Clearmatics is hiring a
DeFi Protocol Engineer

Summary

Join our team as a DeFi Protocol Engineer to design and prototype decentralised financial protocols on Autonity, enabling the creation of decentralised risk markets in real-world risk factors.

Requirements

• 2+ years experience designing, researching, or implementing DeFi protocols
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant quantitative or computational field of study
• Broad and deep understanding of the DeFi landscape and major DeFi primitives
• An understanding of financial derivatives and quantitative finance fundamentals
• Proficiency in Python programming and web3.py Ethereum development
• Proficiency with the Python scientific computing stack (NumPy, Pandas, Jupyter)
• The ability to document and explain DeFi protocols clearly and concisely
• Love of Mathematics and the ability to translate Mathematical concepts into code
• Experience analysing timeseries and market data using SQL and GraphQL

Responsibilities

• Design and prototype decentralised financial protocols on Autonity that will enable the creation of decentralised risk markets in real-world risk factors
• Work on a wide range of problems including smart derivatives, DEX trading & settlement protocols, algorithmic stabilisation, data oracles, liquid staking, and more
• Provide clarity on technical design choices, as well as review and contribute code and tests to a growing Solidity code base
• Contribute to the development of new models and simulations, and support the research effort where necessary
• Produce written technical design specifications for external publication and internal use

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise in economics, game theory, applied cryptography, or distributed systems
• Smart contract programming experience in open-source Web3 projects using Solidity