Celestia is a modular blockchain that powers unstoppable applications, focusing on creating a thriving ecosystem that is performant, interoperable, secure, and fully customizable.
The Celestia Labs Team operates in a remote-first and highly distributed manner, with English as the primary language for communication.
The company seeks self-starters who thrive in a fast-paced startup environment.
Team members are not required to live in specific timezones, but most work in European timezones and should be available for team and company events scheduled between 1pm-6pm CET.
The role involves joining the Celestia Node Team as an elite Software Engineer, working on the improvement of Celestia’s node software to solve data availability challenges.
The position is particularly appealing for those interested in performance, scalability, storage, p2p networking, and security in blockchain systems, with a strong emphasis on shipping products.
Requirements:
Candidates must have 7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
Expert-level proficiency in Go is required, including knowledge of concurrency patterns and performance profiling.
A strong understanding of networking and transport protocols (TCP, QUIC, gRPC, libp2p) and peer-to-peer architectures is essential.
Proven experience in scaling distributed or storage systems with a focus on performance, reliability, and data integrity is necessary.
A security-first mindset with knowledge of cryptography fundamentals and threat modeling is required.
Performance engineering expertise, including CPU/memory profiling, GC tuning, latency analysis, and capacity planning, is needed.
Fluency with modern observability tools such as Prometheus and OpenTelemetry is expected.
Open-source contributions and excellent asynchronous communication skills are important.
While experience in the blockchain space is preferred, a general excitement about web3 and modular blockchain technology is a must.
Benefits:
The position offers a flexible and remote work environment, with multiple onsite events each year.
A competitive salary and a meaningful long-term compensation package are provided.
Stipends for home office setup, coworking space, and professional and personal growth are included.
Employees receive 4 weeks of annual vacation.
Team members will be part of a collaborative and supportive team with opportunities for mentorship and professional growth.
For US team members, 401k and healthcare coverage are offered.
