Risk Labs Foundation is hiring a
Smart Contract Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Junior Smart Contract Engineer at Risk Labs focusing on the UMA protocol team. The role involves working on the core Optimistic Oracle (OO) and related projects such as oSnap and Oval. The requirements are 2+ years of experience in engineering, 1+ years of blockchain experience, experience with databases, networking, and data pipelines, strong critical thinking skills, love for great software, ability to learn new tech, passion for the field, growth mindset, strong communication skills, and a diverse background.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in engineering at a software organization
• 1+ years of working with blockchain-based projects
• Outstanding critical thinking skills; low ego, high curiosity and comfort in being wrong
• Love for great software; desire to understand the why and the how of everything you work on
• Demonstrated ability to learn new tech and write secure and clean code
• Passion for blockchain technology, cryptonomic protocol design, game theory, and decentralized finance
• Growth mindset; a desire to learn from and mentor those around you
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, especially written

Responsibilities

• Research and develop protocol upgrades and new financial concepts
• Implement designs with a focus on security, simplicity, ease of use, and gas-efficiency
• Write code in a highly collaborative open source ecosystem. In depth reviews of others’ contributions is expected with a focus on helping others grow their technical expertise
• Write off-chain code to interact with and manage smart contracts. Bot systems should have a high degree of correctness, efficiency, and antifragility

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with databases, networking, and data pipelines is strongly preferred

Benefits

• Competitive salaries & meaningful token options
• Salaries for this role range from $100-200k (USD), and your token allocation can grow with your voting rewards while you participate in the growing ecosystem
• Will pay in stablecoins or fiat
• Philosophies for a culture that show we care: Take vacation when you need it, family care, training and development (just to name a few)
• 100% remote, which means we encourage you to create the work environment that you thrive in
• At least two team wide offsites a year