Principal Software Engineer, Smart Contract Verification

CertiK; United States; Remote; USD 115,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401(k) with company matching

Life and AD&D insurance

HSA/FSA

Flexible paid time off

Job summary

CertiK in the United States is seeking a research software engineer to design and develop automated analyses for provably secure blockchain applications.

You will work on symbolic model checking, SAT/SMT solving, and abstract interpretation to verify smart contracts. You will join a multinational team to translate ideas into robust verification tools and contribute across the software lifecycle in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field or 5 years of equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 4 years of software development experience (includes internships, software developed during research, and open-source development).
• Minimum of 2 years of experience with one or more of the following: model checking, formal verification, SAT/SMT solving (Z3, CVC4, Yices, MathSAT, SMTInterpol), abstract interpretation, or closely related disciplines.
• Demonstrated knowledge of fundamental computer science concepts such as data structures, algorithms, mathematical logic, and automata theory.

Responsibilities

• Extend the scope and depth of our automated program verification tools and brainstorm, design, and implement new tools.
• Adapt and improve algorithms for symbolic software model checking. Examples include bounded model checking (BMC), counterexample-guided abstraction refinement (CEGAR), and property directed reachability (IC3/PDR).
• Build and extend translators from different input languages into intermediate representations, optimizing the generated models for automated analysis.
• Identify new classes of security properties of smart contracts and formalize properties for use in our automated verification tools.
• Closely collaborate with other software engineers in developing tools and set technical direction for solving problems in consultation with your team and management.
• Work on all aspects of delivering working software that meets customer needs, including analysis, design, automated testing, operations, CI/CD, measuring results, incorporating customer feedback, and support.

Skills

Formal verification

Model checking

SAT/SMT solving

Automated reasoning

Education

Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

PhD in automated reasoning (preferred)

Tools

Z3

CVC4

Yices

MathSAT

Job description

CertiK in the United States is seeking a research software engineer to design and develop automated analyses for provably secure blockchain applications.

You will work on symbolic model checking, SAT/SMT solving, and abstract interpretation to verify smart contracts. You will join a multinational team to translate ideas into robust verification tools and contribute across the software lifecycle in a fast-paced environment.