Founding Engineer
Karma3Labs builds decentralized, onchain reputation systems for the open web.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
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About Karma3Labs
Karma3Labs is building a decentralized reputation protocol intended to shift trust and reputation away from centralized gatekeepers. Its systems help crypto protocols and developers create resilient reputation layers for decentralized governance, open-social-graph applications, and decentralized marketplaces, supporting safer and more personalized user experiences.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
The Founding Engineer will build large-scale distributed systems and extensible decentralized architecture for web3 reputation use cases, including graph algorithms, ZK systems, attestations, DID and VC infrastructure.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience engineering large-scale distributed systems
- 2+ years in a design, architect, or lead role
- Past web3 contributions
- Experience designing and implementing public, stable APIs
- Proficiency in two or more of Rust, Golang, TypeScript, Solidity, and Python
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines
Responsibilities
- Design and implement large-scale distributed systems
- Navigate web3 reputation use cases
- Apply graph-based algorithms, ZK-based systems, attestation smart contracts, and DID and VC infrastructure
- Build scalable, decentralized, and extensible system architecture
- Define, collect, and monitor performance metrics
- Identify and mitigate security risks
- Write and maintain technical documentation
- Interface with external developer communities and onboard them
- Stay current with technical developments in web3
Benefits
- Equity or tokens
- Medical, dental, and vision health benefits
- Monthly team events
- Quarterly team offsite
- Flexible work environment
- Remote work
Hiring Process
Email hiring@karma3labs.com with the role title in the subject line, include links to relevant projects, and optionally share what excites you about web3.