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About the team
SSV Labs is the core team behind the SSV Network - pioneering decentralized infrastructure for Ethereum staking. We’re building tools, protocols, and standards to make staking more secure, scalable, and trustless.
Our flagship upgrade, SSV 2.0, brings that vision to life. It’s a fully modular, next-gen staking layer that enables anyone to run validators with decentralized, non-custodial node operators. With built-in MEV support, advanced slashing protection, and performance at scale, SSV 2.0 is the foundation for Ethereum’s future.
Why join our team?
We are a global team that are looking for people with diverse professional backgrounds to join and contribute their ideas and help in the company's success. You'll get to work in a transparent environment with the most innovative technologies, be constantly challenged and learn from like-minded professionals and leaders in the industry. We offer a platform for you to develop and achieve your career goals. We look forward to hearing from passionate, goal-oriented applicants ready to make their mark in the blockchain space.
As a Blockchain Tech Lead working on SSV DVT, SSV Staking, Compose network and more to come you’ll collaborate closely with the company’s CTO and researchers to design and build complex distributed systems. This is an opportunity to deepen your expertise and help shape the decentralized infrastructure of the future.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the technical direction and architecture of SSV and node-related initiatives
- Drive the design and implementation of complex protocol-level solutions in a distributed environment
- Own delivery e2e: planning, execution and technical decision making (hands-on)
- Work closely with engineers and researchers to translate cutting-edge research into production-ready systems
- Review code, improve engineering standards, and guide best practices across the team
- Troubleshoot and resolve performance, reliability and scalability challenges in production systems
- Contribute to continuous improvements in tooling, testing, CI/CD and operational readiness
- High level autonomy/ownership over your projects
- Stay up to date and apply modern research in distributed systems, cryptography, blockchains, consensus, Defi and staking
Your Experience & Qualifications:
- Experience with building / contributing to blockchain nodes, especially Ethereum or similar.
- At Least 5+ years of experience in Blockchain development
- At Least 3+ years of experience in Golang
- Experience leading technically (e.g., owning architecture, mentoring, code reviews, driving technical decisions)
- Highly passionate about technology, fast learner, and collaborative team player
- Experience or knowledge designing decentralized P2P software (e.g libp2p)
- Staking protocols knowledge - Advantage
- L2, Bridges, ZK proofs knowledge - Advantage
- BSc degree in Computer Science or relevant field or equivalent - Advantage
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SSV Network distributed validator infrastructure establishes a new standard for staking by providing a permissionless and decentralized platform to develop the next go-to applications and tooling for the staking industry.
Core Blockchain Tech Lead
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About the team
SSV Labs is the core team behind the SSV Network - pioneering decentralized infrastructure for Ethereum staking. We’re building tools, protocols, and standards to make staking more secure, scalable, and trustless.
Our flagship upgrade, SSV 2.0, brings that vision to life. It’s a fully modular, next-gen staking layer that enables anyone to run validators with decentralized, non-custodial node operators. With built-in MEV support, advanced slashing protection, and performance at scale, SSV 2.0 is the foundation for Ethereum’s future.
Why join our team?
We are a global team that are looking for people with diverse professional backgrounds to join and contribute their ideas and help in the company's success. You'll get to work in a transparent environment with the most innovative technologies, be constantly challenged and learn from like-minded professionals and leaders in the industry. We offer a platform for you to develop and achieve your career goals. We look forward to hearing from passionate, goal-oriented applicants ready to make their mark in the blockchain space.
As a Blockchain Tech Lead working on SSV DVT, SSV Staking, Compose network and more to come you’ll collaborate closely with the company’s CTO and researchers to design and build complex distributed systems. This is an opportunity to deepen your expertise and help shape the decentralized infrastructure of the future.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the technical direction and architecture of SSV and node-related initiatives
- Drive the design and implementation of complex protocol-level solutions in a distributed environment
- Own delivery e2e: planning, execution and technical decision making (hands-on)
- Work closely with engineers and researchers to translate cutting-edge research into production-ready systems
- Review code, improve engineering standards, and guide best practices across the team
- Troubleshoot and resolve performance, reliability and scalability challenges in production systems
- Contribute to continuous improvements in tooling, testing, CI/CD and operational readiness
- High level autonomy/ownership over your projects
- Stay up to date and apply modern research in distributed systems, cryptography, blockchains, consensus, Defi and staking
Your Experience & Qualifications:
- Experience with building / contributing to blockchain nodes, especially Ethereum or similar.
- At Least 5+ years of experience in Blockchain development
- At Least 3+ years of experience in Golang
- Experience leading technically (e.g., owning architecture, mentoring, code reviews, driving technical decisions)
- Highly passionate about technology, fast learner, and collaborative team player
- Experience or knowledge designing decentralized P2P software (e.g libp2p)
- Staking protocols knowledge - Advantage
- L2, Bridges, ZK proofs knowledge - Advantage
- BSc degree in Computer Science or relevant field or equivalent - Advantage