Validator Engineer at Ritual
Ritual
About the opportunity:
Ritual is building a blockchain designed from the start to support AI-native applications, and its private testnet is already live. Its first product, Infernet, lets developers use AI models both on-chain through smart contracts and off-chain.
As Validator Engineer, you would be responsible for the uptime, performance and reliability of Ritual's validators on both testnet and mainnet. That means managing client upgrades, parameter changes and hard forks with no downtime, automating deployments on bare-metal and cloud systems, and improving the performance of the execution and consensus clients. You would also be the main technical contact for outside validator operators, writing run-books and documentation and helping them through Discord so that staking participation stays healthy.
The role suits an experienced infrastructure engineer who has run proof-of-stake validators on EVM-based chains, is comfortable reading and changing client code, and cares about security and monitoring.
Who can apply:
- Engineers with 4 or more years of experience operating high-availability distributed systems, including running proof-of-stake validators on EVM-based chains
- Applicants who are proficient in Go and Rust and can read, debug and extend both execution layer and consensus layer client code
- Applicants with a strong grasp of protocol concepts such as fork-choice, evidence handling, slashing conditions and state sync
- Applicants with expertise in Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform and CI/CD workflows, including canary deployments
- Applicants who are advanced Linux users with deep networking knowledge and a focus on system hardening and security
- Applicants who are passionate about observability, including logs, metrics and traces
- Experience supporting external validator operators, contributing to upstream clients, running GPU workloads, deploying open-source AI models and working with infrastructure partners, custodians or auditors is an advantage
What you get:
- A highly competitive compensation package
- An annual discretionary bonus
- Healthcare premiums fully covered
- Fully remote or hybrid working, your choice
- Virtual and in-person company events
Official link: Use the Apply button on this page to go straight to the official application. Always confirm the latest details and requirements on Ritual's official page before applying.
Tip: Show real examples of validators or high-availability systems you have run, including uptime figures and how you handled an upgrade or incident.
