My client are a true leader in the DeFi space and they are looking for a hands on Senior Solidity Engineer to take them on the next step of their journey. You’ll champion the business as a Senior Solidity Engineer and across the broader crypto world as they grow their radically innovative DeFi protocol.

As they are a small (10) team, you will have the opportunity to shape the role into your own and recommend / lead improvements in other areas of the business if you wish.

Utilize your Defi knowledge and experience to be their Solidity lead and contributing to the development of their protocol
Ensure proper functioning and upgrading of the current infrastructure
Work in a collaborative team environment to seek best practices and maintain internal and external professional relationships with the operational teams
Work with their CTO to develop tactical and technical solutions and execute on selected features
Collaborate closely with different engineering leads, products managers and leadership to continuously improve and progress the quality
Design and develop smart contracts and Defi applications on the Ethereum blockchain
Write high-quality, reusable and efficient code in Solidity
Review code and provide feedback to other developers to ensure high quality standards
Conduct thorough code reviews, testing and debugging to ensure the software is up-to-date, efficient and secure
Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in blockchain, Defi and distributed ledgers to constantly challenge and improve the quality of the protocol
Implement and build state of the art, reliable and workable code
Own and shape the core of the v1 of the protocol
Work closely with our Simulation team to ensure a fluid and transparent liaison between the protocol and its Python Simulation
You’ll have:

An Engineering Degree in Software, Computer, Electrical or similar field.
At least two years experience developing public Ethereum smart contracts.
At least two years of experience working in Defi
Discipline to create systems that are robust, safe and efficient.
An extreme thoroughness in your approach (and need) to understand the low-level, end-to-end details.
Knowledge of what can go wrong and you’ve learned a lot of painful lessons developing applications for mainnet.
The aptitude to dive into the detail and see how the EVM performs with short bursts of research and development to squeeze the best out of the system design.
A natural structured approach to work-breakdown and task management.
Experience working with agile project management methods and tooling.
A strong source code management skill using Git / GitHub / GitLab
A strong smart contract testing experience (Hardhat / Brownie / Typescript / static analysis tools)
A proficiency in writing and speaking English.
Key relationships / stakeholders

You will report to the Chief Technology Officer. The internal team leads will be your key stakeholders along with external partners who currently provide services / advice. You will be in regular contact with other team members such as Tech Lead and Ops Manager to coordinate scope of work.