As a Systems Engineer at Unto Labs, you will tackle interesting problems such as building and testing high-performance subsystems in C (cryptographic routines, consensus primitives, networking protocols), designing robust process isolation on modern CPU architectures and tile-based multi-core layouts, and optimizing memory hierarchies, cache utilization, and low-level I/O for commodity servers. You should have 5+ years of systems programming experience in C/C++, Rust, or similar, deep expertise in CPU microarchitecture, memory subsystems, and low-level performance tuning, a strong understanding of distributed systems design and consensus protocols, and experience with high-performance networking and protocol design in real-time environments.
Unto Labs recently announced $14.4 million in funding to make blockchains & digital assets useful for the world. Founded by Jump Crypto alumni and core contributors to the Solana protocol and the Firedancer client, they are tackling fundamental scalability, performance, and usability challenges in distributed ledgers. Their runtime conforms to the RISC-V specification, moving away from domain-specific VMs and bespoke compiler toolchains that limit developer and institutional adoption. Components are developed in C for maximal control over performance and resource usage.