System Architect

Edge & Node stands as the revolutionary vanguard of web3, a vision of a world powered by individual autonomy, shared self-sovereignty and limitless collaboration. Established by trailblazers behind The Graph, we’re on a mission to make The Graph the internet’s unbreakable foundation of open data. Edge & Node invented and standardized subgraphs across the industry, solidifying The Graph as the definitive way to organize and access blockchain data. Utilizing a deep expertise in developing open-source software, tooling, and protocols, we empower builders and entrepreneurs to bring unstoppable applications to life with revolutionary digital infrastructure.

Edge & Node acts on a set of unwavering principles that guide our journey in shaping the future. We champion a decentralized internet—free from concentrated power—where collective consensus aligns what is accepted as truth, rather than authoritative dictation. Our commitment to censorship resistance reinforces our vision of an unyielding information age free from the grasp of a single entity. By building for open-source, we challenge the stagnant landscape of web2, recognizing that true innovation thrives in transparency and collaboration. We imagine a permissionless future where the shackles imposed by central gatekeepers are not only removed, but relegated to the dustbin of a bygone era. And at the foundation of it all, our trust shifts from malevolent middlemen to trustless systems, leveraging smart contracts to eliminate the age-old vulnerabilities of misplaced trust.

The Research & Protocol group at Edge & Node drives fundamental improvements to The Graph protocol by designing new capabilities and solving novel research challenges. We collaborate with developers and the product team to turn our ideas into productized solutions.

We are looking for an experienced system architect to work within the engineering team to integrate systems thinking into all aspects of our engineering projects from inception to completion. The exemplary candidate will have a background in distributed systems engineering, software engineering, system engineering, or a related field and will have a knack for seeing a system as the product of the interaction of its components. This is an extremely collaborative role and will require exceptional communication, teaming, and documentation skills working as part of multidisciplinary projects with engineers, product managers, and leadership to develop and deliver novel results.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Work as part of the research & protocol team, within the larger engineering organization 
• Assess the current protocol from a systems perspective and offer data-driven tradeoffs for objectively derived solutions
• Develop novel solutions - driving systems thinking and design into these solutions as part of the larger team
• Integrating the tookits of economics, cryptography, and distributed systems, while exercising judgment and first-principles thinking to produce system design improvements that satisfy a complex set of business strategy, product, technical, and user experience requirements
• Staying abreast of the latest research and applications in blockchain scaling, peer-to-peer networks, authenticated data structures, ZKP cryptography and evangelizing important developments to influence The Graph’s system design and technical roadmap
• Document ideas and solutions and work within The Graph ecosystem to generate community-driven consensus to push ideas forward

What We Expect

• Strong technical educational background in software engineering, distributed systems engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred
• 5+ years of related work experience, working as a system designer, system integrator, or system architect as part of technical design teams, with a proven track record of seeing multidisciplinary projects through production (with continued support in operations and maintenance)
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with an eye for robust documentation
• Experience working on multidisciplinary projects with engineers, product managers, and leadership; blockchain, cryptography, and/or economics experience preferred
• Adept at using organizational, project management, and data tools and ability to understand and interact with code produced by engineering teams
• Self-directed, proactive, self-starter who is comfortable with the autonomy of working in a remote setting
• Proven track record of producing solutions for complex problems in a dynamic environment, against requirements, under time constraints

About the Graph

The Graph is the source of data and information for the decentralized internet. As the original decentralized data marketplace that introduced and standardized subgraphs, The Graph has become web3’s method of indexing and accessing blockchain data. Since its launch in 2018, tens of thousands of developers have built subgraphs for dapps across 40+ blockchains - including  Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Polygon, Celo, Fantom, Gnosis, and Avalanche.

As demand for data in web3 continues to grow, The Graph enters a New Era with a more expansive vision including new data services and query languages, ensuring the decentralized protocol can serve any use case - now and into the future.

Discover more about how The Graph is shaping the future of decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN) and stay connected with the community. Follow The Graph on X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Medium. Join the community on The Graph’s Telegram, join technical discussions on The Graph’s Discord.

The Graph Foundation oversees The Graph Network. The Graph Foundation is overseen by the Technical Council. Edge & Node, StreamingFast, Semiotic Labs, The Guild, Messari, GraphOps, Pinax and Geo are eight of the many organizations within The Graph ecosystem.