Principal Rust Engineer

Ambient (Headquarters: Remote)

Rust Distributed Systems Blockchain L1 Proof of Work Cryptocurrency AI LLM P2P Consensus Solana SVM Back End Engineer Staff Engineer

Ambient is seeking a Principal Rust Engineer to join our team building a groundbreaking Proof of Work L1 blockchain powered by AI. You will play a key role in designing, developing, and optimizing the core infrastructure of our network, which involves large-scale distributed systems handling verified inference, fine-tuning, and training of a massive (>600B parameter) language model.

Company Overview: Ambient is creating a cryptocurrency network where AI computation itself forms the basis of the proof of work. We're building an SVM-compatible L1 (a Solana fork) that replaces Proof of Stake with Proof of Work based on LLM tasks, aiming for Bitcoin-like economics coupled with AI productivity. Our network utilizes a hyper-optimized Proof of Logits (PoL) consensus for fast, provably secure verified inference.

Role & Responsibilities:
- Architect, implement, and maintain high-performance, concurrent, and distributed systems using Rust.
- Contribute significantly to the design and development of our L1 blockchain core, consensus mechanisms (PoL), and P2P networking layer.
- Optimize system performance, scalability, and reliability for handling large-scale AI workloads across a decentralized network.
- Collaborate closely with AI/ML researchers and other engineers to integrate AI components seamlessly into the blockchain infrastructure.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to code reviews, best practices, and overall system design.
- Ensure the security and robustness of the network infrastructure.

Technical Skills Required:
- Extensive experience in Rust development, particularly in building complex, high-performance systems.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems principles, concurrency, and networking.
- Experience with blockchain technology, consensus algorithms, and P2P networks is highly desirable.
- Familiarity with systems programming, performance optimization, and low-level details.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, research-driven environment.

Ideal Candidate:
- Proven track record of designing and building large-scale, reliable distributed systems.
- Passionate about blockchain, cryptocurrency, and the intersection of AI and decentralized systems.
- Experience working with or contributing to large open-source projects.
- Comfortable tackling novel challenges in a cutting-edge technological domain.