About Company

Flashbots is a research and development organization formed to mitigate the negative externalities posed by Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) to stateful blockchains, starting with Ethereum.

Job Description

Summary

What you'll do:

  • Build High-Impact Products: Develop and optimize Flashbots core offeringslike Flashbots Protect and BuilderNet ensuring theyre built for scale and impact.

  • Engineer at Scale: Create and optimize services and tools that support tens of thousands of requests and transactions per second during peak loads.

  • Customer-First Innovation: Collaborate with marquee crypto partners like Uniswap and Chainlink to design and productionize cutting-edge MEV protocols and features.

  • Quality & Transparency: Champion testing and documentation to make sure our products are reliable and accessible

What we look for:

  • Production Expert: You have 2+ years of experience solving complex challenges in Rust or Go, with a solid track record in building scalable servicesideally within the Ethereum ecosystem.

  • Product-Focused Engineer: You thrive on working closer to customers, integrating rapid feedback loops to drive high-impact, user-centric improvements.

  • Asynchronous Team Player: You excel in dynamic, asynchronous environments, balancing independent work with proactive team collaboration.

  • T-Shaped Problem Solver: Your deep technical expertise is complemented by broad domain knowledge, enabling you to champion and build a wide range of solutions.

Nice to haves:

  • In-depth knowledge of the Ethereum ecosystem and MEV supply chain

  • Hands-on experience across the Ethereum stack (e.g., Lighthouse, Prysm, Geth, Reth, smart contract development)

  • Contributions to open-source projects, showcasing collaborative development skills

Details that matter

  • Significantly above market rate equity compensation package

  • Unlimited PTO with a high level of freedom and autonomy for your work

  • Attractive health coverage package for US employees

  • $3000 Yearly budget for your individual learning and development goals

  • Work alongside the brightest minds in the crypto space

  • Help save the world by ensuring crypto remains decentralized, permissionless and censorship-resistant

  • Remote working - work from anywhere in the world

  • Paid travel - 2 x team on-site in different parts of the world per year plus periodic travel to events

At Flashbots, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, or disability status.

Skills
  • Problem-solving
  • Programming language (R, Python, Scala, Matlab)
  • Rust
  • Teamwork