Job description
Full time - Paris/London hybrid or Remote from EU/UK
Kiln is now part of the prestigious French Government program #FT120 from La French Tech! 🎉 🇫🇷
As a Site Reliability Engineer - Staking at Kiln, you’ll join our Infrastructure team to build the future of Kiln Validators.
You will collaborate closely with Product, GTM and other Engineering teams to support the expansion of protocol offerings, deploy and operate validator nodes across networks, and ensure the scaling and performance of Kiln’s validator platform, while being the expert for protocol-related questions internally and within the broader ecosystem.
Responsibilities:
Perform technical due diligence on new protocols being considered for Kiln’s roadmap.
Own the end-to-end integration of new protocols, configure and run validator nodes from testnet to mainnet.
Deploy and operate high-availability validator nodes infrastructures across multi-cloud/bare metal Kubernetes environments.
Actively contribute to IaC improvements: observability and monitoring, scaling and performance, security and compliance, incident response and debugging.
Act as the technical expert for your protocol domains and promote best practices for validator operations.
Participate in Kiln’s protocol adoption strategy: provide insight to Product and GTM teams, liaise with protocol foundations teams, and represent Kiln in ecosystems and events.
Stack
Protocols: https://docs.kiln.fi/v1/kiln-products/validators/protocols
Infrastructure: AWS/GCP/bare metal, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm…
Tooling: GitHub Actions, FluxCD, Prometheus, Loki, Grafana…
Requirements
4+ years of experience as DevOps/SRE, with strong focus on Infrastructure-as-Code and Kubernetes.
1+ years of experience in blockchain / crypto engineering, with strong understanding of Proof-of-Stake and validator operations.
Hands-on experience running validator nodes; professionally or as a hobbyist.
Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills; ability to dive deep into blockchain protocol and infra-level issues.
Clear communication and confident technical decision-making; ability to work independently and collaborate across teams.
Nice to Have
Involvement in blockchain ecosystems and tooling contributions.
Experience with high-availability systems and secure infrastructure management.
Exposure to SOC2, ISO 27001, or other certified environments.
About Kiln:
Kiln is the leading enterprise-grade rewards platform that enables institutional customers to stake assets and integrate staking & DeFi functionality into their offerings. Our API-first platform provides fully automated validators, staking & DeFi protocols access, and comprehensive data and commission management.
With $13+ billion in crypto assets staked through our platform, Kiln has established a strong presence on Ethereum, managing over 4.3% of the network through 45,000+ validators — all with zero slashing events.
Kiln serves more than 140 leading customers, including Binance, Bitpanda, BitGo, Fireblocks, VanEck, and TrustWallet.
Our team of 100 ecosystem enthusiasts brings experience from industry leaders like Google, Circle, Ledger, Chainalysis, and other prominent technology and cryptocurrency companies.
We’ve raised $30M in total funding from prominent investors including 1kx, Crypto.com, Illuminate Financial, Consensys, Wintermute, Kraken Ventures…
Join Kiln and help us make the web more secure, stable, decentralized, and fair!
How Kiln will support you:
A fast-paced, no bureaucratic work environment
Equity share options in the business: if Kiln succeeds, we all succeed!
Competitive salary
Flexible holiday
Flexible remote working
Internet connection paid up to €50/month
Significant personal development and tech conf budget
Your interview process:
Recruiter Interview (40 min)
Take-home test (< 2 hours)
Technical Interview #1 [Linux & Kubernetes] (120 min)
Technical Interview #2 [Problem solving & Debugging] (60min)
Core Values Interview (45 min)
Founders Interview (30 min)
Offer!
Please note that we are not sponsoring visas for persons without work authorization in the UK or the EU. This role is specifically for employees (no B2B or contractors) based in the EU and the UK.
