Founding Engineer - AI & Compute

Summary

Merciv is an AI/ML organization on a mission to revolutionize AI training through a decentralized computing platform built on blockchain and crypto. The Founding Engineer will lay the foundations of the company by designing, constructing, and managing protocol and node systems, including blockchain infrastructure, crypto-economic mechanisms, decentralized networking, and proof generation and verification. The role also involves developing and testing blockchain protocols and smart contracts, debugging and deploying large-scale decentralized systems, and overseeing smart contract audits.

Responsibilities

• Designing, constructing, and managing all aspects related to protocol and node encompassing blockchain systems, crypto economic mechanisms, decentralized networking, and proof generation and verification
• Developing and testing blockchain protocols and smart contracts
• Debugging and deploying large-scale decentralized systems
• Overseeing internal and external smart contract audits

Skills

• 2+ years of software engineering experience building low-level protocols
• Strong knowledge of blockchain, smart contracts, and consensus algorithms
• Experience in Rust or Go
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Excellent problem solving skills and ability to learn quickly
• Ability to write high-quality and well-tested code
• Experience working with cloud-native tech stacks (e.g., AWS/GCP)

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 2+ years of software engineering experience building low-level protocols
• Strong knowledge of blockchain, smart contracts, and consensus algorithms
• Experience in Rust or Go
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Excellent problem solving skills and ability to learn quickly
• Ability to write high-quality and well-tested code
• Experience working with cloud-native tech stacks (e.g., AWS/GCP)