Founding Engineer
Gondor is a DeFi layer for prediction markets. Their first product is a protocol enabling users to borrow against Polymarket positions, with plans to expand to additional markets and financial primitives. They recently raised $2.5M from Prelude, Castle Island Ventures, and Maven 11, and are hiring.
Funding
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.
Skills
About the Role
You will join the founding team and work across both protocol and product. You will deploy lending and borrowing smart contracts on Morpho, build frontend and backend infrastructure for the web app, implement liquidation engines, oracles, and margin trading systems, analyze smart contract security and attack vectors, and maintain CI/CD and DevOps workflows using tools like Vercel, AWS/GCP, and Docker.
Requirements
- React
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Node.js (Express or Hono)
- SQL
- REST
- GraphQL
- Solidity
- Hardhat
- Foundry
- Viem
- ethers.js
- Privy
- Vercel
- AWS
- 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 and attack vectors
- Maintain CI/CD and DevOps workflows with Vercel, AWS/GCP, and Docker
Benefits
- Competitive pay and equity
- Work with an elite founding team
- Be very early in an exponentially scaling industry