Senior Backend Developer
Echelon is a decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol on the Aptos blockchain. It allows users to borrow and lend crypto assets and provides an SDK and developer documentation for integration.
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About Echelon
Echelon is a universal, decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol built on the Move programming language, specifically on the Aptos blockchain. It aims to be the next generation of lending by connecting liquidity, supercharging yields, and allowing users to rehypothecate Move-native assets for superior returns. The platform provides borrowing and lending services with features like interest rate models, oracles for price feeds, and risk management mechanisms such as liquidations and rate limits. Echelon emphasizes composability, efficiency with high collateralization and cost-effective rates, and security through formal audits by industry leaders. To facilitate integration, it offers an SDK and detailed developer documentation for both testnet and mainnet.
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About the Role
You will be joining the team full-time to iterate on Echelon's existing products, including the Lending market and Leveraged staking, as well as developing future products and integrating RWAs to help scale the Echelon application suite. You'll help build out the future of Move DeFi, combining the speed of Solana, the security of formal verification, and the integrated ecosystem of Ethereum and its L2s. You'll work primarily remotely, though in-person workspaces across North America can be accommodated.
Requirements
- Proven experience in developing smart contracts with high TVL for production environments, or track record in building backend systems in top tech companies
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, ability to work in a fast-paced team environment and a focus on code quality and best practices
- Experience with a low-level programming language such as Rust, Go, Java, or C/C++
- Familiarity with smart contract languages such as Move and Solidity
- Code security and auditing experience
Responsibilities
- Help architect MVPs for Echelon's DeFi product suite such as margin accounts and trading, options vaults, and liquidity products
- Build out new contracts and supporting infrastructure using Move
- Develop, test, and iterate smart contracts and systems
- Deploy and monitor applications on testnet and mainnet
- Work with frontend developers to streamline dApp integration and functionality
- Evaluate Move-language docs, smart contract libraries, and other tools to help decide what should be included in the stack