<h1> About us</h1>At Flashbots, were building the foundations of the future Internet and financial system. As an <a target="_blank" href="https://medium.com/flashbots/frontrunning-the-mev-crisis-40629a613752">R&amp;D organization</a>, we focus on MEV through our dual engines of <a target="_blank" href="https://writings.flashbots.net/">open research</a> and breakthrough product development – like <a target="_blank" href="https://docs.flashbots.net/flashbots-auction/overview">mev-geth</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://protect.flashbots.net/">Flashbots Protect</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://collective.flashbots.net/t/merge-anniversary-a-year-in-review/2400">MEV-Boost</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://docs.flashbots.net/flashbots-protect/mev-share">MEV-Share</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://writings.flashbots.net/introducing-rollup-boost">Flashblocks</a>, and <a target="_blank" href="https://buildernet.org/blog/introducing-buildernet">BuilderNet</a>. Our vibe is accelerationist, exceptional, kind, and independent. We are explorers, innovators, builders, and thinkers. We thrive on action, curiosity, and impact - driving the future in an iterative way while keeping an eye towards the long term version we want to see in the world. <div></div><h1></h1>Flashbots is looking for an expert TEE engineer who can dive deep into security of TEE workloads and ship security-criticial Rust and Go components. You’ll harden our Intel TDX workflows, protecting the economic layer that powers censorship-resistant block-building. Over the long term, you’ll co-develop Flashbots’ next-generation TEE products. <h3>What You’ll Do</h3><ul><li>Expose and remediate security flaws in TDX workloads: misuse of remote attestation libraries, misconfiguration of Linux kernel and OS, mishandling of cryptographic keys</li><li>Own security-critical production Rust/Go components ensuring reliability and security of core tools and libraries used across the Flashbots products</li><li>Optimize enclave workflows for reliability, observability, and secure key handling across cloud and bare-metal environments.</li><li>Document and share findings internally and with the open-source community, turning hard-won knowledge into repeatable playbooks. </li></ul><h3>Who You Are</h3><ul><li>Security-first engineer focused on hardened production code and able to move seamlessly into vulnerability research</li><li>Expert in TEE security: remote attestation protocols, micro-architectural exploits (cache timing, speculative execution, side-channels) across SGX, SEV, or TDX.</li><li>Seasoned Rust or Go developer maintaining safety-critical services in live environments.</li><li>Deep Linux internals familiarity: kernel tuning and hardening, virtualization and namespaces</li><li>Thorough and evidence-driven: backs decisions with benchmarks, exploits, or formal proofs; communicates clearly and openly. </li></ul><h3>Nice-to-Haves</h3><ul><li>Active participation in open-source or security communities</li><li>Published research, conference talks, or engineering blog posts</li><li>Hands-on work with decentralized or distributed software systems</li><li>Blockchain experience (client internals, smart contracts, or protocol research)</li></ul><h1> Details that matter</h1><ul><li>Significantly above market rate equity compensation package</li><li>Unlimited PTO with a high level of freedom and autonomy for your work</li><li>Attractive health coverage package for US employees</li><li>$3000 Yearly budget for your individual learning and development goals</li><li>Work alongside the brightest minds in the crypto space</li><li>Help save the world by ensuring crypto remains decentralized, permissionless and censorship-resistant</li><li>Remote working, while we have a preference for EU/US time zones, you can work from anywhere in the world</li><li>Paid travel - 2 x team on-site in different parts of the world per year plus periodic travel to events </li></ul>At Flashbots, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, or disability status.