About this role
Section: Overview
- Principal distributed systems engineer to architect and own systems for a sovereign cloud and distributed edge compute network, including a high-concurrency compute workload exchange!
Section: Details
- Type: Independent Retainer — Milestone-Based Deliverable Contract (July 2026 – December 2026)
- Location: Lagos, Nigeria (Hybrid — min. 50% on-site)
- Key Expertise: Distributed systems, high-throughput backend architecture, and Python pipelines
- Deep technical experience with MILP mathematical optimization, SHA-256 tamper-evident ledgers, PostgreSQL RLS multi-tenancy, and Kubernetes/k3s/IoT edge orchestration
- Background in quantitative trading infrastructure, OR platforms, high-throughput fintech, or large-scale multi-tenant SaaS is highly desirable
- Salary: not stated