Smart Contract Engineer

Paradigm; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in web3 is seeking a Jr. Smart Contract Engineer to design and build protocol upgrades. This remote role requires experience with blockchain, a growth mindset, and strong communication skills. The salary ranges from $100-200k, with additional token options. Join a dynamic team focused on interoperability in the crypto space.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Token options

Flexible remote work environment

Team offsite trips

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in engineering at a software organization.
• 1+ years of working with blockchain-based projects.
• Outstanding critical thinking skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and build protocol upgrades from idea to deployment.
• Implement designs focusing on security and gas-efficiency.
• Write code in a collaborative open source ecosystem.

Skills

Critical thinking

Strong communication

Collaboration

Education

Experience in engineering at a software organization

Tools

Blockchain technology

Job description

Overview

Across' purpose: To fulfill crypto’s potential by making blockchains more usable, more accessible and more efficient.

Across’ Vision: Intents are the standard in cross-chain interoperability.

Who is Risk Labs?

Risk Labs is the foundation and core team behind UMA, and some top tier products built with it such as oSnap, Oval, and the Across protocol. The Risk Labs team operates as one cohesive culture, but focuses on two core protocols, UMA and Across. UMA and Across are decentralized protocols governed by community members across the globe in DAOs, and are supported by Risk Labs Foundation. UMA's optimistic oracle (OO) can record any verifiable truth or data onto a blockchain. Across is leading the future of interoperability with its frontier intents based architecture.

We’re looking for a Jr. Smart Contract Engineer to join the Across protocol team. You’d be working alongside top tier engineering talent, world class data driven product development, and a team motivated to be hugely impactful for the exciting interoperable future that we’re racing towards. You’re a person who loves optimizing and building at the intersection of technology, finance, and data.

Responsibilities

• Protocol architecture: Design and build protocol upgrades from idea to deployment.
• Smart contracts: Implement designs with a focus on security, simplicity, ease of use, and gas-efficiency.
• Code review and mentorship: Write code in a highly collaborative open source ecosystem. In depth reviews of others’ contributions is expected with a focus on helping others grow their technical expertise.
• Bots: write complimentary offchain code to interact with the protocol. Bots should have a high degree of correctness, efficiency, and anti-fragility
• Note: these responsibilities are similar to the Sr. Smart Contract role posted; however, as a junior engineer, we have lower expectations about your previous experience. This does not mean our expectations are low—rather, we seek a candidate with an exceptional ability to learn and apply new concepts quickly. Someone who is keen to learn and grow with us will become proficient in the above categories.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in engineering at a software organization. This can include multiple internships; the key is familiarity with engineering best practices (sprints, code review, etc.) and a professional approach.
• 1+ years of working with blockchain-based projects (hackathons or personal projects count), and a deep passion for blockchain technology, cryptoeconomic protocol design, game theory, or decentralized finance.
• Outstanding critical thinking skills; low ego, high curiosity and comfort in being wrong.
• A love for great software; desire to understand the why and the how of everything you work on.
• Demonstrated ability to apply existing skills to new technologies.
• Growth mindset; a desire to learn from and mentor those around you.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, especially written.

Compensation and Benefits

• Pay packages include competitive salaries & meaningful token options.
• Salaries for this role range from $100-200k (USD), and your token allocation can grow with your voting rewards while you participate in the growing ecosystem.
• Will pay in stablecoins or fiat.
• Philosophies for a culture that show we care: Take vacation when you need it, family care, training and development (just to name a few).
• 100% remote, which means we encourage you to create the work environment that you thrive in.
• We are a globally distributed team and require all employees to have at least 3-4 hours of daily overlap with Eastern Standard Time (EST) to ensure seamless collaboration and communication. This allows us to work effectively across time zones while maintaining a strong team connection.
• At least two team wide offsite trips a year.

Note: The following is presented as part of the equity and culture statement; the text below has been reformatted to comply with the allowed markup and to remove non-allowed formatting tags. Risk Labs is an equal opportunity employer and is dedicated to diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplaces. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway. We value you taking the chance. Risk Labs will not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

• Our values:
• 1) We value each individual’s right to economic freedom.
• 2) We value openness, honesty, and directness.
• 3) We value integrity.
• 4) We value iterative learning.
• 5) We value taking smart risks.
• 6) We value creating an environment where everyone “does their best work”.

Why do we love working at Risk Labs?

We are a group that's aligned with the ethos of the crypto industry and doing our best to make an impact for the industry and world at large. You’ll succeed with Risk Labs if you’re a self-starter, kind, adaptable, and passionate about making an impact. Risk Labs is a values driven team that strives to create an environment where we can do our best work, and succeed. We're building products that we believe in, and continuing to strive for innovation and growth. Both personally and professionally we support each other to create a happy, healthy, and inspired team vibe, so we can remain motivated to build things the world needs and loves. We take pride in the fact that we are at once family-friendly as well as nomad-friendly.

UMA's optimistic oracle is a decentralized truth machine for Web3—yes, that’s a bold and very exciting statement. We’ve built a solid foundation, in terms of the team, the technology, and the products, and the road map ahead is one full of exciting technical challenges, growth, and telling our story to the world. Across is creating an interoperable world where DeFi is seamless with its intents based architecture. We’ve grown from an early bridge, to a market leader, and won’t stop innovating and building. We have big dreams, and a team excited to bring them to life.

Still want to know more?

• Our team blends a mix of highly-sought engineers, and a diverse business team to showcase their high quality tech. Our international and fast-growing team includes a diverse background of experiences and has drawn world class talent. We have a great network of supportive investors from groups like Placeholder, Blockchain Capital, Bain Capital, Coinbase, Dragonfly, to name a few.
• Teammates take the time off that they need and support each other to be their best selves—we care about your wellness.
• You will not get bored with Risk Labs. We are constantly developing, building, experimenting and evolving. Yes we try to allow people to focus on their specific product areas, but things are always shifting and evolving. There’s no right answer and we’re all just doing our best!