Infrastructure Engineer
Chainstack is an enterprise-grade, managed blockchain services platform that simplifies the process for innovators to build, run, and scale decentralized applications (DApps). Their mission is to accelerate the adoption of blockchain technology by providing an accessible and easy-to-use platform for a range of clients from enterprises and SMEs to individual developers.
Funding
About Chainstack
Chainstack is a blockchain infrastructure provider that offers cost-effective node API services for low-latency onchain operations and deep historical data look-ups across over 70 chains. Their core stack includes multi-chain support by design, with a growing portfolio of protocols. They provide Global Nodes for resilient Web3 API access, Dedicated Nodes for bespoke development setups without per-request billing, and Appchains for custom-tailored blockchain solutions on platforms like Avalanche Subnets, Polygon Supernets, and Starknet Appchains. Additionally, their Data Stack features Chainstack Subgraphs, an enterprise-grade data-access solution compatible with The Graph protocol, designed to index and query blockchain data at high speeds. They also offer faucets for developers to innovate and test applications cost-free on various testnets. Chainstack serves a wide range of clients, including notable names like 1inch, Spanning Labs, ApeX Pro, IguVerse, Copperx, and Eldarune, supporting their operations from decentralized trading to social gaming and multi-chain billing.
Skills
About the Role
You will operate and improve production infrastructure, manage incidents and participate in on-call rotation, and design and execute scalable solutions across multi-cloud Kubernetes environments. You will automate repetitive processes, improve monitoring and alerting, document systems thoroughly, and drive reliability and performance improvements.
Requirements
- Experience operating mission-critical services and owning reliability/uptime/SLA
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Americas time zone availability
- Production experience with containers and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or Nomad
- Infrastructure automation tools such as Helm, Terraform, Terragrunt, or Ansible
- Monitoring solutions such as Grafana, Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, or BetterUptime
- Public cloud experience with providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Programming skills in Python and/or Go
- RDBMS experience
- Proficient in Linux and shell
- Strong systems thinking including edge cases and failure modes
- Enthusiastic attitude and habit of documenting work
- Strong interest in blockchain technologies
Responsibilities
- Maintain and improve reliability and scalability of services
- Operate and manage multi-cloud Kubernetes clusters using Infrastructure as Code
- Manage incidents and participate in on-call rotation
- Improve monitoring and alerting
- Automate repetitive processes to reduce workload
- Plan, design, and execute infrastructure solutions
- Identify scalability bottlenecks and drive long-term resolution
- Improve and maintain documentation
- Share domain knowledge with team members
Benefits
- Stock options
- Flexible schedule
- Paid weekend on-call per month