a lean team working together to achieve very ambitious goals.
We are united in our culture of collaboration, low ego, and high-quality output.
As an early member of our team, you'll help to shape our culture.
We're well-capitalized, with backing https://x.com/monad_xyz/status/1777687376136982767 from leading venture funds like Paradigm, Electric Capital, Greenoaks, Dragonfly, and Coinbase Ventures.
We keep a lean team, and this is a rare opportunity to join.
You'll learn a lot and grow as our company scales.
We're an AI-native team, and we expect engineers to use coding agents and keep up as the tooling evolves.
Challenging problems: You'll work on extremely challenging problems with massive impact. See our Blogs https://www.category.xyz/blogs and Publications & Talks https://www.category.xyz/papers-talks for a flavor of the problems we are solving in the real world.
The right team: You'll be part of a small, exceptional team (engineers and researchers make up 90% of the team).
We strive to deliver significant improvements over existing blockchain solutions.

Category Labs is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants.

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