Senior Solidity / Smart Contract Engineer

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Salary: Not specified

About Chainlink Labs: Chainlink Labs is the primary contributing developer of Chainlink, the decentralized computing platform powering the verifiable web. Chainlink is the industry-standard platform for providing access to real-world data, offchain computation, and secure cross-chain interoperability across any blockchain. Chainlink Labs helps power verifiable applications for banking, DeFi, global trade, and gaming by collaborating with some of the world’s largest financial institutions, notably Swift, DTCC, and ANZ. Chainlink Labs also works with top Web3 teams, including Aave, Compound, GMX, Maker, and Synthetix. Chainlink Labs was ranked in Newsweek’s 100 Most Loved Workplaces 2023 in both the United States and United Kingdom.

About the Role: As a Senior Solidity/Smart Contract Engineer on the CCIP team, you will develop highly impactful smart contracts that further secure Chainlink CCIP networks, drive on-chain projects end to end and implement new on-chain features. You will work closely with all functions at Chainlink, from engineering, operations, finance, marketing, and more to ensure the team releases easy to use and easy to manage smart contract driven products. Your core team will be composed of smart contract and software engineers and you will report to the engineering lead on the team.

Your Impact:

• Owning large components of the smart contract architecture that secures Chainlink CCIP.
• Actively participating in leveling up yourself and your peers in Solidity and smart contract development.
• Working closely with fellow engineers to build the end-to-end experience for your products.
• Working closely with operations to ensure smooth deployment and management of your dApps.
• Partnering with the research team to build products that are practical and easy to use.
• Collaborating with non-technical stakeholders to ensure you build products that deliver positive user experience and meet business constraints.

Requirements:

• Experience: At least 5-8+ years of professional engineering experience working in a collaborative product-driven environment.
• Smart Contract Development: At least 3+ years of smart contract development experience.
• Deployment: Deployed multiple smart contracts to Ethereum mainnet or an EVM compatible chain that secured substantial user funds.
• Solidity & EVM: Deep understanding of Solidity and the EVM.
• Blockchain Ecosystem: Active participant in the blockchain ecosystem as a user.
• Project Ownership: Experience owning multi-month long projects, including communication of progress, dependencies, and risk mitigation directly with stakeholders and partners.
• Systems Design: Computer science fundamentals and systems design experience.
• dApp Development: Experience building dApps end to end.

Responsibilities:

• Developing highly impactful smart contracts for Chainlink CCIP networks.
• Contributing to the development of on-chain projects end to end.
• Implementing new on-chain features.
• Working closely with all functions at Chainlink Labs.
• Ensuring smooth deployment and management of dApps.
• Collaborating with the research team to build practical and user-friendly products.
• Partnering with non-technical stakeholders to ensure product alignment with business constraints.

Application Instructions:

• Not specified.

Company Information:

• All roles with Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based.
• Unless otherwise stated, we ask that you try to overlap some working hours with Eastern Standard Time (EST).
• Commitment to Equal Opportunity: Chainlink Labs is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, or ordinances.