DeFi Protocol Developer(Solidity)
Syndr
Estimated Salary: $82K-$138K
Location: Remote
### What you’ll do as a DeFi Protocol Developer at Syndr:
* Develop secure tested smart contract code for our trading platform
* Work to enable platform composability with a range of 3rd party protocols and providers
* Deploy, document, maintain and upgrade platform contracts and related systems
* Research and analysis of different (existing and future) DeFi protocols(Spot, Derivatives, Lending, RWAs, etc.), token models, and incentivization mechanisms, comparing their pros, cons, and trade\-offs.
* Keep yourself up to date with the latest security vulnerabilities \& potential exploits
* Build automated scanners for suspicious transactions and response systems
* Represent Syndr at Technical conferences and hackathons
* Work to collaborate with smart contract auditing firms
### Requirements
* Prior verifiable(on\-chain) experience with writing secure smart contracts
* Experience with smart contract testing (unit, integration, fuzzing, etc.) and deployment
* Comfortable with state\-of\-the\-art solidity tooling, including Foundry, OpenZeppelin, Hardhat, Slither, Multisigs, Fireblocks, Ledger, Graph, IPFS, ENS, etc.
* Expert knowledge of existing popular DeFi protocols including but not limited to Uniswap(v2 \+ v3\), GMX, dYdX, vAMMs, Balancer, Lyra, Synthetix, Ribbon, Aave, Compound, Curve, Convex and MakerDAO.
* Strong analytical and web3 experience
+ Analysis of the Ethereum state using SQL queries with Dune
+ Query data from the Blockchain using RPC endpoints
* Experience with Upgradable smart contracts
* Experience with popular web3 libraries
+ NodeJS (ethers, web3\)
+ Python(web3py, eth\_account)
+ Golang(geth)
* Good with maths, statistics, and problem\-solving
### You will stand out if…
* You have Typescript and React experience.
* Experience with Intel SGX, Secure Enclaves, or HSM
* You have prior(manual/automated) trading experience(in TradFi or crypto/DeFi), with knowledge of derivative products like futures, options, and perpetuals
* You have experience with other non\-trading DeFi products like swaps, lending, etc.
* Experience working as a smart contract auditor/warden at Sherlock or Code4rena
* Experience working on trading systems and infrastructure
### Values \& How we work?
The entire crypto space doesn't just move fast but is constantly accelerating. It’s hard building a DeFi product — it’s 24/7, 365 days a year, markets do not close, the ground beneath you can shift, assumptions can and do fail \& risk of burning out is real.
* We take our product \+ brand very seriously.
+ If we see even a small flaw in our product, we always ask ourselves \- **Why isn't this perfect?**
+ All members have perpetual autonomy to fix anything broken that we notice, and we do not wait for someone else to tell us what to do.
* Take extreme ownership of everything we do
+ If the team fails, everyone fails, so prioritize and execute.
+ We think long\-term, set big goals, and communicate with clear directions and goals to achieve them. Everyone must understand not just what they're doing but also why they are doing it.
+ No Egos, lead by example, and mutual accountability.
* Strive for clear and simple communication \- this is easier said than done but communicating the "why" of an issue is equally important as the "what.”
* All meetings have an agenda, with outcomes clearly defined as tasks and call\-to\-actions.
* Prioritize all tasks by \- what is more important for our users without compromising on any of the above goals.
### What we Offer
* Unique opportunity to work with a small, focused \& ambitious team on very interesting projects and get the level of responsibility and ownership that would be unlikely at any other project.
* Great company culture: informal, non\-hierarchical, ambitious, highly professional yet collaborative and entrepreneurial
* Sense of a Shared Mission
* Work on the latest technology, equipment, and web3 stack with dedicated budgets
* Flexible working hours
* Annual team retreat
* Competitive compensation