About Hashgraph: Hashgraph is a fast-growing software company committed to supporting, developing and servicing Hedera, an open source, proof-of-stake platform. Hedera is EVM-compatible and has been specifically built to meet the needs of enterprise and Web3 applications, which require speed, security, stability and sustainability. Hedera’s public network is governed by industry-leading organizations, spanning 11 sectors and 14 regions who oversee the development and direction of the decentralized platform. About the role: The Smart Contracts team is looking for a seasoned Java engineer, with deep blockchain protocol engineering experience who can contribute to the evolution, performance and optimization of the Hedera EVM. You may find yourself doing all of the following: Being part of an engineering team that delivers values frequently, working from design to implementation in a daily collaborative process. Working on plain Java codebase (with no libraries or frameworks) with high performance, low latency and high throughput requirements Designing, implementing, and innovating transaction processing, execution algorithms, processes, and opcodes. Implementing and enhancing the Java smart contract services on the Hedera network that expose EVM features Upgrading the Hedera EVM with the Ethereum roadmap upgrades and the Hedera native innovations. Contributing to open source code clients that focus on VM state transitions based on contract bytecode with the goal of new feature support and performance improvements Developing various aspects of the Hedera Hashgraph Distributed Ledger Ecosystem Implementing Hedera improvement proposals requested by the community Testing the Hedera EVM with Ethereum community tools and Consensus node testing tools. Spending 80% of your time designing, coding, and testing