Who we are and what we are building
We are a stellar team of veteran innovators, storytellers, and developers, located across the globe.
Mysten is where the brightest minds solve foundational problems to create tools for the future. Web3 will enable individuals and creators to have unprecedented ownership over their own data and content. Bringing the next billion users to web3, we will make web3 secure, reliable, and ready for mass adoption.
How we
work
Remote First
We believe talent shouldn’t be limited by geographic location, and create ways to stay connected through co-working opportunities, team and company wide offsites among other ways of being together.
Focus on step change advancements
We solve big, messy problems. We challenge the status quo and defy convention. We dare to dream big and relentlessly pursue groundbreaking innovations that lead to exponential progress in creating a decentralized future.
Everybody carries the box
Collaboration is vital for shaping the next iteration of the internet. We believe everybody carries the box, and together, we can break new ground, conquer the impossible, and build for the greater good.
Operate with integrity
Credibility matters. So we choose transparency and always seek diverse and divergent perspectives to strengthen our own. We keep things steady, open our ears and say what we mean – internally, with our partners and with the world.
The Recruiting Process
The number and format of interviews that you'll go through will be personalized to your skillset and the type of role that you're looking for. We want to give everyone the best chance at representing their abilities. Everyone starts with one or two phone interviews, and if there is a mutual fit, we'll invite you to meet more of the team over virtual interviews.
We hire many kinds of engineers, so we've structured our interview process around the engineering competencies that we value most.
Phone Interviews
The interview process begins with a phone interview to talk about your background, experiences, and interest in Mysten Labs, typically lasting 45 minutes.
You should be prepared to talk about your background, experiences, and interest in Mysten Labs.
If you’re interviewing for an engineering role, you’ll also have an in-depth conversation into your technical expertise. Every engineer is different, whether you specialize in distributed systems, or SDK design, we expect every candidate to be able to display their expertise.
Team Interviews
Research
A common theme throughout your interviews will be questions related to what we’re building at Mysten. You’ll find blogs and other resources on our website, as well as other easily accessible information across the web such as Mysten Labs’ GitHub, Sui.io, Sui Developer Portal, and more. You’ll want to dedicate a good portion of your interview preparation reading up on these topics.
Be transparent
We are looking for uniquely talented individuals who are innovative, focused and ambitious. “Everyone carries a box here” so we’re focused on hiring people who want to build for the greater good of Mysten, not for specific teams or individuals.
Your biggest accomplishments
We’re focused on making step change advancements in our industry. We’ll be asking you questions about how you’ve executed, challenged yourself, motivated others, and made judgments—as well as where you've failed in the past.
What you are passionate about
We want to know what motivates the people we meet. There’s no wrong answer here; we just want to see you get fired up about something you love.
Most of our team interviews for full-time employees consist of four separate 45 minute meetings. The interviews are meant to give us a cross-functional view of your breadth and depth of experience and will take form differently if you’re a Cryptographer, Distributed Systems Engineer and so on.
Coding
You’ll be assessed on how you solved the problem as well as the structure and style of your code. We’re interested in your ability to write code that is efficient, effective, easy to read, maintain and upgrade. One of the core facets of a good coding interview is the ability to translate a conceptual algorithmic solution into the code that actually implements it.
Systems Design
This interview may be systems, crypto, or front-end focused depending upon the specific position for which you are interviewing. We’re looking for the ability to tackle technical challenges that are open-ended in nature, with multiple possible solutions that will incur different trade-offs.
Systems Walkthrough
In this interview, you become the teacher. We want to use this time for you to do a deep dive into a project that you led or had significant participation in to provide the interviewer with confidence that you can understand some of the challenges we face:
Introducing a new solution to an existing large code base
Building a complex system with multiple parts from scratch
Solving a problem with limited time and resources in which "perfect" is unattainable
Enabling a workflow for which no ideal solution exists
Behavioral
Mysten Labs is filled with folks that have many characteristics including: focused, inclusive, ambitious, innovative, transparent and carries a high level of integrity. In this interview, we’ll be focused on taking a deeper look into your background, what you’re passionate about, and what kind of impact you want to make. We ultimately want to assess if a candidate will thrive in a fast-paced and highly unstructured environment.
Decision Timing
After you’re done with the interviews, your recruiter will typically get back to you very quickly within 1 week.
The Recruiting Process
The number and format of interviews that you’ll go through will be personalized to your skillset and the type of role that you’re looking for.
We want to give everyone the best chance at representing their abilities. Everyone starts with one or two phone interviews, and if there is a mutual fit, we’ll invite you to meet more of the team over virtual interviews.
We hire across multiple disciplines, so we’ve structured our interview process around specific competencies that we value most.
Phone Interviews
The interview process begins with a phone interview to talk about your background, experiences, and interest in Mysten Labs, typically lasting 45 minutes.
You should be prepared to talk about your background, experiences, and interest in Mysten Labs.
If you’re interviewing for an engineering role, you’ll also have an in-depth conversation into your technical expertise. Every engineer is different, whether you specialize in distributed systems, or SDK design, we expect every candidate to be able to display their expertise.
Team Interviews
Research
A common theme throughout your interviews will be questions related to what we’re building at Mysten. You’ll find easily accessible information across the web such as our blog, Sui whitepaper, the Sui website, and a talk given by our very own CEO Evan Cheng at Web Summit 2022. You’ll want to dedicate a good portion of your interview preparation reading up on these topics.
Be transparent
We are looking for uniquely talented individuals who are innovative, focused and ambitious. “Everyone carries a box here” so we’re focused on hiring people who want to build for the greater good of Mysten, not for specific teams or individuals.
Your biggest accomplishments
We’re focused on making step change advancements in our industry. We’ll be asking you questions about how you’ve executed, challenged yourself, motivated others, and made judgments—as well as where you've failed in the past.
What you are passionate about
We want to know what motivates the people we meet. There’s no wrong answer here; we just want to see you get fired up about something you love.
Most of our team interviews for full-time employees consist of four separate 45 minute meetings. The interviews are meant to give us a cross-functional view of your breadth and depth of experience and will take form differently depending on your field of expertise.
Direct Teammate
This interview typically focuses on your day to day and core competencies of the position. General examples of assessments include but are not limited to how you execute your area of expertise, problem solve, and work collaboratively.
Cross-Functional I
This interview typically focuses on how you collaborate with other departments and partners as it relates to your field of expertise. These interviews may include challenges that are open-ended in nature, with multiple possible solutions that will incur different trade-offs.
Cross-Functional II
This interview typically deep dives into other cross-functional aspects of your area of expertise. Sometimes this assessment will focus on a project that you have led or had significant participation in that can provide the interviewer with confidence that you can understand some of the challenges you face in your area of expertise.
Behavioral
Mysten Labs is filled with folks that have many characteristics including: focused, inclusive, ambitious, innovative, transparent and carries a high level of integrity. In this interview, we’ll be focused on taking a deeper look into your background, what you’re passionate about, and what kind of impact you want to make. We ultimately want to assess if a candidate will thrive in a fast-paced and highly unstructured environment.
