What are the responsibilities and job description for the Platform Engineer / SRE position at 0x?
COMPANY
At 0x, our mission is to Eliminate the Complexity of Accessing Tokens and Liquidity. We’re a mission-driven and diverse team of world-class talent from Coinbase, Google, Meta and other top companies. We are a remote-first and fully distributed company with team members across all continents besides Antarctica. As early pioneers in the space, we’ve made significant technical contributions to various Ethereum standards over the years; fun fact - our team helped establish the NFT token standard (ERC721).
In joining us, you'll take part in transforming the way that value is exchanged on a global scale. We're passionate about open-source software and decentralized technology's potential to act as an equalizing force in the world, and our technology is deployed by a wide array of projects at the forefront of internet and economic advancement.
Founded in 2017, 0x created and now partakes in developing 0x protocol: the open-source, global backbone for decentralized exchange. Alongside the core protocol, we build and maintain products and service offerings, including Matcha, the search engine for tokens, and 0x API, the endpoint for multi-chain aggregated liquidity. These offerings allow 0x to continue marching towards our vision of building a tokenized world where all value can flow freely at the best prices and with the lowest transaction costs. This way, we can help businesses eliminate the complexity of accessing decentralized markets across all layers of the Web3 exchange stack and have more time to focus on what matters most: their product.
0x currently supports eight major blockchains: Ethereum, Polygon, Fantom, Avalanche, Arbitrum, Optimism, BNB Chain, and Celo, and the 0x ecosystem has been rapidly expanding. With integrations across all of the top wallets and apps, including MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet and Coinbase NFT, Polygon Wallet, Brave, Matcha, dYdX, Zapper, Zerion, and Shapeshift, 0x is fast becoming the trusted standard for all decentralized exchanges.
We’re a remote-first company with core contributors in nearly ten countries and over twice as many cities. Our headquarters is in San Francisco, with an office available for anyone on the team to use anytime. We’ll consider your application regardless of where you call home.
YOUR ROLE AS A PLATFORM ENGINEER AT 0X
You'll help ensure our suite of products remains as performant and reliable as possible, automate various critical engineering tasks, and provide a world-class, streamlined internal developer experience. You'll take a data-driven optimization approach; your inclination should be to profile and benchmark existing systems, honing in on the highest impact improvements that should be undertaken. You care deeply about the reliability of your solutions and the productivity gains created for the rest of the engineering team.
This role is vital to the success of 0x as a whole, and it comes with a high degree of ownership. You'll have broad freedom to take appropriate steps to improve our infrastructure. We build on a quickly evolving modern stack and welcome well-reasoned, forward-thinking technology and architectural suggestions.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Help ensure uptime and reliability across 0x’s suite of products and services.
- Take ownership of our observability stack (Grafana, Mimir, and Loki)
- Automate a variety of engineering-related tasks and processes, such as onboarding and offboarding engineers and provisioning new services and cloud resources
- Manage and upgrade our Kubernetes infrastructure while ensuring high availability
- Assist in developing a robust real-time data streaming platform to be used for a variety of tasks related to data science, product development, and streamlining internal developer experience
- Improve internal build systems and manage/optimize CI/CD
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s or equivalent
- Strong technical background and 5 years of professional engineering experience
- Experience maintaining and scaling Kubernetes-based applications on cloud infrastructure
- AWS experience
- Experience building applications and services with programming languages such as TypeScript, Rust, and Go
- Advanced knowledge of modern DevOps practices (e.g., GitOps, CI/CD pipelines)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform
- Passion for the benefits of decentralization and the 0x mission
- Exhibit our core values: do the right thing, consistently ship, and create enduring value.
PREFERRED
- Experience with Apache Kafka or other event-streaming platforms
- Experience with Okta/SSO
- Experience with Kong
- Experience running and interacting with Ethereum nodes
- Experience with peer-to-peer networking technologies
BENEFITS
- The base salary range for this position is $95,000 - $230,000 equity ZRX tokens benefits. Within the range, individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, location, business needs, and candidate preferences between the different compensation elements. Benefits include:
- Comprehensive insurance (medical/dental/vision/life/disability) — 100% covered for you and your dependents
- 401k, HSA, and FSA for U.S.-based employees
- Monthly stipends for wifi, wellness, and pre-tax transportation expense
- Covered mental health benefits (including professional therapy sessions)
- Flexible hours, liberal work-from-home policy, and a supportive remote environment
- Lunch reimbursement for all employees across the globe!
- Stipend for your ideal remote / WFH set-up: laptop, headphones, and any other work gear you may need
- 12-week paid parental leave
- Great office conveniently located in Soma/East Cut, SF
- Unlimited vacation: Take time when you need it (and we really mean it)
- Multiple annual in-person team meet-ups around the globe
- Benefits are country-specific and may vary.
0x and its associated entities (0x) are dedicated to fostering diversity, inclusion, and belonging in its teams and workforce, and are proud to be equal opportunity employers. 0x does not make employment or hiring decisions on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression or identity, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, national origin, or any other basis that is protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. 0x will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a way that is consistent with San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance and similar local laws.
Salary : $95,000 - $230,000