Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

• Architect high-performance systems and leverage AI to implement them in Rust
• Build and optimize core runtime, networking, or state management components
• Profile and improve performance at both low-level (CPU, memory) and cluster-scale (network, scheduling)
• Debug race conditions, deadlocks, and production performance issues
• Contribute to architectural decisions regarding scheduling, synchronization, and system scalability
• Own systems end-to-end from initial design through to production

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 2+ years of experience building systems-level or performance-critical software
• Strong proficiency in Rust and systems programming
• Deep understanding of concurrency, CPU architecture, cache hierarchy, and operating systems
• Experience using low-level profiling and debugging tools in production environments
• Strong intuition for balancing performance complexity with system robustness

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing or contributing to low-level storage, compute, or network infrastructure
• Interest and experience working on distributed and execution-layer systems

About the Company

LayerZero is building the future of omnichain connectivity. Founded in 2021, our vision is to create a community of cross-chain developers building dApps that are no longer constrained by individual blockchain capabilities. Through our generic messaging protocol, we enable builders to develop cross-chain dApps designed to unify the power of individual blockchains. We are backed by leading investors including a16z, Sequoia, and Coinbase Ventures.