System engineering backgrounds, especially in Rust, C++, C and/or Golang. Blockchain experience not required. The work entails building an optimal stack-based VM that supports multithreaded computation, as well as developing and implementing an efficient Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) algorithm enabling a network of nodes to come to consensus.
Monad Labs is a tech startup using low-latency programming, compiler optimization, and multithreaded computing to build an ultra-high-performance smart contract platform. Founded by Jump Trading alums, Monad Labs just raised $225M in series A funding to scale their team in bringing the Monad blockchain to production this year.