Kiln

Site Reliability Engineer – Staking

Kiln

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇪🇺 Anywhere in Europe

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

CloudKubernetes

About the role

  • Perform technical due diligence on new protocols being considered for Kiln’s roadmap.
  • Own the end-to-end integration of new protocols, configure and run validator nodes from testnet to mainnet.
  • Deploy and operate high-availability validator nodes infrastructures across multi-cloud/bare metal Kubernetes environments.
  • Actively contribute to IaC improvements: observability and monitoring, scaling and performance, security and compliance, incident response and debugging.
  • Act as the technical expert for your protocol domains and promote best practices for validator operations.
  • Participate in Kiln’s protocol adoption strategy: provide insight to Product and GTM teams, liaise with protocol foundations teams, and represent Kiln in ecosystems and events.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience as DevOps/SRE, with strong focus on Infrastructure-as-Code and Kubernetes.
  • 1+ years of experience in blockchain / crypto engineering, with strong understanding of Proof-of-Stake and validator operations.
  • Hands-on experience running validator nodes; professionally or as a hobbyist.
  • Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills; ability to dive deep into blockchain protocol and infra-level issues.
  • Clear communication and confident technical decision-making; ability to work independently and collaborate across teams.
  • Nice to Have: Involvement in blockchain ecosystems and tooling contributions.
  • Experience with high-availability systems and secure infrastructure management.
  • Exposure to SOC2, ISO 27001, or other certified environments.
Benefits
  • A fast-paced, no bureaucratic work environment
  • Equity share options in the business: if Kiln succeeds, we all succeed!
  • Competitive salary
  • Flexible holiday
  • Flexible remote working
  • Internet connection paid up to €50/month
  • Significant personal development and tech conf budget

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
Infrastructure-as-CodeKubernetesvalidator nodesblockchain engineeringProof-of-Staketroubleshootingdebugginghigh-availability systemssecure infrastructure managementobservability
Soft skills
clear communicationtechnical decision-makingindependent workcollaboration
Certifications
SOC2ISO 27001