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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