Senior Researcher, Systems at Category Labs

<p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Category Labs</strong> (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.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">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 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://github.com/category-labs/monad"><u>parallel-execution EVM</u></a>, a custom state database, and a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://github.com/category-labs/monad-bft"><u>BFT consensus client</u></a>, all developed in the open.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>The Role</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">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.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>What You Will Do</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Designing performant algorithms and architectures related to storage or recovery, in single-node or distributed environments.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Researching new architectures</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Tech stack: C++, clang, LLVM, gdb, perf, unix, git</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>Who You Are</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">PhD in Computer Science or equivalent</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Significant research experience into databases or operating systems</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience writing performant algorithms</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience writing production-grade code</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Resourceful and self-motivated</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Collaborative</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Adaptive; able to make meaningful contributions in a fast-paced environment</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Curious about lower-level system details</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Interested in building high-value, performant and distributed systems</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>Why Work with Us</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Challenging problems: </strong>You’ll work on extremely challenging problems with massive impact.