Founding Engineer
Gondor is a DeFi layer for prediction markets.
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About Gondor
Gondor builds decentralized finance infrastructure for prediction markets, starting with a borrowing protocol that lets users use Polymarket positions as collateral. The platform is currently in beta, with intentions to extend support to more markets and introduce additional financial primitives over time. The company has secured $2.5M in funding from Prelude, Castle Island Ventures, and Maven 11, and invites integrations and inquiries via contact@gondor.fi while actively hiring across engineering and other roles.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
Join Gondor's founding team to work across protocol and product, deploying lending and borrowing smart contracts on Morpho and building infrastructure for its prediction-markets web application.
Requirements
- React
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Node.js with Express or Hono
- SQL
- REST
- GraphQL
- Solidity
- Hardhat
- Foundry
- Viem or ethers.js
- Privy
- Vercel
- AWS or GCP
- CI/CD
- Docker
- Experience building liquidation engines, oracles, and margin trading infrastructure
- Deep understanding of DeFi lending protocols
- Familiarity with smart contract security, exploits, and attack vector analysis
Responsibilities
- Deploy lending and borrowing smart contracts on Morpho
- Build frontend infrastructure using React, Next.js, and TypeScript
- Build backend infrastructure using Node.js, SQL, REST, and GraphQL
- Implement liquidation engines, oracles, and margin trading infrastructure
- Analyze smart contract security, exploits, and attack vectors
- Maintain CI/CD and DevOps workflows using Vercel, AWS/GCP, and Docker
Benefits
- Competitive pay and equity
- Work with an elite founding team
- Be very early in an exponentially scaling industry
Hiring Process
Submit an application with name, email, resume, and answers to questions about what you have shipped, why you care about prediction markets, whether you are based in New York City or willing to relocate, and how you heard about the role.