Protocol Engineer
200k – 240kSan Francisco, CABackend EngineeringHybrid6+ YOE
Summary
Architects and builds secure, scalable distributed protocols and smart contracts in Solidity for a developer platform serving millions. Requires 6+ years experience, 2+ years smart contract development, and CS degree.
About the role
What You'll Do
- Architecture and design of distributed protocols with an emphasis on security, performance, and scalability
- Write, deploy, and test smart contracts and maintain them in production
- Develop and own best practices for protocol upgrades and versioning across different networks
- Collaborate with engineering, product, and design on the user-facing applications built around our smart contract protocols
- Mentor other engineers in in-depth Solidity/EVM topics and best practices
- Stay up to date with the latest Solidity releases, developer tooling, and exploits
What We're Looking For
- 6+ years of relevant industry experience
- 2+ years of smart contract development including production deployments of original, non-trivial protocols and related security audits
- BS/BA in Computer Science
- Extreme proficiency with Solidity and the EVM
- Experience designing distributed protocols
- Experience designing, building, testing, deploying, and maintaining high traffic smart contracts
- Experience building and managing a protocol with significant TVL is a plus
- Ability to balance shipping quickly with building stable infrastructure
- Experience working with startups
- Passion for blockchain technologies and Web3
- A hustler mentality, founding a company or building side projects is a plus!
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive base salary and equity
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401k
- Unlimited flexible time off
Skills
SolidityEVMsmart contractsdistributed protocolsprotocol upgradesSolidity best practicesWeb3blockchainTVL management
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