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What you’ll do as a DeFi Protocol Developer at Syndr:

• Develop secure tested smart contract code for our trading platform

• Work to enable platform composability with a range of 3rd party protocols and providers

• Deploy, document, maintain and upgrade platform contracts and related systems

• Research and analysis of different (existing and future) DeFi protocols(Spot, Derivatives, Lending, RWAs, etc.), token models, and incentivization mechanisms, comparing their pros, cons, and trade-offs.

• Keep yourself up to date with the latest security vulnerabilities & potential exploits

• Build automated scanners for suspicious transactions and response systems

• Represent Syndr at Technical conferences and hackathons

• Work to collaborate with smart contract auditing firms

Requirements

• Prior verifiable(on-chain) experience with writing secure smart contracts

• Experience with smart contract testing (unit, integration, fuzzing, etc.) and deployment

• Comfortable with state-of-the-art solidity tooling, including Foundry, OpenZeppelin, Hardhat, Slither, Multisigs, Fireblocks, Ledger, Graph, IPFS, ENS, etc.

• Expert knowledge of existing popular DeFi protocols including but not limited to Uniswap(v2 + v3), GMX, dYdX, vAMMs, Balancer, Lyra, Synthetix, Ribbon, Aave, Compound, Curve, Convex and MakerDAO.

• Strong analytical and web3 experience

  • Analysis of the Ethereum state using SQL queries with Dune

  • Query data from the Blockchain using RPC endpoints

• Experience with Upgradable smart contracts

• Experience with popular web3 libraries

  • NodeJS (ethers, web3)

  • Python(web3py, eth_account)

  • Golang(geth)

• Good with maths, statistics, and problem-solving

You will stand out if…

• You have Typescript and React experience.

• Experience with Intel SGX, Secure Enclaves, or HSM

• You have prior(manual/automated) trading experience(in TradFi or crypto/DeFi), with knowledge of derivative products like futures, options, and perpetuals

• You have experience with other non-trading DeFi products like swaps, lending, etc.

• Experience working as a smart contract auditor/warden at Sherlock or Code4rena

• Experience working on trading systems and infrastructure

Values & How we work?

The entire crypto space doesn't just move fast but is constantly accelerating. It’s hard building a DeFi product — it’s 24/7, 365 days a year, markets do not close, the ground beneath you can shift, assumptions can and do fail & risk of burning out is real.

• We take our product + brand very seriously.

  • If we see even a small flaw in our product, we always ask ourselves - Why isn't this perfect?

  • All members have perpetual autonomy to fix anything broken that we notice, and we do not wait for someone else to tell us what to do.

• Take extreme ownership of everything we do

  • If the team fails, everyone fails, so prioritize and execute.

  • We think long-term, set big goals, and communicate with clear directions and goals to achieve them. Everyone must understand not just what they're doing but also why they are doing it.

  • No Egos, lead by example, and mutual accountability.

• Strive for clear and simple communication - this is easier said than done but communicating the "why" of an issue is equally important as the "what.”

• All meetings have an agenda, with outcomes clearly defined as tasks and call-to-actions.

• Prioritize all tasks by - what is more important for our users without compromising on any of the above goals.

What we Offer

• Unique opportunity to work with a small, focused & ambitious team on very interesting projects and get the level of responsibility and ownership that would be unlikely at any other project.

• Great company culture: informal, non-hierarchical, ambitious, highly professional yet collaborative and entrepreneurial

• Sense of a Shared Mission

• Work on the latest technology, equipment, and web3 stack with dedicated budgets

• Flexible working hours

• Annual team retreat

• Competitive compensation