Agora is hiring a

Web3 Smart Contract Engineer

About Agora

Agora is transforming how communities collaborate by building intuitive tools for seamless onchain governance. Trusted by leading protocols such as Optimism, ENS, and Uniswap, Agora's governance platform is integral to critical protocol upgrades, ecosystem funding, and decentralized stewardship.

We build software for DAOs, protocols and onchain communities of all shapes and sizes. From token design, to token launches, to core governance and delegation and even capital allocation. We want to help drive and shape growth of protocols big and small through the power onchain governance and distributed, permissionless systems.

We are looking for an exceptional smart contract engineer to advance our governance smart contracts. You'll collaborate closely with product, engineering, and client-facing teams to deliver scalable solutions that support key crypto protocols.

What You'll Do:

• Write great code: Write clear, maintainable, and secure smart contract code.
• Design and architect solutions: Architect modular and upgradeable smart contract solutions for Agora Governor, tackling complex governance challenges on both EVM and non-EVM chains.
• Be security minded first: Lead rigorous testing, auditing, and penetration tests to ensure bulletproof contracts.
• Design with earnest partners: Partner with leading clients (Optimism, ENS, Uniswap, Scroll) to design governance features aligned with their unique ecosystems.
• Stay hungry and foolish: Stay ahead with emerging tech like MACI private voting, ZK-proofs (e.g., Succinct's SP1 zkVM), WorldID integration, and novel governance structures.
  
  

Some projects you will work on in 2025:

• Private Voting: Implement advanced privacy solutions like Minimal Anti-Collusion Infrastructure (MACI), secure TEE compute and other privacy first solutions into new and existing governance systems.
• zkProofs and governance: Integrate cutting-edge zk systems (e.g., Succinct’s SP1 zkVM) to enhance scalability and privacy and unlock new features not before possible.
• Cross chain governance and execution: Many protocols live and govern on multiple chains, be at the cutting edge designing solutions for these unique and complex workflows.
• Identity: Work with identity verification systems such as WorldID for secure, verified governance participation.
• Advanced staking and participation models: Work on veTokens and other staking incentive based governance systems.
• Modular governance: Build and ship modular components for the next generation of governance platforms.
  
  

Agora's Contract Stack

• Foundry is our core Solidity toolchain, powering our development lifecycle from testing to deployment. Familiarity with Foundry’s build, testing, scripting, and debugging capabilities is essential to success at Agora.
  
  

Agora's Core Values

• Pick Up the Trash: Leave the docs, the code and the culture better than when you found it.
• Operate in Zone 4: Push yourself to work hard but at a sustainable pace.
• You Have the Ball: You are the logos who brings order to chaos.
  
  

Ideal Candidate

• Critical thinker: You see beyond today's challenges, shaping the future of decentralized governance.
• Attentive to details: You love getting into the weeds and making all the tests go green.
• Protocol curious: Fluent in major crypto protocols, design patterns, and governance standards.
• Onchain builder: Passionate about bringing the world onchain and love exploring new technologies like ZK proofs, account abstraction, and Layer 2 innovations.
• Open source lover: Active contributor to open-source communities.
• A passion for governance: Deeply passionate about decentralization, onchain governance, and blockchain collaboration.
  
  

Why Agora?

• Ownership & Impact: Equity, autonomy, and the chance to shape a leading governance platform.
• Dynamic Environment: Your work will always be interesting and you will be getting paid well to learn and develop
• Collaborative: We are a team first. We raise up, build up and support each other. You will do your best work with the best onchain team.

Growth opportunities: Clearly defined paths into senior technical and leadership roles as we scale if you are interested... or you can stay where you are and grow in depth.

Can't wait for you to apply!

Location

Agora operates as a remote, distributed team with headquarters in San Francisco. We gather quarterly for full-team offsites held in various locations across the country. Although our team is globally distributed, we work during US-friendly hours, specifically in the PST/EST time zones.