Senior Smart Contract Engineer - Remote

Overview

Eigen Labs is a dynamic and innovative team that provides crypto-economic security services for proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain modules, such as rollups, bridges, oracles, and dApps. Eigen Labs is building the EigenLayer protocol to enable permissionless innovation on Ethereum. With EigenLayer, blockchain services can rely on Ethereum for security, making it possible for anyone to build innovative blockchain modules without large upfront capital costs. Eigen Labs is also building a data availability service on top of EigenLayer known as EigenDA, which will serve the critical need to provide critical liveness and security guarantees to scaling solutions such as rollups.

In Short

• Design, implement and deploy smart contracts that meet rigorous audit requirements
• Write highly readable, optimized, and secure code backed by a comprehensive test suite
• Design and architect smart contract protocols
• Collaborate with other developers, security auditors, and stakeholders to ensure the quality and security of smart contracts
• Work closely with leadership, product teams and auditors to review potential vulnerabilities and writing documentation on these systems
• Develop and own best practices for protocol upgrades and versioning across different proof-of-stake networks
• Stay up-to-date with the latest Solidity & EVM releases, developer tooling, and exploits
• Participate in code reviews and provide feedback to other developers

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field
• 3+ years of relevant industry experience, with 2+ years of smart contract development in Solidity on Ethereum or any EVM-based chain
• Experience with production deployments of non-trivial protocols, and associated security audits
• Deep understanding of blockchain fundamentals, common vulnerabilities, and the EVM
• Experience with developer tools for smart contract application developers (Hardhat, Foundry)
• Passion for collaborating with other developers, security auditors, and stakeholders to ensure the quality and security of smart contracts
• Strong testing skills and experience with testing frameworks for smart contracts
• Ability to design elegant, and usable smart contract interfaces
• Appreciation for direct communication and active listening
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional and geographically remote teams, partners, and community members

Benefits

• Competitive salary and non-cash compensation (tokens and equity)
• World class benefits package (medical/dental/vision)
• Remote work set up stipend
• Flexible hours and a supportive remote environment
• Flexible time off
• 401(k) retirement plan + company match
• Monthly wellness benefit
• Yearly off-sites
• Paid parental leave