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Open Role: Exceptional Systems Builders

Doublezero · Remote · Remote

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About Doublezero

Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

We care less about specific tools or credentials and more about how you think, what you’ve shipped, and the kinds of problems you’re drawn to.

What they're looking for

  • Have built or operated complex systems in demanding environments
  • Think deeply about performance, correctness, and architecture
  • Are comfortable working across layers: software, systems, networks, and hardware
  • Gravitate toward hard problems without needing a roadmap handed to them
  • Care more about the system than the title
  • We care less about specific tools or credentials and more about how you think, what you’ve shipped, and the kinds of problems you’re drawn to
More about this role

Not every great engineer fits into a predefined job description. We’re open to talking with exceptional technical builders who have done hard things before and want to do them again — at a bigger scale, with sharper constraints, and more freedom to shape the work.

Have built or operated complex systems in demanding environments

Think deeply about performance, correctness, and architecture

Are comfortable working across layers: software, systems, networks, and hardware

Gravitate toward hard problems without needing a roadmap handed to them

Care more about the system than the title

We care less about specific tools or credentials and more about how you think, what you’ve shipped, and the kinds of problems you’re drawn to.

Built infrastructure that other engineers depend on

Solved problems that don’t come with documentation

Owned systems where failure wasn’t an option

Or just consistently found yourself at the hardest edge of the stack

We’d like to talk.

DoubleZero is a protocol that enables a global fiber network for high-performance data distribution. Powered by independent fiber contributors and coordinated onchain, DoubleZero delivers low-latency networking and real-time data...

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