Infrastructure Engineering • Full Time • Remote
Salary: $120k – $200k • Equity: 0.1% – 1.0%
About Nirvana Labs
https://nirvanalabs.io/
Nirvana Labs is the first full-stack cloud platform designed by crypto natives and cloud experts to cater to the unique demands of web3 companies. Our offerings include a powerful bare metal cloud computing platform, highly reliable load-balanced RPC nodes, and enterprise-grade dedicated nodes.
Why it matters:
Addressing the limitations of traditional cloud providers:
- Traditional cloud providers like AWS, GCP, and Azure fall short in handling the resource-intensive nature of blockchain workloads, leaving web3 companies searching for alternatives as costs explode.
- Our web3-centric approach aims to address these limitations by combining bare metal infrastructure with a specialized operating system.
Driving innovation in web3 cloud infrastructure:
- Nirvana's nodes are the fastest in the web3 industry, with an average global latency of 28 milliseconds, compared to 175 milliseconds for Alchemy, 300 milliseconds for Quicknode, and 400 milliseconds for Infura.
- By reducing cloud bills by up to 85%, we are helping web3 companies optimize their infrastructure costs and focus on driving their core business forward.
The big picture: Nirvana's team includes blockchain operators from BitGo, cloud and data center specialists from AWS, networking specialists from AT&T, and hardware experts from Apple and Google. This diverse expertise allows them to create a cutting-edge cloud platform tailored to the unique needs of the web3 ecosystem.
Our customers include: Chainlink, BitGo, Goldsky, Thirdweb and Pairpoint.
Recent News
Nirvana recently raised $4 million in seed funding, led by Castle Island Ventures
Cloud startup Nirvana Labs raises $6M seed extension led by Jump Crypto, Crucible Capital
Role
- Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain Harvester clusters in production and development environments across multiple data center regions.
- Debug and troubleshoot Harvester components (KubeVirt, Longhorn, Rancher integration, CSI/CNI).
- Manage and optimize bare-metal environments, including provisioning, firmware, lifecycle tasks, and orchestration with tools like iPXE, MAAS, or Tinkerbell.
- Operate and improve software-defined networking stacks with Cilium and Calico to support multi-tenant workloads.
- Automate lifecycle management with Terraform, Ansible, and GitOps pipelines.
- Write and maintain tooling (Bash, Go, Python) to improve automation and observability.
- Integrate Harvester/Kubernetes clusters with CI/CD pipelines (ArgoCD, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.).
- Monitor and tune performance, availability, and scalability across multi-region clusters.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to design cloud-native, bare-metal-optimized solutions.
- Contribute to infrastructure security, compliance, and best practices.
- Participate in on-call rotation, support incident response, and maintain clear documentation.
Requirements
- Fluent in English; based in the Americas or Europe for timezone overlap.
- 5+ years in cloud infrastructure; 2+ years operating Harvester in production.
- Strong Linux administration (Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL).
- Experience with Cilium/Calico, KVM/QEMU, and container runtimes (Docker, containerd, Podman).