MLabs ยท 3 weeks ago
Solidity Smart Contract Engineer
United States
Contract
Remote
Mid Level
$160K/yr - $180K/yr
3+ years expMLabs is an on-chain financial infrastructure company committed to upgrading financial markets through instant settlement. They are seeking a Smart Contract Developer to design, develop, and deploy secure smart contracts for their institutional-grade protocol, bridging traditional and decentralized finance.
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Responsibilities
Smart Contract Development: Design, develop, test, and deploy secure smart contracts in Solidity for the core protocol, utilizing development frameworks like Foundry
DeFi Primitives: Implement complex DeFi primitives, including liquidity pools, cross-chain bridges, access control mechanisms, and institutional-grade financial logic
Protocol Architecture: Architect scalable, modular smart contract systems, designing upgradeable contract patterns and governance mechanisms for protocol evolution
Security & Auditing: Conduct thorough internal security reviews and work closely with external auditors to address findings, proactively identifying and mitigating potential vulnerabilities
Quality Assurance: Write comprehensive unit, integration, and fuzzing tests for all smart contract code, contributing to rigorous code reviews
Cross-Chain Work: Implement cross-chain messaging protocols and bridge integrations to enable multi-chain liquidity flows
Hands-On Engineering: Actively write and deploy smart contract code to mainnet and testnets, monitor deployed contracts, and troubleshoot issues in production environments
Qualification
Required
3+ years of experience developing and deploying production-ready smart contracts in Solidity
Proven track record of shipping secure, battle-tested contracts that handle significant value
Expert-level proficiency in Solidity and a deep understanding of the EVM
Strong knowledge of smart contract security best practices, common vulnerabilities (reentrancy, front-running), and mitigation strategies
Proficiency with development frameworks such as Foundry and Hardhat, and testing tools (Echidna, Slither)
Experience with DeFi protocols (AMMs, lending, yield aggregators) is highly preferred
Maniacal attention to detail, clear communicator, strong problem-solving abilities, and an entrepreneurial mindset suited to early-stage environments
Preferred
Familiarity with cross-chain protocols and bridge architectures
Familiarity with Web3 libraries (ethers.js, viem) for contract interaction
Knowledge of gas optimization techniques and upgrade patterns (proxy, diamond)
Knowledge of Rust or other systems programming languages
Benefits
Competitive Base Salary + Equity upside, offering the chance to be an early builder of a transformative protocol
Help replatform financial markets by shaping the core liquidity layer for tokenized finance
Work on real-world blockchain integrations powering institutional-grade capital flows
Join a collaborative, mission-driven team of senior engineers backed by top investors
Company
MLabs
MLabs is an IT company that specializes in offering blockchain, full-stack development, functional programming, and AI solutions.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase