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Systems Engineer

@ LayerZero Labs

Vancouver, British Columbia

Full-time2+ years experience
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Overview

LayerZero Labs is hiring a Systems Engineer for full-time work building the foundational execution and infrastructure layers of its omnichain platform, including Zero. The role centres on low-level, performance-critical runtime architecture, concurrency and scalable distributed execution. The posting asks for at least 2 years of systems-level experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience; no location, salary or schedule is stated.

Responsibilities:

  • Architect high-performance systems and implement them in Rust
  • Build and optimize core runtime, networking and state management components
  • Profile and improve CPU, memory, network and scheduling performance
  • Debug race conditions, deadlocks and production performance issues
  • Own systems end-to-end from design through production

Requirements summary:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 2+ years building systems-level or performance-critical software
  • Strong systems programming and AI-assisted software development skills
  • Deep knowledge of concurrency, CPU architecture, caches and operating systems
  • Experience with low-level storage, compute or network infrastructure

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Job details

SeniorityMid level
DepartmentSoftware development
Experience2+ years
Hours per week40 (estimated)
Work settingOffice, Home
PositionMostly sitting
Physical demandsphysical low · computer high
LanguagesEnglish
EducationBachelor’s degree (preferred)
Fields of studyComputer Science, Computer Engineering

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LayerZero — the interoperability protocol for Better Money Technology.

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LayerZero — the interoperability protocol for Better Money Technology.

LinkedIn followers
16,306
People associated on LinkedIn
167
Reported office locations
  • Vancouver, CA
Business categories
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Apps
  • Blockchain
  • Software
  • Developer Tools
  • Web3
Other recorded names
  • LayerZero Labs
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Reported total investment
350,799,986

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LayerZero — the interoperability protocol for Better Money Technology.

FieldValue
IndustryComputer Networking Products
Company size51-200 employees
HeadquartersVancouver
Organization typePrivately Held
Year founded2021
Open jobs on Jobsy3
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Job description
LayerZero

The Future is Omnichain.

Founded in 2021, LayerZero’s vision is to create a community of cross-chain developers, building dApps that are no longer constrained by individual blockchain capabilities. With LayerZero's simple, generic messaging protocol, builders will develop cross-chain dApps designed to unify the power of individual blockchains.

We are funded by the best investors in the world including:

a16z, Sequoia, PayPal, Binance Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Uniswap Labs, Circle Ventures, Delphi Digital, and many more.

About The Role

We’re seeking a Systems Engineer to join LayerZero. In this role, you’ll build the foundational systems that power our execution and infrastructure layers, including Zero.

This is a low-level, performance-critical role focused on runtime architecture, concurrency, and scalable execution. You will make architectural decisions that directly impact how our systems execute, scale, and remain stable under load.

What You'll Do

We’re looking for an engineer experienced in building robust, high-performance systems who is excited about solving hard infrastructure problems. You’ll work on distributed execution systems with strict correctness and performance requirements.

  • Architect high-performance systems and leverage AI to implement them in Rust.
  • Build and optimize core runtime, networking, or state management components.
  • Profile and improve performance both at low-level (CPU, memory) and cluster-scale (network, scheduling).
  • Debug race conditions, deadlocks, and production performance issues.
  • Contribute to architectural decisions around scheduling, synchronization, and system scalability.
  • Own systems end-to-end from design through production.

About You

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2+ years of experience building systems-level or performance-critical software.
  • Strong proficiency in systems programming and leveraging AI to build software.
  • Deep understanding of concurrency, CPU architecture, cache hierarchy, and operating systems .
  • Experience designing or contributing to low-level storage, compute, or network infrastructure.
  • Strong intuition for striking a pragmatic balance between complexity for performance and simplicity for robustness
  • Experience using low-level profiling and debugging tools in production environments.
  • Interest in working on distributed and execution-layer systems.

Equal Opportunity Employer

LayerZero Labs is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. LayerZero Labs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

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