Job Description

TL-JD | Infrastructure Engineer

Full-time/Hybrid/North American time-zone

Must live in New York City

About Towns Labs

Towns Labs is the company behind Towns Protocol, a decentralized protocol for encrypted group communication. Backed by the world’s leading web3 investors: A16Z, Framework Ventures & Benchmark Capital.

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced Data and Infrastructure Engineer who is driven by the challenge of designing, building, and maintaining infrastructure that supports large-scale decentralized systems. This role will require working on solutions that are unique to and understanding the differences in how infrastructure operates in a decentralized environment. You will collaborate with a team of talented engineers to ensure that our platform is scalable, secure, and operates with maximum efficiency. The ideal candidate has a background in both infrastructure and data with experience or interest in decentralized technology.

About the Team:

We are a small group of world-class engineers and product people who believe in framework-driven value creation through open and direct communication. We are thoughtful, self-aware, and not afraid to help each other improve. As a remote-first team, we value an environment where respect, trust, and transparency allow each of us to stay present and focused on our work. We are remotely distributed but work and meet during North American time-zone hours.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and manage scalable infrastructure for decentralized nodes operating the protocol.
• Interface with external Node Operators to ensure successful onboarding and upgrading.
• Optimize cloud infrastructure to ensure high availability, resilience, and security.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines that allow for seamless deployments and reduce downtime.
• Monitor infrastructure performance and security, troubleshoot issues, and implement improvements.
• Collaborate with blockchain engineers to ensure the underlying infrastructure supports the performance and scalability needs of our decentralized solutions.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts for infrastructure provisioning, scaling, and monitoring
• Design and manage observability systems pipelines for efficient data processing and real-time analytics in decentralized applications

Qualifications:

• Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Deep understanding of infrastructure as code and tools such as Terraform or ArgoCD.
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Github Actions
• Knowledge of networking, security, and systems architecture in cloud environments.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, DataDog, Kibana, Logstash or Grafana
• Solid understanding of blockchain infrastructure, consensus algorithms, and decentralized networks is a plus.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure issues.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, remote-first environment.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in the blockchain or Web3 space, especially in scaling blockchain nodes, working with Layer 2 solutions, and understanding the intricacies of decentralized infrastructure.
• Knowledge of security best practices for both distributed systems and decentralized infrastructure.
• Exposure to emerging technologies like decentralized storage solutions (e.g., IPFS, Arweave).
• Experience with blockchain data analytics, events, Dune etc

Why Join Towns Labs:

• Be part of a team pushing the boundaries of decentralized technologies
• Work remotely with a global team of talented engineers.
• Opportunity to shape the future of decentralized communication
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.

Perks

• Fully remote role
• Health insurance, bonus, and other employee benefit plans
• Home office setup or co-working space reimbursement
• Twice a year, the team retreats across the world

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