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Boundless Network · 2 months ago

Staff Software Engineer - Proving Node

United States

Full-time

Remote

Lead/Staff

Boundless is the universal ZK protocol making blockchains internet-scale. As a Staff Engineer on the Proving Node team, you'll architect and scale the core infrastructure that powers our decentralized proving network, working on advanced systems for efficient proof generation and market interaction.

Information Technology & Services

Responsibilities

Lead Multi-zkVM Integration: Design and implement support for multiple zkVM backends in Bento, enabling provers to seamlessly switch between different proof systems based on market demand

Scale Infrastructure: Architect systems that scale to support 1000+ MHz of proving throughput and 1000+ GPUs, both on-premises and across cloud providers

Optimize Prover Economics: Develop algorithms and systems to maximize prover profitability through intelligent bidding strategies, request batching, and efficient resource allocation

Build Next-Gen Bento: Lead the evolution from Bento to our agent-based proving infrastructure, enabling autonomous proving decisions and market participation

Expand Multi-Chain Support: Extend our Broker service to support proving across all major L1s and L2s, ensuring seamless cross-chain proof delivery

Partner Ecosystem Development: Work directly with our community of provers to understand their needs, optimize performance, and build tooling that makes running proving nodes accessible

Performance Engineering: Profile and optimize our proving pipeline, reducing latency from request to proof delivery while maximizing GPU utilization

Qualification

Distributed systemsConcurrent programmingGPU optimizationBlockchain infrastructureAlgorithm developmentMarket interaction serviceProver economicsMulti-chain supportPerformance engineeringSoft skills