Validator Engineer
Company:Ritual
Location:United States, Canada, EST, PST
Languages:English
Seniority level:Senior, 4+ years
Experience:4+ years
Skills:
AWSDockerPythonBlockchainCloud ComputingKubernetesGoRustCI/CDLinuxDevOpsTerraformSoftware Engineering
Requirements:
4+ years operating high-availability distributed systems Direct experience running PoS validators on EVM-based chains Proficient in Go and Rust Ability to read, debug, and extend Execution Layer (EL) and Consensus Layer (CL) client code Strong grasp of protocol-level concepts (fork-choice, evidence handling, slashing, state sync) Expertise in Kubernetes/Helm, Terraform, and CI/CD workflows Advanced Linux user with deep networking knowledge Strong focus on system hardening and security Passionate about observability (logs, metrics, traces)
Responsibilities:
Build and automate bare-metal & cloud deployments for validators Orchestrate client upgrades, parameter changes, and hard-forks with zero downtime Profile and patch critical paths for optimal performance Produce run-books, maintain documentation, and support validator operators
