About the job
About Us:
Syndica is at the forefront of Web3, providing essential applications with robust, enterprise-level RPC infrastructure and developer tools specifically designed for the Solana ecosystem. By joining our innovative team, you'll be challenged technically and surrounded by individuals who are passionate about revolutionizing infrastructure technologies.
We are proudly supported by visionary partners and investors, including Chamath Palihapitiya of Social Capital, Steve Jang of Kindred Ventures, Joe McCann of Asymmetric, Jump Crypto, Coinbase Ventures, Solana Ventures, Circle Ventures, and many more.
About You:
You are a skilled engineer who excels in a collaborative and dynamic environment.
You have a keen interest in contributing to the decentralization of blockchain technologies.
You possess 3+ years of relevant professional experience with Rust (experience in memory-managed languages such as Zig/C/C++ is a bonus but not mandatory).
You hold a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or have equivalent experience.
About the Role:
In your role as a Senior Engineer, you will be instrumental in designing and developing a high-performance Solana validator client from the ground up.
You will collaborate with a team dedicated to building a new open-source Solana validator client, Sig, utilizing the Zig programming language. For more technical insights into the project, please refer to the original announcement here.
Your primary responsibilities will include understanding the Agave validator implementation codebase, which is written in Rust, and translating, optimizing, and enhancing this implementation in Zig (check out the current work here!).
Key Responsibilities:
Understanding and Communicating Rust Code: Accurately mapping and communicating the functionality of the existing Rust client.
Writing High-Quality Code in Zig: Translating Rust code into Zig, ensuring performance and readability.
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