Protocol Software Engineer - Storage
Sei is a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain optimized for trading applications with 400ms block finality and parallel transaction processing.
Maintainer signals as of 9/2/2026
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About Sei
Sei helps developers build fast, efficient applications by providing a trading-focused Layer 1 blockchain with parallelized execution. Users can trade digital assets at near-instant speeds, build high-performance decentralized exchanges, and deploy applications using familiar EVM tools.
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About the Role
You will build core blockchain components including execution, consensus, and state management. You will own end-to-end EVM performance, identify and deliver product optimizations, and solve complex infrastructure problems. You will lead large, long-term engineering projects and improve engineering processes and tooling.
Requirements
- 5+ years of infrastructure engineering experience.
- 2+ years of EVM-specific experience building and scaling Layer 1 blockchain performance.
- Deep end-to-end understanding of the EVM from execution to storage.
- Proven technical leadership experience planning and leading large projects with long-term impact.
- Strong technical judgment and task prioritization skills.
- Ability to solve complex engineering problems.
- Experience creating and applying processes and tooling to improve engineering efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Write code for core blockchain components, including execution, consensus, and state management.
- Analyze and own end-to-end performance of EVM implementations.
- Identify and drive product optimizations and improvements.
- Take ownership of your work and team deliverables.
