About the company
Vac builds public good protocols for the decentralised web. As an integral part of the Logos collective, Vac comprises R&D Service Units, Incubator Projects, Deep Research, and the RFC (specification) process for Logos projects. We do applied research based on which we build protocols, libraries, and publications. As custodians of these protocols, our aim is to adhere to a set of principles that ensure their alignment with our core values and objectives.
Job Summary
Key responsibilities
📍Design, implement, and maintain sophisticated tools for analyzing distributed systems at scale, ensuring robust and efficient testing processes. 📍Orchestrate and automate large-scale deployments to rigorously validate the functionality, performance, and scalability of complex distributed systems. 📍Identify, document, reproduce, and troubleshoot intricate issues in distributed environments, collaborating closely with IFT project teams to resolve challenges. 📍Develop a comprehensive understanding of IFT project protocols and components to provide insightful analyses that drive improvements and inform decision-making. 📍Conduct and interpret statistical analyses of system outputs, translating complex data into actionable insights for stakeholders. 📍Create and maintain scripts that model protocol behavior, utilizing these models to validate and sanity-check large-scale deployment runs. 📍Work with Docker, Kubernetes, and POSIX-like systems
You ideally will have
📍Solid experience with scripting languages like Python. 📍Experience with statistical analysis tools, like pandas, seaborn. 📍Experience with systems programming languages like Nim, Go, Rust. 📍Understanding of network behaviors (libp2p, gossipsub, p2p networks). 📍Working knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and POSIX-like systems. 📍Excellent written and conversational communication skills. 📍Alignment with our core values and principles
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