The additional yield that MEV provides has become a core part of staking returns, and the MEV-Boost architecture operates close to the core of the Ethereum protocol. The Aestus MEV relay was established by members of the Ethereum solo-staker community with one core mission: to improve economic decentralisation on Ethereum.
Aestus has been live on mainnet for 18 months and we are responsible for auctioning ~5% of Ethereum mainnet blocks. We’ve recently attracted community funding that provides us the opportunity to grow our team.
This is a competitive and dynamic environment where milliseconds matter. We are looking for a DevOps engineer whose primary responsibility will be to optimise our architecture with performance in mind. New ecosystem developments such as shared sequencing, and re-staking also present us with new opportunities - which you will have an essential role in exploring.
Summary of the Role
You’ll be working in a small, friendly 3-4 person team with an opportunity to make your mark.
Experiment with new technologies and make data-driven improvements to the performance, observability, and stability of our platform.
Architect, configure and deploy global infrastructure on leading cloud platforms.
Take responsibility for incidents and become a part of the on-call team.
Engage in community discussions and contribute to the evolution of this ecosystem.
Qualifications
A hacker mentality with substantial self-driven experience of linux sys admin, git, docker and k8s.
Familiarity with common database technologies and networking protocols.
Fluency in any of golang, python or rust.
An understanding of the Ethereum staking and MEV ecosystem.
A willing to get involved in novel technical challenges beyond a strict DevOps remit.
Benefits
Remuneration dependent on skills and experience.
Work from anywhere on a contract basis with flexible hours.
Paid travel + expenses to Ethereum conferences and team meetups.