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// Security & Audits
[6]Principal Smart Contract Auditor
MISSION
Own the hardest reviews end-to-end and set the technical bar for the audit team. You are the final line of defense before mainnet.
REQUIREMENTS
- › 5+ years auditing Solidity/Vyper in production
- › Mastery of EVM internals, opcodes, and memory
- › Track record of uncovering novel logic and economic attack vectors
Senior Smart Contract Auditor
MISSION
Lead audits of DeFi primitives, bridges, and staking protocols, and mentor junior researchers along the way.
REQUIREMENTS
- › 3+ years writing or auditing smart contracts
- › Deep understanding of AMMs, lending, and oracles
- › Strong written communication for client-facing reports
Smart Contract Auditor
MISSION
Review smart contracts alongside senior auditors, build test suites, and document findings with clear remediation guidance.
REQUIREMENTS
- › 2+ years of Solidity experience
- › Familiarity with common vulnerability classes
- › Comfortable with Foundry and static analysis tools
Junior Security Researcher
MISSION
Work directly under our principal auditors to analyze protocols, write test suites, and hunt for vulnerabilities.
REQUIREMENTS
- › Strong fundamental understanding of the EVM
- › Familiarity with reentrancy, access control, and overflow bugs
- › Hunger to learn formal verification and advanced auditing
Security Research Intern
MISSION
A paid entry point into professional auditing. Shadow real engagements and contribute to CTF-style internal challenges.
REQUIREMENTS
- › Solid grasp of Solidity basics
- › Completed Ethernaut, Damn Vulnerable DeFi, or similar
- › Genuine curiosity for breaking things
Formal Verification Engineer
MISSION
Translate protocol invariants into machine-checked proofs to give clients mathematical guarantees of correctness.
REQUIREMENTS
- › Experience with Certora, Z3, Lean, or Coq
- › Strong background in logic or programming language theory
- › Ability to specify and prove smart contract invariants
// Protocol Engineering
[5]Lead Protocol Architect (Rust/Go)
MISSION
Design consensus and networking layers for custom app-chains and high-performance cross-chain infrastructure.
REQUIREMENTS
- › Extensive systems programming in Rust or Go
- › Understanding of Tendermint, Cosmos SDK, or Substrate
- › Deep familiarity with p2p networking and BFT consensus
Senior Protocol Engineer
MISSION
Build core protocol components — execution, state management, and bridges — with an obsession for correctness and performance.
REQUIREMENTS
- › 4+ years in systems programming (Rust, Go, or C++)
- › Experience shipping distributed systems
- › Comfort reasoning about concurrency and networking
Protocol Engineer
MISSION
Contribute to node software, SDKs, and tooling for the chains and rollups we help clients ship.
REQUIREMENTS
- › 2+ years with Rust or Go
- › Familiarity with blockchain data structures
- › Strong testing and debugging discipline
L2 / Rollup Engineer
MISSION
Deploy and customize optimistic and ZK rollups using OP Stack, Arbitrum Orbit, and ZK Stack.
REQUIREMENTS
- › Hands-on experience with sequencer/batcher logic
- › Understanding of fraud proofs and data availability
- › Ability to build custom precompiles
Junior Blockchain Engineer
MISSION
Learn low-level protocol engineering while contributing to tooling, tests, and node operations under senior mentorship.
REQUIREMENTS
- › Working knowledge of Rust, Go, or C++
- › Basic understanding of how blockchains work
- › Eagerness to go deep on systems programming
// Smart Contracts
[5]Lead Smart Contract Engineer
MISSION
Set standards for how we architect and ship secure, gas-efficient contracts across client engagements.
REQUIREMENTS
- › 5+ years of professional Solidity
- › Deep knowledge of DeFi and proxy/upgrade patterns
- › Experience leading a team of engineers
Senior Smart Contract Engineer
MISSION
Design and implement complex on-chain systems — AMMs, vaults, staking, and governance — from spec to deployment.
REQUIREMENTS
- › 4+ years writing production Solidity
- › Strong grasp of security best practices
- › Experience with Foundry and CI for contracts
Smart Contract Engineer
MISSION
Write clean, gas-efficient, and secure smart contracts for a variety of DeFi and Web3 client projects.
REQUIREMENTS
- › 2+ years of professional Solidity experience
- › Proficiency with Foundry or Hardhat
- › Solid understanding of common DeFi patterns
Junior Smart Contract Engineer
MISSION
Ship real contract code from day one with close review from senior engineers.
