Smart Contract Engineer

Skills

About the Role

Contribute to Veda's Solidity engineering organization across architecture, delivery, security, maintenance, upgrades, protocol features, audits, monitoring, incident response, client integrations, conferences, and open-source initiatives.

Requirements

• 6+ years of software engineering experience
• 2-3+ years writing production Solidity, including ERC-20/4626, custom libraries, and proxy and upgrade patterns
• Track record of creating or maintaining a contract suite without critical incidents
• Knowledge of EVM internals, gas optimization, storage layout, and common smart-contract exploits
• Fluency with Foundry and/or Hardhat
• Excellent written and verbal English; comfortable presenting to executives, auditors, and the wider community
• Familiarity with multi-chain DeFi interactions and cross-chain messaging standards
• Professional experience using Rust
• Experience using Move-based smart-contract platforms such as Aptos
• Background in traditional finance, risk, credit, or derivatives
• Active contributor to open-source security research, EIPs, or protocol governance
• Formal-verification expertise
• Experience with audit cycles with top-tier firms such as Trail of Bits or Spearbit

Responsibilities

• Contribute to all Solidity codebases, including upgrade patterns, proxy architecture, account abstraction, and cross-chain messaging
• Drive rigorous design reviews, threat modeling, fuzz testing, and formal verification to achieve audit-by-design security
• Continuously deploy, maintain, and upgrade existing vaults
• Own end-to-end delivery of new protocol features
• Manage external auditors and bug-bounty programs; implement on-chain monitoring and incident-response playbooks
• Represent Veda in client integrations, conferences, and the broader open-source community

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible time off
• Remote-first work environment
• Paid parental leave
• Learning and development stipends