About Codex

We’re a diverse team of experienced researchers and engineers scattered around the world working at the intersection of P2P networks and bleeding-edge Zero Knowledge technology. We’re building the next generation storage engine that attempts to “untie the knot” of incentivized storage. Our goal is to deliver a more advanced decentralized storage protocol that pushes the state of the art of decentralized storage solutions forward. 

We’re looking for an experienced Distributed Testing Engineer with hands-on experience setting up, running and testing complex distributed network deployments; including but not limited to distributed databases, blockchains and p2p storage networks.

https://codex.storage/

Key responsibilities

• Conduct tests and simulations around various peer-to-peer algorithms and protocols being developed
• Collect, analyze, and report on data and key insights from said experiments
• Discern scaling boundaries and failure modes of tested distributed systems in realistic environments
• Work with 3rd party vendors, tooling developers, and the broader community to establish best practices for testing the systems in question
• Document findings to be consumed by both stakeholders and the general community

You ideally will have 

• A strong background in testing distributed systems and their common failure modes
• A strong communication and documentation skills when explaining results and key findings
• The ability to identify and mitigate false assumptions or weaknesses within a set of experiments or tests
• Experience or familiarity with networking protocols and P2P systems
• Experience or familiarity with Rust and/or Nim
• Experience in Linux
• Experience or familiarity with Docker
• A strong alignment to our principles: https://status.im/about/#our-principles

Bonus points if 

• You have experience with Ansible, Terraform or other automated deployments platforms
• You have worked with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab, AWS CodeDeploy

[Don’t worry if you don’t meet all of these criteria, we’d still love to hear from you anyway if you think you’d be a great fit for this role. Just explain to us why in your cover letter]

Hiring Process 

1. Interview with People Ops team
2. Interview with Codex team member
3. Pair programming task w/ Codex team member
4. Interview with Codex team member

Compensation

The expected compensation range for this role is $100,000 - $120,000 (negotiable, dependent on how we assess your skills and experience throughout our interview process). We are happy to pay in any mix of fiat/crypto.