REQUIREMENTS
- › Solid Solidity fundamentals
- › A portfolio of personal or hackathon projects
- › Strong testing mindset
Solana / Rust Contract Engineer
MISSION
Build programs on Solana using Anchor for high-throughput DeFi and consumer applications.
REQUIREMENTS
- › Experience writing Solana programs in Rust
- › Familiarity with Anchor and the SPL token program
- › Understanding of Solana's account model
// Frontend & Design
[4]Senior Web3 Frontend Engineer
MISSION
Lead the frontend architecture for dApps that make complex on-chain interactions feel effortless.
REQUIREMENTS
- › 5+ years with React/Next.js and TypeScript
- › Deep experience with viem, wagmi, or ethers.js
- › A strong sense for performance and UX
Web3 Frontend Engineer
MISSION
Build beautiful, responsive dApps and bridge the gap between smart contracts and seamless user experiences.
REQUIREMENTS
- › Strong React/Next.js and TypeScript skills
- › Experience with viem, wagmi, or ethers.js
- › Eye for design and Tailwind mastery
Junior Frontend Engineer
MISSION
Grow into a Web3 frontend specialist while shipping UI for real client dApps.
REQUIREMENTS
- › Solid React and TypeScript fundamentals
- › Good CSS/Tailwind instincts
- › Interest in wallets and on-chain data
Product Designer (Web3)
MISSION
Design interfaces that turn intimidating crypto flows into something anyone can use.
REQUIREMENTS
- › Strong portfolio of shipped product design
- › Fluency in Figma and design systems
- › Understanding of Web3 UX patterns
// Research
[3]Zero-Knowledge Researcher
MISSION
Push the boundaries of applied cryptography — write circuits and optimize provers for real deployments.
REQUIREMENTS
- › Strong theoretical cryptography background
- › Fluency in Halo2, Circom, Cairo, or Noir
- › Ability to turn papers into production code
Quantitative DeFi Economist
MISSION
Design and stress-test the economic engines behind protocols before they touch mainnet.
REQUIREMENTS
- › Background in applied math, economics, or quant finance
- › Agent-based modeling with Python or cadCAD
- › Understanding of AMM invariants and lending risk
Junior Research Analyst
MISSION
Support our research team with data analysis, literature reviews, and protocol deep-dives.
REQUIREMENTS
- › Strong analytical and writing skills
- › Comfort with Python and data tooling
- › Genuine interest in crypto-economics
// Infrastructure & DevOps
[3]Senior DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer
MISSION
Own the infrastructure that keeps our nodes, tooling, and client deployments reliable and secure.
REQUIREMENTS
- › Strong experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD
- › Experience running blockchain nodes at scale
- › Security-first operational mindset
Site Reliability Engineer
MISSION
Keep validators, RPC infrastructure, and internal services healthy with strong observability.
REQUIREMENTS
- › Experience with monitoring and alerting stacks
- › Comfort with Linux, containers, and scripting
- › On-call discipline and calm under pressure
Junior Infrastructure Engineer
MISSION
Learn to run production crypto infrastructure while supporting our platform team.
REQUIREMENTS
- › Basic Linux and cloud fundamentals
- › Some scripting (Bash/Python)
- › Willingness to learn node operations
// Business & Operations
[4]Head of Business Development
MISSION
Own our client pipeline end-to-end and build long-term relationships across the Web3 ecosystem.
REQUIREMENTS
- › Proven B2B sales record, ideally in crypto or infra
- › Deep network across DeFi and L1/L2 teams
- › Ability to speak credibly with technical founders
Technical Project Manager
MISSION
Keep audits and engineering engagements on track, on scope, and communicated clearly to clients.
REQUIREMENTS
- › Experience managing technical projects
- › Enough technical literacy to talk to engineers
- › Exceptional organization and communication
Technical Community Manager
MISSION
Translate our technical work into content the broader Web3 community actually wants to read.
REQUIREMENTS
- › Active presence in crypto Twitter/Discord
- › Ability to explain smart contract concepts simply
- › Excellent written communication
Operations Generalist
MISSION
Be the glue that keeps a fully-remote team running — from scheduling to tooling to logistics.
REQUIREMENTS
- › Highly organized and self-directed
- › Comfortable in a fast-moving remote environment
- › Great written communication
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