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Senior Smart Contract Engineer

Seeking a Web3 Developer with the experience to contribute to new and existing products immediately. The role requires knowledge of Javascript, Node.js, and React. The role requires expert level experience in Smart Contract Development and a deep understanding of the Ethereum Virtual Machine. This person should have experience building and shipping production-level web applications from inception and be able to write and maintain documentation.

The ideal candidate is organized and productive in a fast-paced environment. They should have experience with Web3.js, Ganache, Truffle, Ethers, OpenZeppelin, Hardhat, Solidity, APIs, and Serverless Execution Environments. They should have a strong portfolio of Web3 projects built on Ethereum, Solana, or Polygon. This candidate should be able to work autonomously and is comfortable in a startup-like environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Building new Web3 product from their inception
• Contribute directly to decentralized technologies on the Platform
• Architect and build new web3 technologies technologies on the Platform
• Help FE Teams build reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Build and manage NPM packages
• Lead sprint planning and standups to discuss priorities and manage issues
• Maintain documentation and write automated tests to ensure a quality product
• Regularly monitor and improve app performance, diagnose and fix bugs
• Illustrate architectural ideas using storyboards, process flows, and sitemaps
• Identify and troubleshoot API problems (e.g. performance, rate limiting, etc)
• Conduct adjustments based on user and stakeholder feedback

Requirements

• 1-3 years of experience developing original smart contracts with Solidity
• 1-3 years of experience with Hardhat, Truffle, Brownie or a comparable framework
• 5+ years of general software development experience (knows and can apply agile, knows TDD)
• A deep understanding of the Ethereum Virtual Machine
• Prior experience deploying original smart contract systems to some EVM mainnet
• Ability to prioritize and organize operationally complex work, with great attention to detail; are accountable by default
• Skill in at least one of the following: mainnet deployment, blockchain tooling, dapp development
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and can collaborate effectively on a breadth of technical topics
• Self-driven, autonomous, personality with a desire to develop protocols that will have an impact
• A proactive self-starter who wants to take as much ownership as possible for their work, and is highly proactive about expanding the scope of their work
• You are active in crypto and have previously built Web3.js enabled applications
• You are comfortable with API integrations
• You have contributed to open source projects
• You can demonstrate the ability to ship beautiful products and meet deadlines
• Ability to write well-documented, clean code, and have excellent attention to detail
• You use automated testing tools, browser-based debugging, and performance testing tools daily, and can implement CI/CD
• You prefer to code but can understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• You have a desire to move into a engineering leadership role in the future
• You are obsessed with performance and have a desire to build fast, functional, and innovative web applications
• You are highly capable of time management, project management, and working autonomously
• Team spirit, strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders

Please feel free to contact [email protected] for more information.