Software Engineer (Engineer III to Principal) - Formal Methods

pofft Technology Inc.

United States

Remote

USD 115,000 - 230,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

pofft Technology Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer (Engineer III to Principal) focused on Formal Methods.

You will design and develop tools to verify smart contracts and identify security issues, contributing across the full software lifecycle from analysis to deployment. You will work in a multinational team applying symbolic model checking, SMT solving, and abstract interpretation to ensure provably secure blockchain code.

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 model checking, formal verification, SAT/SMT solving, abstract interpretation, or closely related disciplines.
Demonstrated knowledge of data structures, algorithms, mathematical logic, and automata theory.

Responsibilities

Extend automated verification tools with new algorithms and features.
Adapt and improve symbolic software model checking techniques such as BMC, CEGAR, and IC3/PDR.
Build translators from various inputs into intermediate representations for automated analysis.
Identify and formalize security properties of smart contracts for our tools.
Collaborate with engineers to set technical direction and deliver working software.

Skills

Software development

Formal methods

Automated reasoning

Collaboration

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

PhD in automated reasoning (preferred)

Tools

CVC4

Yices

MathSAT

SMTInterpol

Job description

Software Engineer (Engineer III to Principal) – Formal Methods

Software Engineer (Engineer III to Principal) – Formal Methods Remote 1 gün 8 saat 17 dakika önce yayınlandı. Jobicy 115.000 - 230.000 USD

Why us?

Blockchain technology is enabling a rapidly-growing era of innovation for the digital world. It is crucial that blockchain code such as protocols and smart contracts are provably secure and correct. Once deployed, they are public and cannot be changed. Vulnerabilities and bugs in such programs regularly put millions of dollars at stake. This is where CertiK comes in. We are the leading blockchain security company. Our goal is to secure the cyber world by applying cutting edge techniques from academia to secure blockchain code. Come and join this ambitious mission as a research software engineer to work on automated analyses for provably secure and correct blockchain applications!

What you will do

You will design and develop tools that automatically ensure the correctness of smart contracts or identify security issues and bugs in smart contracts. We have software engineer positions available at all levels of seniority. Title and responsibilities will be commensurate with experience and background.

As part of our multinational team of programming language experts, you will participate in the development of tools that rest upon techniques such as symbolic model checking, SAT/SMT solving, abstract interpretation, data flow analysis, and deductive verification. You will have the opportunity to work on all stages of tool development from idea generation to implementation and iterative improvements. Our team is highly supportive and collaborative with great opportunities to learn and grow.

About you

You have a background in programming language theory and automated reasoning and love to work on the forefront of applying results from theoretical computer science. You love to tackle computationally hard problems and have a proven track record of achieving results, where results are people using your tool to do their jobs. You are collaborative: you share ideas, love to brainstorm with peers, and give and receive feedback. You are comfortable with the unknown and understand that #startuplife means that you will be wearing multiple hats.

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.

Required 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.

Preferred Qualifications