Founding Engineer
Karma3Labs builds decentralized, onchain reputation systems for the open web. It works with crypto protocols and developers to enable safer governance, social, marketplace, commerce, and coordination experiences.
Maintainer signals as of 8/14/2026
Funding history
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.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You design and implement large-scale distributed systems, shape an extensible and decentralized architecture, and apply web3 reputation concepts. You monitor performance, identify and mitigate security risks, maintain technical documentation, support external developers, and stay current with web3 developments.
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 key 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