Senior Researcher, Systems
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. We strive to deliver significant improvements over existing blockchain solutions. After raising $225M in series A funding, led by Paradigm, we are growing our team.
We’re the team behind Monad, a high-performance, EVM-compatible Layer 1 whose public mainnet is now live. We write the core software that runs it: a parallel-execution EVM https://github.com/category-labs/monad, a custom state database, and a BFT consensus client https://github.com/category-labs/monad-bft, all developed in the open.
THE ROLE
We are looking for systems researchers with a strong interest in databases and operating systems. Candidates with research experience in systems verification, operating systems, multi-core algorithms, or systems architecture, are an ideal match. You will be part of a small, deeply technical team, working on high-impact problems in a fast-paced environment. Although we are building a new blockchain, previous experience with crypto is not expected.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
- Designing performant algorithms and architectures related to storage or recovery, in single-node or distributed environments.
- Researching new architectures
- Tech stack: C++, clang, LLVM, gdb, perf, unix, git
WHO YOU ARE
- PhD in Computer Science or equivalent
- Significant research experience into databases or operating systems
- Experience writing performant algorithms
- Experience writing production-grade code
- Resourceful and self-motivated
- Collaborative
- Adaptive; able to make meaningful contributions in a fast-paced environment
- Curious about lower-level system details
- Interested in building high-value, performant and distributed systems
WHY WORK WITH US
- Challenging problems: You’ll work on extremely challenging problems with massive impact. See our Blogs https://www.category....