Smart Contract Engineer - Ethereum, Soldity
Clearmatics
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Posted:
August 30, 2023
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Remote
About the position
Clearmatics is seeking a Smart Contract Engineer to join their Layer 1 Engineering team. The engineer will be responsible for developing and maintaining decentralised financial smart contracts on Autonity, with the goal of creating decentralised risk markets for real-world risk factors. This role will involve working on various projects, including smart derivatives, DEX trading and settlement protocols, algorithmic stabilisation, data oracles, and liquid staking. The ideal candidate should have familiarity and passion for the Ethereum-like space.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain decentralised financial smart contracts on Autonity
- Enable the creation of decentralised risk markets in real-world risk factors
- Work on smart derivatives, DEX trading & settlement protocols, algorithmic stabilisation, data oracles, liquid staking, and more
- Collaborate with quantitative researchers and product managers to design and implement solutions
- Contribute to the development of blockchain infrastructure optimized for financial use-cases
- Explore protocols for specific applications such as smart contract-based derivatives, synthetic assets, and cryptocurrency stabilization
- Enhance scalability and privacy through cryptography techniques like zkSNARKs, multiparty computation, and private transactions/assets
Requirements
- Familiarity with Ethereum-like stack and passion for the space
- Experience in developing and maintaining decentralised financial smart contracts on Autonity
- Knowledge of smart derivatives, DEX trading and settlement protocols, algorithmic stabilisation, data oracles, liquid staking, and more
- Ability to work alongside quantitative researchers and product managers to implement solutions
- Strong understanding of blockchain infrastructure optimized for financial use-cases
- Proficiency in protocols for specific applications such as smart contract-based derivatives, synthetic assets, cryptocurrency stabilization
- Expertise in scalability and privacy through cryptography, including zkSNARKs, multiparty computation, and private transactions/assets
Benefits
- Competitive compensation based on skills and experience
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge blockchain technology
- Chance to contribute to open-source projects in the Web3 space
- Collaboration with quantitative researchers and protocol engineers
- Development and maintenance of decentralised financial smart contracts
- Working on a wide range of problems including smart derivatives, DEX trading & settlement protocols, algorithmic stabilisation, data oracles, liquid staking, and more
- Integration of new functionality into the Autonity Go Client
- Familiarity with Ethereum-like stack and passion for the space
- Strong knowledge of Eth1 protocols and proof of stake consensus
- Understanding of the DeFi landscape and major DeFi primitives
- Proficiency in Python programming and web3.py Ethereum development
- Experience with data oracles and P2P data stores (e.g. IPFS)
- Opportunity to work with third-party smart contract auditors
- Bonus points for experience in designing, researching, or implementing Web3 protocols
- Proficiency with the Python scientific computing stack (NumPy, Pandas, Jupyter)
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Clearmatics
Designing protocols and build platforms for decentralised Financial Market Infrastructure (dFMI).
Company Overview
Designing protocols and build platforms for decentralised Financial Market Infrastructure (dFMI).
Benefits
- Experience running validator nodes for a proof-of-stake blockchain, commercially or as a tinkerer
- Ability to demonstrate a deep understanding of the implications of protocol changes, e.g. in the context of forks
- Experience managing and running high stake infrastructure
- Experience with cryptographic key management on production systems
- Familiarity with deploying and testing production software in various cloud environments
- A deep and detailed understanding of accountability, consensus algorithms, and real-world risks, with a particular focus on financial and reputational implications
- The ability to work closely and in detail with technical and research teams for the practical exploration of scenarios; testing; and continuous improvement
- Ability to reason about the economics and incentive structures of a blockchain system confidently
Nice to have:
- Experience managing validator nodes for a delegated-proof-of-stake Byzantine Fault Tolerant blockchain mainnet
- Familiarity with deploying and testing blockchain nodes in various cloud environments
- An entrepreneurial inclination
- Experience with redundant systems and distributed data storage solutions (e.g. CEPH)
- In-depth experience with cloud hosting platforms
- A keen interest in decentralised and traditional Financial Markets
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