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Greenfield is a European crypto investment firm. We are long-term backers of early developer teams building toward an open, decentralized, and more robust architecture of tomorrow’s web. Greenfield has flat hierarchies; you will have touchpoints with every aspect of the investment firm and significant growth potential. You are a crucial part of our Tech team (4 people) directly reporting to our CTO who is also part of the Partner team. Your role will be at the heart of our infrastructure operations with a focus on blockchain validator operations and cloud infrastructure management. You will be responsible for maintaining and optimizing our validator infrastructure and cloud operations. The role offers relevant growth opportunities to advance into a DevOps Engineer position after finishing university.
Tasks
- Deploy, monitor, and manage blockchain validators across multiple projects
- Serve as a key liaison between blockchain communities and our organization, with primary responsibilities including: deploying and maintaining open-source blockchain nodes in our cloud infrastructure while ensuring continuous technical communication with project communities for updates, upgrades, and operational support
- Design and maintain infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using Terraform for infrastructure as code (IaC)
- Ensure the security, scalability, and reliability of our cloud infrastructure
- Participate in on-call rotation to respond to infrastructure incidents and ensure uptime of critical systems
Requirements
This is you
Required Qualifications
- Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science or a related field
- First experience in DevOps or a similar role
- Expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Terraform for managing infrastructure
- Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g. GitLab CI)
- Proficiency in Python for scripting and automation
- Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools like Docker
- Familiarity with cloud networking concepts, load balancers, and monitoring tools
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with Cosmos SDK, Tendermint/CometBFT and Ethereum node operations
- Touchpoints in running and maintaining blockchain validators or other high-availability distributed systems
- Knowledge of blockchain consensus mechanisms and validator economics
- Knowledge of smart contracts and Web3 technologies is a big plus
Benefits
This is us and what we offer
- Diverse and challenging tasks, a steep learning curve as well as the opportunity to work closely with experienced colleagues and the company’s management
- Competitive compensation and being part of a high growth and fast paced environment since we are part of a rebirth of the internet
- High level of creative freedom, as well as fast decision-making processes
- Flexible and hybrid working environment
Let’s talk. We are excited to get to know you.
