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Institute of Free Technology · 8 hours ago

Senior Systems Engineer

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level

iftother is a company focused on revitalising civil society through its decentralized technology stack. The role involves designing and implementing liblogos, a modular plugin runtime for decentralized nodes, while collaborating with teams to build and test various modules.

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Responsibilities

Help design and implement liblogos, which provides a modular plugin-based runtime for decentralized nodes and applications
Optimize IPC performance
Improve isolation (also in regards to efficiency), fault tolerance, independent scalability, and secure boundaries of modules to prevent cross-module vulnerabilities
Collaborate with component teams to build and test modules like decentralised nodes

Qualification

CC++RustNimPlugin architecturesMicrokernel principlesLinux namespacesIPC optimizationNetwork programmingOpen-source experienceType theoryPeer-to-peer technologiesBlockchainCryptography

Required

Proficiency in systems programming languages including C, C++, Rust, and Nim
Experience with plugin architectures, dynamic loading, and package managers for modular runtime systems
Strong understanding of microkernel principles: minimal core, service isolation, fault tolerance, and extensibility without core modifications
Experience with Linux namespaces and cgroups for process isolation, containerization techniques, and achieving microkernel-style separation in user-space environments
Knowledge of IPC optimization, and low-level performance tuning in multi-process environments
Experience in network programming

Preferred

Experience working for an open-source organization
Knowledge of type theory and programming language foundations
Experience with peer-to-peer technologies, blockchain, or cryptography

Company

Institute of Free Technology

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As a mission-driven tech startup studio, Institute of Free Technology provides Technical, Financial, Legal, People Operations, Branding & awareness services to a wide portfolio of open source projects such as Logos, Codex, Waku, Nimbus, Status, Nomos, Keycard.
dateFounded in 2024
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
https://free.technology/

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
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