Infrastructure Engineer
Towns Protocol is an open messaging protocol built on Base for private, on-chain group chats and decentralized finance.
Maintainer signals as of 8/29/2026
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About Towns Protocol
Towns Protocol is an open-source protocol for decentralized, real-time messaging applications. It combines an EVM-compatible L2 chain, decentralized off-chain stream nodes, and smart contracts deployed on Base to support permissionless, programmable communication Spaces with ownership, on-chain memberships, reputation features, and end-to-end encryption. Its ecosystem includes a user-facing app, staking and governance for the $TOWNS token, developer documentation, bot competitions, and an academy for building bots and apps.
Skills
About the Role
You will design and maintain scalable infrastructure for decentralized nodes, onboard and support external node operators, optimize cloud systems, and implement CI/CD pipelines. You will monitor performance and security, develop automation and observability systems, and collaborate on infrastructure that supports decentralized applications.
Requirements
- Experience with AWS GCP or Azure
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Understanding of infrastructure as code and Terraform or ArgoCD
- Experience with Jenkins or GitHub Actions
- Knowledge of networking security and cloud systems architecture
- Familiarity with Prometheus Datadog Kibana Logstash or Grafana
- Ability to resolve complex infrastructure issues
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field
- Blockchain infrastructure experience is preferred
- Knowledge of decentralized storage such as IPFS or Arweave is preferred
- Experience with blockchain data analytics tools such as Dune is preferred
Responsibilities
- Architect and manage scalable infrastructure for decentralized nodes
- Interface with external node operators during onboarding and upgrades
- Optimize cloud infrastructure for availability resilience and security
- Implement CI/CD pipelines
- Monitor infrastructure performance and security
- Troubleshoot infrastructure issues
- Develop automation scripts for provisioning scaling and monitoring
- Design and manage observability systems for data processing and analytics
Benefits
- Fully remote role
- Health insurance
- Bonus and employee benefit plans
- Home office setup or co-working space reimbursement
- Twice-yearly team retreats