Job Description

Intel Trust Platform is built on a distributed ledger service that provides programmatic execution engines for Key-Value Stores, SQL-like databases, and the Ethereum Virtual Machine. It is highly reliable, secure, and features a Byzantine fault-tolerant state machine replication system capable of withstanding malicious attacks while maintaining high transaction performance.

This role offers a great opportunity to have a real impact by working on cutting-edge confidential computing concepts and distributed systems based on Byzantine fault tolerance. Bring your technical experience and ideas to innovate and drive solutions, focusing on consensus mechanisms, specializing in resilience strategies, and contributing to the design of a highly reliable and secure distributed system that can withstand malicious attacks while ensuring data integrity and verifiability in challenging environments. If you are passionate about working in a dynamic environment and are excited about technology, consider joining our innovative team to build the industry's first Byzantine fault-tolerant system based on SBFT. Our team has a start-up, collaborative, and open culture. We value diversity, having a growth-mindset, and inclusiveness. We are remote friendly and geo-distributed.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide technical leadership in building components for the Core Byzantine Fault-Tolerant Ledger service of the Intel Trust Platform (ITP).

Apply technical knowledge and expertise to architect, design, and implement scalable and efficient distributed systems that meet the performance and reliability requirements.

Propose and deliver software designs, architecture, and technical specifications. Prepare clear and concise documentation for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Drive prototypes and proof-of-concept implementations to validate distributed systems concepts and technologies.

Be an expert in assessing performance and optimizing/improving it through design and best coding practices, ensuring high throughput, low latency, and fault tolerance.

Maintain code quality and offer enhancements to testing strategies for sustaining the reliability, security, and scalability of distributed systems.

Influence, coach, and guide team members on technical challenges and foster innovation.

Collaborate with a diverse team of engineers, researchers, and data scientists to integrate the Intel Trust Platform into Intel's cutting-edge products and solutions.

Stay up to date with industry trends and advancements in distributed systems, contribute to research efforts, and evaluate emerging technologies for potential adoption.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree with 15+ years or Master's degree with 12+ years of industry experience.

Strong technical background with over 8 years of experience in technical leadership and more than 5 years of experience in distributed systems development.

Proven experience in architecting, designing, and developing solutions in areas including consensus algorithms, data partitioning, replication, consistency models, and fault tolerance.

Hands on experience in architecting and developing scalable, reliable, low-latency, and high-throughput systems.

Strong programming skills in C++. Experience in Go and Python is a plus.

Experience working in one or more areas: Cryptography, network security, Merkle trees.

Experience with distributed computing frameworks and technologies (e.g., Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, Kubernetes, Docker).

Knowledge of cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) is a plus.

Robust problem-solving skills and analytical abilities.

Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work in a collaborative, geographically distributed team environment.

Experience with Agile Development and SCRUM methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

Demonstrated experience with Trusted Execution Engine (TEE) technologies to enhance the security and confidentiality of distributed systems is a plus.

Inside this Business Group

Enable amazing computing experiences with Intel Software continues to shape the way people think about computing – across CPU, GPU, and FPGA architectures. Get your hands on new technology and collaborate with some of the smartest people in the business. Our developers and software engineers work in all software layers, across multiple operating systems and platforms to enable cutting-edge solutions. Ready to solve some of the most complex software challenges? Explore an impactful and innovative career in Software.

Posting Statement

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Benefits

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock, bonuses, as well as, benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find more information about all of our Amazing Benefits here. (https://jobs.intel.com/en/benefits)

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Working Model

This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site. In certain circumstances the work model may change to accommodate business needs.