GRACEGROUP Codes

The team

The Crypto and Onchain domain is theGRACEGROUP Codes’ interface to the crypto world. We build products, both internal and external, that directly interface with blockchains.

The Node Operations Team is responsible for ensuring the reliability and uptime of the blockchain nodes that power these products. This is your opportunity to be at the heart of GRACEGROUP Codes, supporting multiple teams to continue to provide first class stability to the crypto community and onboard many to web3.

The opportunity

Develop systems for automatic backup, monitoring and remediation of blockchain nodes;

Code Kubernetes Operators and leverage Helm charts to deploy blockchain nodes in the K8S platform developed by the Crypto SRE team

Implement and roll out SLO-based monitoring and alerting for blockchain nodes

Develop internal tooling and processes to provide abstraction over blockchain nodes

Troubleshoot debug and profile blockchains, finding performance issues and informing mitigation decisions

Write good quality policies, procedures and technical documentation on blockchain node operations

Be on call for issues with blockchain nodes, and work towards automatic remediation whenever possible

Skills you should HODL(have)

3+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps Engineering, Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, Systems Engineering or similar roles

Code in at least one modern application development or utility language

An analytical mind, with an understanding of how to tackle complex problems

Knowledge of Software Development best practices and workflows, with focus on testing and delivery methodologies

In depth knowledge of GNU/Linux systems, their administration, and low level systems debugging, especially when applied to containers and OS-level virtualization

Experience with cloud platform services and tooling (GCP, AWS, Azure)

Experience with metrics-based monitoring systems, and crafting SLOs for services

Understanding of the TCP/IP network stack, DNS, SSL/ TLS, and how traffic on IP networks establishes end-to-end security and trust

Understanding of security best practices and how to build security into systems from their inception

Online availability for unforeseen remotely-fixable issues

Self-motivated & self-organized

Being able to communicate technical requirements to non-technical stakeholders

Desire to make the best trading platform out there

Strong passion for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

Fluent English language skills are required

Nice to haves

Experience operating blockchain infrastructure, either in the cloud, in a datacenter or in a server in your basement. Including:

Bitcoin

Ethereum

Solana

Cardano

and many more

Experience operating container orchestration tooling, such as Kubernetes or Hashicorp Nomad, including implementing GitOps Workflows;

Understanding of how Software Development is impacted by regulatory concerns and experience navigating them;

Experience with hybrid environments (cloud and datacenter) is a plus;

Experience with one or more of the following languages:

Go

Rust

NodeJs

Python

One or more of the following certifications:

CKA

CKS

OSCP

CCNA

Passion for Open Source Software with previous contributions in the space;

Skills

App Development

AWS

Communications Skills

Development

Software Engineering