Senior Software Engineer

Who you are

• Strong, current experience writing Go in production
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience, including debugging real workloads, networking, and cluster issues
• Expert knowledge of systems design concepts and distributed computing
• Keen eye for modeling scenarios in reproducible test environments
• Experience in key security concepts: cryptography, key/certificate management, identity, and access management
• Experience with test-driven development and the use of testing frameworks
• Experience developing backend APIs and complex services
• Ability to write clear technical documentation for both engineers and provider operators
• You take a pragmatic approach to developing clean solutions to complex problems
• Proven ability to work in an open source Git workflow, since the team develops in the open
• Ability to stay communicative while working remotely and asynchronously
• Notable open source contributions on GitHub
• Experience building or upgrading Proof-of-Stake blockchains and decentralized infrastructure
• Familiarity with Cosmos SDK, CometBFT/Tendermint
• Experience with gRPC, protobuf, and code generation
• Some Rust experience
• Passion for AI, with experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting open source models with vLLM and SGLang

What the job involves

• As a Software Engineer on the core engineering team, you will build and ship the chain and provider software the marketplace runs on
• This is hands-on work across the Akash node and provider: writing Go, testing network upgrades, resolving provider issues in Kubernetes, and helping shape the feature specs that define new protocol capabilities
• Because the team develops in the open, clear technical documentation is part of the job, from feature specs to upgrade and provider guidance
• The role also contributes to closed source Overclock Labs efforts such as AkashML and Akash Homenode
• Build and maintain core features in Go across the Akash node and provider daemon
• Design, test, and ship network upgrades, validating behavior on testnet before mainnet rollout
• Diagnose and resolve provider-side issues in Kubernetes, from gateway and networking to workload orchestration across an independently operated provider fleet
• Maintain the gRPC and protobuf API definitions and code generation shared by the node and provider
• Cut, sign, and release provider and node software
• Write feature specs and technical documentation that help providers, developers, and teammates understand and adopt new features
• Contribute to closed source Overclock Labs products such as AkashML and Akash Homenode
• Think creatively about attack vectors, failure handling, and other non-functional requirements
• Continuously raise the standard of engineering excellence through best practices for coding, testing, and deployment