The Role:As a Software Engineer on the core engineering team, you will build and ship the chain and provider software the marketplace runs on. This is hands-on work across the Akash node and provider: writing Go, testing network upgrades before they reach mainnet, resolving provider issues in Kubernetes, and helping shape the feature specs that define new protocol capabilities. Because the team develops in the open, clear technical documentation is part of the job, from feature specs to upgrade and provider guidance. The role also contributes to closed source Overclock Labs efforts such as AkashML and Akash Homenode.
Your Sphere of Impact:- Build and maintain core features in Go across the Akash node and provider daemon
- Design, test, and ship network upgrades, validating behavior on testnet before mainnet rollout
- Diagnose and resolve provider-side issues in Kubernetes, from gateway and networking to workload orchestration across an independently operated provider fleet
- Maintain the gRPC and protobuf API definitions and code generation shared by the node and provider
- Cut, sign, and release provider and node software
- Write feature specs and technical documentation that help providers, developers, and teammates understand and adopt new features
- Contribute to closed source Overclock Labs products such as AkashML and Akash Homenode
- Think creatively about attack vectors, failure handling, and other non-functional requirements
- Continuously raise the standard of engineering excellence through best practices for coding, testing, and deployment
Requirements:- Strong, current experience writing Go in production
- Hands-on Kubernetes experience, including debugging real workloads, networking, and cluster issues
- Expert knowledge of systems design concepts and distributed computing
- Keen eye for modeling scenarios in reproducible test environments
- Experience in key security concepts: cryptography, key/certificate management, identity, and access management
- Experience with test-driven development and the use of testing frameworks
- Experience developing backend APIs and complex services
- Ability to write clear technical documentation for both engineers and provider operators
- You take a pragmatic approach to developing clean solutions to complex problems
- Proven ability to work in an open source Git workflow, since the team develops in the open
- Ability to stay communicative while working remotely and asynchronously
Nice to Have:- Notable open source contributions on GitHub
- Experience building or upgrading Proof-of-Stake blockchains and decentralized infrastructure
- Familiarity with Cosmos SDK, CometBFT/Tendermint
- Experience with gRPC, protobuf, and code generation
- Some Rust experience
- Passion for AI, with experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting open source models with vLLM and SGLang
$140,000 - $250,000 a year
