Senior Engineer - Networking/ P2P

ABOUT POLYGON LABS Polygon Labs is a global blockchain payments company building and operating infrastructure to move money instantly, reliably, and at internet scale, with the mission to move all money onchain. It is building the Polygon Open Money Stack, an open and integrated stack of services and technologies to instantly and reliably move money anywhere, and put it to work. Its infrastructure has facilitated trillions of dollars in onchain value transfer and supported millions of transactions daily for some of the globe's largest banks, fintechs, enterprises, and consumer applications. YOUR ROLE As a Senior Engineer on the PoS Engineering team at Polygon Labs, you’ll focus on strengthening the peer-to-peer networking capabilities across all three of our core clients—Bor, Erigon, and Heimdall. This role is ideal for someone passionate about distributed systems and low-level networking, who wants to solve complex stability and connectivity challenges at scale. Working closely with a high-caliber team of engineers across time zones, you will play a key role in ensuring the network reliability and performance of the Polygon PoS chain. You’ll take ownership of diagnosing and resolving hard-to-find issues in our peer-to-peer layer and will help us evolve our network topology to meet the next phase of growth. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES - Design, implement, and optimize peer-to-peer networking components in the Bor, Erigon, and Heimdall clients. - Analyze and improve network stability by identifying peering bottlenecks, protocol edge cases, or propagation inefficiencies. - Investigate incidents and contribute to root cause analysis (RCA) efforts related to network partitions, peer discovery failures, or gossip performance issues. - Collaborate closely with internal protocol and infra teams to align client behavior with network goals. - Contribute to client documentation and architecture discussions around networking layers and system resilience. - Stay up to date with trends and developments in distributed systems and peer-to-peer infrastructure. WHAT YOU’LL NEED - 5+ years of experience in systems or infrastructure engineering, ideally working on distributed systems or blockchain clients. - Deep expertise in Go (Golang), with strong knowledge of networking libraries, protocols (TCP/UDP), and debugging tools. - Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems in live production systems with a proactive, ownership-first mindset. - Experience working on peer-to-peer networking protocols or low-level infrastructure systems. - Comfortable working in a remote, asynchronous environment across time zones (EMEA, East Coast US, or South America preferred). PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Prior experience working on blockchain or decentralized network infrastructure. - Familiarity with the Ethereum ecosystem and Polygon PoS architecture. - Exposure to multiple client implementations and consensus protocols. - Strong written communication skills, especially around documenting technical findings or incident reviews. POLYGON LABS PERKS The goal of the Polygon Labs total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan includes the following benefits for our full time employees: - Remote first global workforce - Industry leading Medical, Dental and Vision health insurance* - Company matching 401k with 3% match* - $1,500 Home Office Set Up Allowance (life-time max) - $75 Monthly internet or phone reimbursement - Flexible Time Off - Company issued laptop - Egg freezing, mental health, and employee wellness benefits In certain countries medical, dental and vision is fully covered for employees and their dependents. This is country and plan specific. 401k is for United States employees only Polygon Labs is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Polygon Labs is committed to treating all people in a way that allows them to maintain their dignity and independence. We believe in integration and equal opportunity. Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process and applicants with a disability may request to be accommodated throughout the recruitment process. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their individual accessibility needs. If you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit. 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