Sr. Distributed Systems Engineer
Protocol Labs • Remote
Requirements
- • 5+ years building large-scale distributed systems
- • Deep expertise in Go or Rust (both preferred)
- • Experience with p2p networking protocols
- • Strong understanding of consensus algorithms and distributed databases
- • Solid understanding of cryptographic primitives and decentralized storage
Tech Stack
Go, Rust, libp2p, IPFS, Filecoin VM, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL
Prometheus
Grafana
Distributed Tracing
Team & Culture
Join the IPFS core team (15 engineers). Remote-first, async collaboration, strong open-source ethos. Reports to Engineering Lead.
Matching Insights
3 strong candidates
Identified in current pipeline
Top match: Sarah Chen
92% overall role alignment
45 days to fill
Average based on current supply
High priority role
Flagged by department lead
Why is Sarah Chen the top match for this role?
Sarah has 8+ years in distributed systems with deep Go/Rust expertise. Her experience at Cloudflare and Stripe directly aligns with IPFS requirements for high-availability p2p infrastructure.