Developer Relations - Network Infrastructure

Team and Responsibilities:

As someone that will help maintain a health network of infrastructure providers, you will be an integral part of the long-term success of the Aztec network. You will have a diverse range of responsibilities and will engage with some of the fastest growing start-ups in the crypto space (e.g. prover networks) as well as a diverse set of infrastructure providers, ranging from home stakers to professional, custodial staking operations. There will be a blend of technical expertise, for supporting operators, and community development and management, for growing and maintaining a healthy community.

• Help maintain Aztec network livenes and security by nurturing a healthy, welcome community of infrastructure providers
• Evaluate the community of infrastructure providers and consider strategies for improvement (e.g. node count, diversity, security, social engagement, etc)
• Share critical updates with the sequencer and prover network communities
• Educate the community on the governance process and facilitate network upgrades
• Troubleshoot issues with community members running sequencer and prover software
• Create resources (e.g. documentation and videos) showing how to run Aztec network infrastructure
• Collecting data and running experiments. Someone who can always be talking to node operators to get answers to questions relevant to the product.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years experience in open-source community engagement and management
• Strong knowledge of running blockchain infrastructure, ranging from small home to large scale cloud operations
• Knowledge of peer-to-peer decentralized networking and monitoring tools
• Familiarity with Docker, cloud computing services (e.g. AWS)
• Experience coordinating communities operating peer-to-peer networks
• Able to provide clear and constructive feedback on less senior engineers’ PR’s, mentoring where necessary
• Ethereum infrastructure experience a bonus

Nice-to-have experience:

• Located in the UK or Eastern US or can operate in Greenwich Mean Time Zone
• Familiarity with current Ethereum operations and tooling (for inspiration)
• Passion for the web3 space
• Familiarity with other private blockchain technologies like ZCash

What we offer:

• A highly competitive compensation package (including equity)
• Flexible and remote work environment
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays annually
• An opportunity to work at the cutting edge of blockchain with a world class cryptography and engineering team