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About Hashgraph:

Hashgraph is a fast-growing software company committed to supporting, developing and servicing Hedera, an open source, proof-of-stake platform. Hedera is EVM-compatible and has been specifically built to meet the needs of enterprise and Web3 applications, which require speed, security, stability and sustainability. Hedera’s public network is governed by industry-leading organizations, spanning 11 sectors and 14 regions who oversee the development and direction of the decentralized platform.

About the role:

The Smart Contracts team is looking for a seasoned EVM engineer who can contribute to the performance and optimization of the Hedera native services (Java) and the web3 services (JS/TS) that process transaction bytes to transform the network node states and expose network block, transaction, and account data.

You may find yourself doing all of the following:

• Designing, implementing, and innovating compiler and optimization algorithms
• Implementing and enhancing the Java and Node JS-based smart contract services on the Hedera network that expose EVM features
• Contributing to open source code clients that focus on VM state transitions based on contract bytecode with a goal of new feature support and performance improvements
• Contributing to the design and management of EVM state processing parallelization
• Developing various aspects of the Hedera Hashgraph Distributed Ledger Ecosystem
• Being a strong and proficient hands-on programmer
• Spending 80% of your time designing, coding, and testing

Qualification Requirements:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or a similar field or equivalent work experience
• 7+ years of software development experience
• Experience with distributed open-source application development
• Hotspot JVM or GraalVM experience
• Excellent debugging, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills
• Experience with compilers, parsers, interpreters, and garbage collectors
• Experience with performance, static code, and data-flow analysis
• Expertise in the Java programming language, VM, and its ecosystem of libraries and tools
• Deep knowledge of and experience with an EVM-based blockchain
• Experience writing and debugging smart contracts for an EVM-based ledger
• Experience with web3 tools written in JavaScript or TypeScript
• Experience in a tech or team lead role with the ability to guide engineers up to the Staff level
• Strong grasp of Computer Science fundamentals, including concurrency, performance optimization, and reusability
• Strong engineering principles and processes aimed at developing simple, modular, testable, and high-quality code
• Familiarity with high-performance architectural systems and design patterns
• Familiarity with test-driven software development processes and continuous integration tools and systems

Other skills that are great to bring with you but that we can help you develop:

• Experience with blockchain (e.g., Bitcoin or Ethereum) protocol development is a plus
• EVM Client development
• Familiarity with security principles, cryptographic tools, and libraries
• Experience in developing libraries and platforms for use and deployment by application developers