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