<img src="https://we-work-remotely.imgix.net/logos/0171/3960/logo.gif?ixlib=rails-4.0.0&w=50&h=50&dpr=2&fit=fill&auto=compress" /> <p> <strong>Headquarters:</strong> Remote <br /><strong>URL:</strong> <a href="http://flashbots.net">http://flashbots.net</a> </p> <h1><br><strong>About us</strong></h1><p>At Flashbots, we're building the foundations of the future Internet and financial system. As an <a href="https://medium.com/flashbots/frontrunning-the-mev-crisis-40629a613752">R&amp;D organization</a>, we focus on MEV through our dual engines of <a href="https://writings.flashbots.net/">open research</a> and breakthrough product development – like <a class="notion-link-token notion-focusable-token notion-enable-hover" href="https://docs.flashbots.net/flashbots-auction/overview">mev-geth</a>,&nbsp;<a class="notion-link-token notion-focusable-token notion-enable-hover" href="https://protect.flashbots.net/">Flashbots Protect</a>,&nbsp;<a class="notion-link-token notion-focusable-token notion-enable-hover" href="https://collective.flashbots.net/t/merge-anniversary-a-year-in-review/2400">MEV-Boost</a>,&nbsp;<a class="notion-link-token notion-focusable-token notion-enable-hover" href="https://docs.flashbots.net/flashbots-protect/mev-share">MEV-Share</a>, <a class="notion-link-token notion-focusable-token notion-enable-hover" href="https://writings.flashbots.net/introducing-rollup-boost">Flashblocks</a>, and <a class="notion-link-token notion-focusable-token notion-enable-hover" href="https://buildernet.org/blog/introducing-buildernet">BuilderNet</a>.<br></p><p>Our vibe is accelerationist, exceptional, kind, and independent. We are explorers, innovators, builders, and thinkers. We thrive on action, curiosity, and impact - driving the future in an iterative way while keeping an eye towards the long term version we want to see in the world.<br></p><div></div><h1></h1><p>Flashbots is hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer with a platform-first mindset to fortify the infrastructure powering our Block Builders.</p><p>You’ll work at the intersection of distributed systems, blockchain infrastructure, and trusted compute thus ensuring that our production environment remains scalable, resilient, and secure.<br><br></p><h2><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></h2><ul><li><p><strong>Platform Reliability &amp; Operations</strong></p><ul><li><p>Contribute, support and or lead the deployment, operation, and reliability of the block builder platform from Kubernetes clusters to bare-metal environments.</p></li><li><p>Maintain and scale distributed infrastructure spanning L1 and L2 environments, ensuring consistent performance under high-throughput and latency-sensitive workloads.</p></li><li><p>Drive observability, incident response, and performance optimization through modern SRE and DevOps practices.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Infrastructure Development &amp; Automation</strong></p><ul><li><p>Build automation and tooling to simplify operations, improve developer experience, and reduce toil across our systems.</p></li><li><p>Design CI/CD workflows for high-assurance environments, including TEE-based systems and blockchain node infrastructure.</p></li><li><p>Contribute to the design of reproducible, secure environments across multiple clouds and hosting providers.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Cross-Functional Collaboration</strong></p><ul><li><p>Partner with backend, research, and protocol teams to support rollup infrastructure, MEV systems, and next-generation execution environments.</p></li><li><p>Participate in the envisioning, proofing, and deployment of new L2 infrastructure components and TEE-integrated products.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Operational Excellence &amp; Open Source</strong></p><ul><li><p>Lead root-cause investigations, reliability reviews, and postmortems for production systems.</p></li><li><p>Contribute to open-source tooling and documentation that powers the Ethereum ecosystem.<br><br></p></li></ul></li></ul><h2><strong>Who You Are</strong></h2><ul><li><p><strong>Seasoned DevOps/Infra Engineer</strong></p><ul><li><p>+4–10 years of experience operating complex production systems. Ideally spanning both traditional infrastructure and crypto-native environments.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Technical Generalist with Depth</strong></p><ul><li><p>Strong command of Linux, networking, and system internals. You understand how to scale, secure, and debug systems from the OS to the application layer.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Automation &amp; Tooling Expert</strong></p><ul><li><p>Proficient with modern infrastructure tooling (Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana) and comfortable designing CI/CD pipelines for secure distributed systems.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Programming Fluency</strong></p><ul><li><p>Familiarity with scripting (Python, Bash) for operational workflows. Ideally skilled in <strong>Go</strong> or <strong>Rust</strong> for building automation and integration tooling.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Collaborative &amp; Curious</strong></p><ul><li><p>You thrive in async, remote-first teams, communicate with clarity, and proactively improve shared systems. You’re deeply curious about MEV, Ethereum, and the frontier of decentralized compute.<br><br></p></li></ul></li></ul><h1><br><strong>Details that matter</strong></h1><ul><li><p>Significantly above market rate equity compensation package</p></li><li><p>Unlimited PTO with a high level of freedom and autonomy for your work</p></li><li><p>Attractive health coverage package for US employees</p></li><li><p>$3000 Yearly budget for your individual learning and development goals</p></li><li><p>Work alongside the brightest minds in the crypto space</p></li><li><p>Help save the world by ensuring crypto remains decentralized, permissionless and censorship-resistant</p></li><li><p>Remote working, while we have a preference for EU/US time zones, you can work from anywhere in the world</p></li><li><p>Paid travel - 2 x team on-site in different parts of the world per year plus periodic travel to events<br></p></li></ul><p>At Flashbots, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, or disability status.</p> <p><strong>To apply:</strong> <a href="https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/flashbots-senior-devops-engineer">https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/flashbots-senior-devops-engineer</a></p>