Smart Contract, Solidity Engineer (Cross Chain)

About Us 

Chainlink Labs is the primary contributing developer of Chainlink, the decentralized computing platform powering the verifiable web. Chainlink is the industry-standard platform for providing access to real-world data, offchain computation, and secure cross-chain interoperability across any blockchain. Chainlink Labs helps power verifiable applications for banking, DeFi, global trade, and gaming by collaborating with some of the world’s largest financial institutions, notably Swift, DTCC, and ANZ. Chainlink Labs also works with top Web3 teams, including Aave, Compound, GMX, Maker, and Synthetix. Chainlink Labs was ranked in Newsweek’s 100 Most Loved Workplaces 2023 in both the United States and United Kingdom.

The Engineering Team

At Chainlink Labs, our engineering team pushes the scale and capabilities of decentralized applications across the industry. The Chainlink Network holds >70% market share in the oracle space, solving real-world problems by enabling smart contracts to securely interact with off-chain data/computation.

We value talented and driven craftsmen who work collaboratively to tackle complex challenges, deliver product impact, and grow as builders. Join us and shape the future of blockchain technology and decentralized finance. 

About the Role

As a Smart Contract/Solidity Engineer on the CCIP team, you will develop highly impactful smart contracts that further secure Chainlink CCIP networks to provide best-in-class off-chain data to the blockchain ecosystem. You will work closely with all functions at Chainlink, from engineering, operations, finance, marketing, and more to ensure the team releases easy to use and easy to manage smart contract driven products. Your core team will be composed of smart contract and software engineers and you will report to the engineering lead on the team.

Your Impact:

• Owning large components of the smart contract architecture that secures Chainlink CCIP
• Actively participate in leveling up yourself and your peers in Solidity and smart contract development
• Work closely with fellow engineers to build the end to end experience for your products
• Work closely with operations to ensure smooth deployment and management of your dApps
• Partner with the research team to build products that are practical and easy to use
• Collaborate with non-technical stakeholders to ensure you build products that deliver positive user experience and meet business constraints

Requirements:

• 3+ years of professional engineering experience working in a collaborative product-driven environment
• Deployed multiple smart contracts to Ethereum mainnet or an EVM compatible chain that secured substantial user funds
• Deep understanding of Solidity and the EVM
• Active participant in the blockchain ecosystem as a user
• Experience owning multi month long projects, including communication of progress, dependencies, and risk mitigation directly with stakeholders and partnersComputer science fundamentals and systems design
• Experience building dApps end to end

All roles with Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based. Unless otherwise stated, we ask that you try to overlap some working hours with Eastern Standard Time (EST). We encourage you to apply regardless of your location. 

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