Systems Engineer at LayerZero Labs

<h1><strong>LayerZero</strong></h1> <p><em><strong>The Future is Omnichain.</strong></em></p> <p>Founded in 2021, LayerZero’s vision is to create a community of cross-chain developers, building dApps that are no longer constrained by individual blockchain capabilities. With LayerZero's simple, generic messaging protocol, builders will develop cross-chain dApps designed to unify the power of individual blockchains.</p> <p>We are funded by the best investors in the world including:</p> <p>a16z, Sequoia, PayPal, Binance Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Uniswap Labs, Circle Ventures, Delphi Digital, and many more.</p> <p> </p> <h1><strong>ABOUT THE ROLE</strong></h1> <p>We’re seeking a Systems Engineer to join LayerZero. In this role, you’ll build the foundational systems that power our execution and infrastructure layers, including Zero.</p> <p>This is a low-level, performance-critical role focused on runtime architecture, concurrency, and scalable execution. You will make architectural decisions that directly impact how our systems execute, scale, and remain stable under load.</p> <p> </p> <h1><strong>WHAT YOU'LL DO</strong></h1> <div class="p-rich_text_section">We’re looking for an engineer experienced in building robust, high-performance systems who is excited about solving hard infrastructure problems. You’ll work on distributed execution systems with strict correctness and performance requirements.</div> <ul class="p-rich_text_list p-rich_text_list__bullet" data-stringify-type="unordered-list" data-indent="0" data-border="0"> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Architect high-performance systems and leverage AI to implement them in Rust.</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Build and optimize core runtime, networking, or state management components.</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Profile and improve performance both at low-level (CPU, memory) and cluster-scale (network, scheduling).</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Debug race conditions, deadlocks, and production performance issues.</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Contribute to architectural decisions around scheduling, synchronization, and system scalability.</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Own systems end-to-end from design through production.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <h1><strong>ABOUT YOU</strong></h1> <ul class="p-r