Senior Software Engineer

Category Labs (formerly known as Monad Labs) is a team of systems engineers and researchers on a mission to design and build at the frontier of decentralized technology. We strive to design and build step-function improvements over existing blockchain solutions. After raising $225M in series A funding, led by Paradigm, we are growing our team.

The Role

We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer to research, design, and build core improvements to the blockchain protocol. Your work will involve distributed algorithms, cryptography, and consensus mechanisms. You will draw on previous experience in distributed systems or blockchain engineering, and will work as a vital member of a small, high-performing team.

What You Will Do

• You'll research, design, and build core improvements to the consensus mechanism, gossip protocol, state synchronization algorithm, leader election protocol, etc.
• You'll devise experiments to test worst-case scenarios, and iterate on your design based on the results
• You'll design components while taking into account the behavior of other blockchain systems such as rollups, bridges, or staking systems
• You'll build performant system components from scratch in Rust

Why Work with Us

Who You Are

Salary and benefits

Minimum full-time salary of $250,000. (

Benefits for US employees include :

Benefits for employees hired through an EOR (outside of the US) will be based on EOR offerings and country-specific requirements.