Senior DevOps Engineer (Contract)

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Biconomy

Worldwide
Full-TimeWorldwide

Job Description

Biconomy empowers Web3 developers to build seamless, user-friendly dApps that work effortlessly across multiple blockchains. Our battle-tested modular account and execution stack eliminates traditional UX friction points, helping projects accelerate user adoption while reducing development costs. By processing over 70 million transactions across the 300+ dApps we've served, we're powering the future of onchain economies.

The Role: Build Resilient Systems for a Multi-Chain Future

As a DevOps Engineer on our Modular Execution Environment (MEE) team, you will own the cloud and blockchain infrastructure powering our cross-chain protocol stack. You’ll design, implement, and maintain the backend systems supporting supertransaction flows, decentralized validator networks, and scalable off-chain compute infrastructure.

This is a 6-month full-time contract role, starting on or before May 31st, 2025 with the possibility of extension.

You’ll work across the entire MEE infrastructure stack

  • Distributed Validator Network - Provision, monitor, and optimize globally distributed validator nodes and bundlers.
  • Blockchain Node Operations - Setup and manage EVM-compatible L1 and L2 full nodes and indexers with high uptime.
  • Infrastructure Automation - Build automated pipelines for deployments, monitoring, scaling, and recovery across multi-cloud environments.
  • Zero-Downtime Systems - Architect resilient, secure, and geo-redundant systems with minimal latency across a multi-region setup.

What Will You Be Doing?

  • Design and deploy scalable cloud infrastructure using platforms like GCP, AWS, or Digital Ocean.
  • Architect zero-downtime, geo-redundant systems for blockchain node operations and validator infrastructure.
  • Build CI/CD pipelines and automation tools for infrastructure provisioning, code deployment, and system monitoring.
  • Setup, monitor, and maintain EVM-based blockchain full nodes across various networks.
  • Participate in system design and architecture reviews with a focus on performance, reliability, and fault tolerance.
  • Proactively detect, diagnose, and resolve infrastructure issues, implementing automation to prevent recurrence.
  • Collaborate closely with protocol, backend, and product teams to ensure infrastructure supports core product requirements.
  • Lead performance tuning, system hardening, and capacity planning efforts.
  • Maintain security best practices and ensure disaster recovery and failover mechanisms are in place.
  • Own uptime, monitoring, and availability SLAs for mission-critical systems.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure.
  • Strong knowledge of cloud providers (GCP, AWS) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Helm, Docker).
  • Proficient in at least one scripting language: Python, Go, Bash, or JavaScript.
  • Hands-on experience setting up, maintaining, and optimizing EVM-compatible blockchain nodes.
  • Deep understanding of system monitoring using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Cloudwatch, etc.
  • Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi) and automation of deployments.
  • Solid Linux administration and troubleshooting skills, including networking and storage.
  • Understanding of security principles, infrastructure hardening, and access controls.
  • Familiarity with blockchain infrastructure or validator networks.
  • Collaborative and proactive mindset; ability to work independently in a fast-moving, globally distributed team.

What We Offer

  • Flexible Working Hours: Enjoy autonomy over your schedule.
  • Generous Vacation Policy: 25 days vacation per year plus public holidays
  • Competitive Salary: With regular performance reviews.
  • Token Allocation: Be rewarded with tokens as part of our compensation package.
  • Growth Opportunities: Be part of an exciting new project with significant career growth potential.
  • Innovative Work Culture: Join a team that’s at the cutting edge of Web3, AI, and DeFi, and help shape the future of the digital economy.
  • Fun and Engaging Team Activities: Game nights, virtual celebrations, and work retreats to keep things exciting.

At Biconomy, we believe in creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are committed to being an equal-opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate based on race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, age, or any other legally protected status.