Posted 8 months ago
Systems Engineer
@ LayerZero Labs
Vancouver, British Columbia
Overview
LayerZero Labs is hiring a Systems Engineer to build the foundational runtime, execution and infrastructure systems, including Zero. The work covers high-performance Rust systems, concurrency, scheduling and debugging production performance issues. Candidates need 2+ years of systems-level experience, deep knowledge of concurrency and CPU architecture, and interest in distributed systems.
Responsibilities:
- Architect high-performance systems and implement them in Rust
- Build and optimize runtime, networking, or 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 in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 2+ years building systems-level or performance-critical software
- Strong systems programming and AI-assisted development skills
- Deep understanding of concurrency, CPU architecture and operating systems
- Experience with low-level profiling and debugging tools in production
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-03-16
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-10
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 2+ years |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Computer Science, Computer Engineering |
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LayerZero Labs
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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
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 350,799,986
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
LayerZero — the interoperability protocol for Better Money Technology.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer Networking Products |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | Vancouver |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2021 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 6 |
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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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