As a Validator Engineer, you will own the uptime, performance, and reliability of Ritual’s validators
Job Summary
As a Validator Engineer, you will own the uptime, performance, and reliability of Ritual’s validators.
You’ll be responsible for managing upgrades, snapshots, and sync performance, while also serving as the primary technical point of contact for validator operators.
Join a passionate group of engineers, researchers, and operators on a mission to build the next generation of AI infrastructure.
Matching Summary
As a Validator Engineer, you will own the uptime, performance, and reliability of Ritual’s validators.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
High-availability distributed systems
EVM-based PoS validators
Go and Rust proficiency
Kubernetes/Helm, Terraform
CI/CD workflows
Advanced Linux, networking
Observability (logs, metrics, traces)
Nice-to-have
Supporting external validator operators
Upstream client contributions
Orchestrating GPU workloads
Deploying open-source AI models
Interfacing with infrastructure partners
Key Requirements
4+ years operating high-availability distributed systems
Direct experience running PoS validators on EVM-based chains
Proficient in Go and Rust
Expertise in Kubernetes/Helm, Terraform, and CI/CD workflows
Advanced Linux user with deep networking knowledge