Status is hiring Web3 Distributed Systems Data Scientist

Distributed Systems Data Scientist

Experience

Minimum 1 Year

Employee type

Full Time

Position

Senior

Offer Salary

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in, and passion for, blockchain technology and p2p systems.
  • Linux (bash) / docker / some low-level programming language/git
  • Rust / Nim / Golang / C / networking protocols / p2p systems
  • A strong background in testing distributed systems and their common failure modes
  • Strong communication and documentation skills when explaining results and key findings
  • The ability to identify and mitigate false assumptions or weaknesses within a set of experiments or tests.
  • Familiarity with the technical requirements and software involved with such testing
  • Willingness to constantly learn and adapt to a rapidly changing industry
  • A strong alignment to our principles

Bonus points if

  • Comfortable working remotely and asynchronously
  • Experience working for an open source organization.  
  • Experience in leading a team

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Conduct tests and simulations around various peer-to-peer algorithms and protocols being developed. 
  • Collect, analyze, and report on data and key insights from said experiments
  • Discern scaling boundaries and failure modes of tested distributed systems in realistic environments.
  • Work with 3rd party vendors, tooling developers, and the broader community to establish best practices for testing the systems in question.
  • Document findings to be consumed by both stakeholders and the general community.

Our Company

Status is an organization building the tools and infrastructure for the advancement of a secure, private, and open web3. We have been completely distributed since inception. Our team is currently 100+ core contributors strong and welcomes a growing number of community members from all walks of life, scattered all around the globe. We care deeply about open source, and our organizational structure has a minimal hierarchy and no fixed work hours. We believe in working with a high degree of autonomy while supporting the organization’s priorities.

Other

The hiring process for this role will be:

  • Interview with our People Ops team
  • Interview with Corey (Logos Program Owner)
  • Interview with Daniel (Engineering Lead)
  • Interview with Jarrad (Cofounder)

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