ZetaChain

ZetaChain

Senior Platform Engineer

San Francisco (Hybrid) · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$190k-$225kDetected 154 days ago
PythonGoBashDistributed SystemsAWSGCPDockerKubernetesTerraformAnsibleLinuxPrometheusGrafanaDatadogDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringPlatform EngineeringCybersecurityIncident ResponseDesign SystemsEmbedded SystemsCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • You'll ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of production systems that serve users globally-working at the intersection of blockchain, AI, and distributed systems.
  • This is a highly hands-on, execution-focused role.

Responsibilities

  • Operate and maintain production blockchain infrastructure, including validators, RPC services, indexers, and supporting services
  • Partner with engineering teams to embed reliability, scalability, and security best practices into system design
  • Build and operate infrastructure for cutting-edge AI and blockchain systems
  • Collaborate with talented engineers solving novel distributed systems challenges

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering
  • Strong software engineering foundation with production experience in Go and/or Python
  • Deep expertise operating Linux systems in production environments
  • Proven track record running Kubernetes at scale in high-availability environments
  • Experience supporting distributed systems with demanding uptime requirements
  • Comfort working in fast-moving startup environments with evolving requirements
  • Not Required: Prior blockchain experience is not required -we value strong engineering fundamentals, automation skills, and distributed systems expertise above domain-specific knowledge.
  • Our ideal candidate description is a wish list, not a checklist.

Nice to have

  • Exposure to AI-powered infrastructure, observability tools, or developer tooling
  • Experience operating blockchain nodes or validator infrastructure
  • Familiarity with Cosmos-based chains or EVM clients
  • Experience with DevOps, DevSecOps, or GitOps methodologies
  • Active contributions to open-source projects

Compensation

  • This range reflects base salaries for roles in the San Francisco market.
  • For candidates in other locations, compensation is adjusted to remain competitive within their local market.
  • In addition to the base salary, all full-time team members receive an additional 10% to 25% in liquid benefits with upside based on role, experience, and impact.
  • We believe in building together and sharing in the long-term success of the network.
  • packages are designed to be competitive and aligned with the growth of both the team and the ecosystem.
  • $190,000 - $225,000

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation with meaningful benefits
  • Backed by top-tier investors who believe in our vision
  • Build and maintain monitoring, alerting, and dashboards for protocol, infrastructure, and application health
  • Flexible hybrid work environment in San Francisco

Company info

  • What We're Looking For

This listing is sourced directly from ZetaChain's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.