Smart Contract Engineer

Analog; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Analog is seeking a Smart Contract Engineer to design and implement protocol primitives enabling machine-verifiable commitments and autonomous coordination across decentralized environments.

The role blends protocol research with systems engineering, contributing to foundations for next-generation physical intelligence systems and cross-network coordination.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in distributed systems, cryptography, or applied mathematics.
• Experience designing blockchain or decentralized protocol mechanisms.
• Deep understanding of consensus systems and cryptoeconomic incentives.
• Familiarity with digital identity, attestation systems, or verifiable data models.
• Proficiency in Rust, Go, or similar systems-level languages.
• Ability to move from theoretical design to implementation.

Responsibilities

• Design cryptoeconomic systems enabling verifiable commitments and programmable state transitions.
• Research identity, attestation, and reputation primitives within decentralized environments.
• Develop mechanisms for secure cross-network coordination and trust minimization.
• Formalize security assumptions and adversarial models for protocol components.
• Prototype and benchmark new consensus or validation schemes.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to productionize research outputs.
• Author technical specifications and research documentation.
• Contribute to audits and formal security reviews.
• Engage with the broader research community where appropriate.
• Engage with the broader research community, including opportunities to contribute to publications, open-source research, and intellectual property

Skills

Distributed systems

Cryptography

Blockchain protocols

Consensus mechanisms

Digital identity

Rust/Go

Tools

Rust

Go

Job description

Smart Contract Engineer

We are seeking a Smart Contract Engineer to design and implement next-generation protocol primitives that enable machine-verifiable commitments, state attestations, and autonomous coordination across decentralized environments.

Overview

We are seeking a Smart Contract Engineer to design and implement next-generation protocol primitives that enable machine-verifiable commitments, state attestations, and autonomous coordination across decentralized environments.

This role sits at the intersection of protocol research and systems engineering, contributing to the foundations of next-generation physical intelligence systems — where digital protocols coordinate and verify actions across real-world environments

Responsibilities

• Design cryptoeconomic systems enabling verifiable commitments and programmable state transitions
• Research identity, attestation, and reputation primitives within decentralized environments
• Develop mechanisms for secure cross-network coordination and trust minimization
• Formalize security assumptions and adversarial models for protocol components
• Prototype and benchmark new consensus or validation schemes
• Collaborate with engineering teams to productionize research outputs
• Author technical specifications and research documentation
• Contribute to audits and formal security reviews
• Engage with the broader research community where appropriate
• Engage with the broader research community, including opportunities to contribute to publications, open-source research, and intellectual property

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in distributed systems, cryptography, or applied mathematics
• Experience designing blockchain or decentralized protocol mechanisms
• Deep understanding of consensus systems and cryptoeconomic incentives
• Familiarity with digital identity, attestation systems, or verifiable data models
• Proficiency in Rust, Go, or similar systems-level languages
• Ability to move from theoretical design to implementation

Nice To Have

• Experience with zero-knowledge systems or verifiable computation
• Knowledge of decentralized identity (DID) or credential frameworks
• Background in mechanism design or formal protocol modelling
• Experience contributing to L1/L2 or interoperability protocols
• Published research or open-source protocol contributions