About ZetaChain We're building something ambitious at ZetaChain: the first universal blockchain and AI platform that connects everythingâBitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and moreâwhile pioneering in the GenAI space. We're backed by top investors, live on mainnet, and building the future of blockchain and AI technology. If you're excited about working on big, meaningful problems with a world-class team, you're in the right place.About the Role We are looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of ZetaChainâs production infrastructure. This role is highly handsâon and executionâfocused. You will operate critical blockchain and AIâadjacent infrastructure, build automation to reduce operational overhead, and partner closely with protocol, platform, and AI teams to design systems that are reliable by default. What You'll Do
Operate and maintain production blockchain infrastructure, including validators, RPC services, indexers, and supporting services Ensure high availability and performance for AIâenabled developer platforms and internal tooling Build and maintain monitoring, alerting, and dashboards for protocol, infrastructure, and application health Write highâquality automation and infrastructure code to reduce toil and improve reliability Participate in onâcall rotations, incident response, and postâincident reviews Partner with engineering teams to embed reliability, scalability, and security best practices into system design Improve Kubernetes reliability across cloud and bareâmetal environments Continuously refine deployment, rollback, and recovery strategies
Minimum Qualifications Our ideal candidate description is a wish list, not a checklist. We donât expect every applicant to meet every requirement. Experience
4+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or Platform Engineering Strong software engineering background with production experience in Go and/or Python Deep experience operating Linux systems in production Proven experience running Kubernetes at scale Experience supporting highâavailability distributed systems Comfortable working in fastâmoving startup environments Strong security mindset, especially for infrastructure running on public or adversarial networks Excellent collaboration and communication skills
Technologies
Languages: Go, Python, Bash, Terraform, Ansible Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker, Linux Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Loki, incident.io Platforms: AWS, GCP, bare metal Blockchain Stack: Cosmos SDK, Tendermint / CometBFT, Ethereum, Bitcoin
Bonus Points
Exposure to AIâpowered infrastructure, observability, or developer tooling Experience operating blockchain nodes or validator infrastructure Familiarity with Cosmosâbased chains or EVM clients Experience with DevOps, DevSecOps, or GitOps methodologies Contributions to openâsource software
Why Youâll Love Working at ZetaChain
Make a direct impact on infrastructure powering both blockchain and AI platforms Work on technically challenging, realâworld distributed systems Fully remote with quarterly inâperson team meetups Strong openâsource culture and modern engineering practices Competitive compensation and meaningful ownership
Compensation Base Salary: $140,000 â $190,000This range reflects base salaries for roles in the San Francisco market. For candidates in other locations, compensation is adjusted to remain competitive within their local market. In addition to the base salary, all full-time team members receive an additional 10% to 25% in liquid benefits with upside based on role, experience, and impact. We believe in building together and sharing in the long-term success of the network. Compensation packages are designed to be competitive and aligned with the growth of both the team and the ecosystem.Letâs build the first Universal Blockchain together.
