Note: This posting is for future positions. Please apply if you’d like to be contacted once the role is officially available.

What you'll be doing

• Review smart contracts for the top decentralized applications before they get launched and present findings and vulnerabilities that the protocol can have to the client.

• Team up with one or two auditors and review code line by line and try to hack it.

• Working on proposals to make code easier to understand and use in the future by sharing good practices

• Conduct open-ended research around cutting edge blockchain technologies.

• Paid time to conduct research and contribute to OpenZeppelin’s projects and knowledge

You have

• Hands-on and practical experience in one or more of the following areas: software development, cyber security, mathematics.

• Experience with public Ethereum or other EVM-based blockchains.

• Knowledge in the Solidity programming language.

• Intellectual curiosity and the capability to learn complex topics

• Above-average attention to detail skills.

• The ability to work independently, with minimal supervision.

• An advanced English level and great communication skills (oral and written).

• Passion about the blockchain space and decentralization.

• Ability to work collaboratively in a distributed team.

Nice to have

• Experience in Back-end programming using JavaScript, Python, Golang or Rust

• Experience performing code reviews.

• Experience in financial engineering and/or capital markets microstructure

Note

If you don't meet all of the listed requirements, but think you're a good fit for the position, please apply so we can review.

Logistics

Our interview process takes place on Zoom and tends to consist of the following stages:

• Recruiter call (30 minutes)

• Manager interview (60 minutes)

• Technical interview (60 minutes)

• Paid work trial (code review)

• Reference checks

Please let us know if you require any accommodations for the interview process, and we’ll do our best to provide assistance.