Category Labs - Smart Contract Engineer
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Requirements
• You have at least 4 years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years of experience writing smart contracts in Solidity • You have prior experience in blockchain engineering at a Layer-1, Layer-2, or Infrastructure (Oracle, Bridge, Indexer, RPC Provider, Wallet, or other high-performance app) project • You are an expert with tools like Foundry and Hardhat and deeply understand security vulnerabilities at the application layer • You have backend engineering experience in low-level languages such as C, C++, or Rust • You have built something significant from scratch - preferably with users (the more, the better) • You are a great communicator who is willing to participate in technical discussions, reviews, and documentation • You value the following qualities that define our engineering team • Ability to DO things. When it comes to problem-solving, we value practicality and common sense. • Strong design skills (e.g. higher-level thinking about system design, appropriate abstractions, maintainability) • Excellence in whatever you have worked on before • Rigorous development mindset
Responsibilities
• You’ll implement smart contracts that are well suited to the resources and throughput enabled by the Monad client built by Category Labs • You’ll identify needs in the app developer ecosystem and address them through close collaboration with the core engineering team • You’ll work directly with external application or infrastructure teams to unblock them with deep understanding of their domain AND the Category Labs client
Benefits
• Challenging problems. You’ll work on extremely challenging problems with massive impact. See our Blogs and Papers & Talks for a flavor of the problems we are solving in the real world. • Challenging problems. • Papers & Talks • Huge opportunity. The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) standard is ubiquitous, but existing EVM-compatible chains are very slow. Monad’s core innovations offer developers the best of both worlds (portability and performance) and are a game-changer for mass user adoption in crypto. • Huge opportunity. • The right team. You’ll be part of a small, exceptional team. • The right team. • Culture. We’re a lean team working together to achieve very ambitious goals. We are united in our culture of collaboration, low egos, and high-quality outputs. As an early member of our team, you’ll help to shape our culture. • Culture • Compensation. You’ll receive a competitive salary and equity package. • The target annual salary range for this US-based role is $180,000 – $250,000. This range represents our good-faith estimate at the time of posting and is not a guarantee of compensation. The final offer may vary based on factors including experience, domain expertise, and the candidate’s specific geographic location. • $180,000 – $250,000 • World class benefits package (medical/dental/vision) • Unlimited paid time off • 401(k) retirement plan + company match • Lunch and dinner stipend (in-office NYC) • Monthly wellness benefit • Paid parental leave • Benefits for employees hired through an EOR (outside of the US) will be based on EOR offerings and country-specific requirements.
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