Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter ofertas em Alemanha

Founded in 2015 with the mission to protect the open economy, OpenZeppelin is the world leader in securing blockchain applications and smart contracts.

Its bedrock open source Contract Libraries are a public good and industry standard for smart contract development.

OpenZeppelin’s professional expertise, unified with the Defender developer security platform, integrates through clients’ development lifecycles, so teams can plan, code, audit, deploy and operate projects faster and more safely.

This opening is for a Security Researcher role within the company. If you would like to build and maintain the contracts library, Defender or any of our products, consider the product development openings.

• Review smart contracts for the top decentralized applications before they get launched and present findings and vulnerabilities that the protocol can have to the client.

• Team up with one or two auditors and review code line by line and try to hack it.

• Working on proposals to make code easier to understand and use in the future by sharing good practices

• Conduct open-ended research around cutting edge blockchain technologies.

• Paid time to conduct research and contribute to OpenZeppelin’s projects and knowledge

• Hands-on and practical experience in one or more of the following areas: software development, cyber security, mathematics.

• Experience with public Ethereum or other EVM-based blockchains.

• Knowledge in the Solidity programming language.

• Intellectual curiosity and the capability to learn complex topics

• Above-average attention to detail skills.

• The ability to work independently, with minimal supervision.

• An advanced English level and great communication skills (oral and written).

• Passion about the blockchain space and decentralization.

• Ability to work collaboratively in a distributed team.

• Experience in Back-end programming using JavaScript, Python, Golang or Rust

• Experience performing code reviews.

• Experience in financial engineering and/or capital markets microstructure

Our interview process takes place on Zoom and tends to consist of the following stages:

• Recruiter call (45 minutes)

• Hiring Manager call (45 minutes)

• Team member interview (1 hour)

• Leadership call (30 minutes)

• Paid work test (lasting up to 10 days)

• Reference checks

Please let us know if you require any accommodations for the interview process, and we’ll do our best to provide assistance.

Note: This position is for a job opportunity next year. We encourage you to apply and someone will contact you in January 2024 if there is a good fit. We appreciate your patience!