Senior Smart Contract Engineer

We’re currently looking to strengthen our team with strong Solidity / smart contract engineers. We are looking for engineers with direct experience in developing, architecting, and shipping solidity code and dApps for Ethereum.

We’re looking for high calibre individuals looking to work hard and have fun in a young team dreaming of large-scale social impact.

Responsibilities

• Drive high-level decisions about Potion’s smart contract architecture
• Design, implement, test, and audit smart contract upgrades and additions
• Help us in scaling our on-chain infrastructure
• Developing production-quality code
• Engaging with security and auditing firms
• Evaluating L2 and scalability solutions
• Integrating our code base with third-party solutions

Qualifications/Skills

• 3+ years as a Smart Contracts Developer
• Experience in shipping production quality code to Ethereum mainnet
• Experience interacting with the EVM and writing high-quality, well-tested Solidity
• You have a deep understanding of the current DEFI ecosystem (Curve, Balancer, AMMs, Yearn, Aave, Synthetix … etc). You have ideally used and integrated these protocols before.
• You have a good understanding of backend and web server development, you can abstract the complexity of low-level smart contract interactions with scripting and basic rest APIs.
• 6+ years experience as a developer
• You work well with autonomy and can drive a strong culture at early-stage startups
• You have strong written and verbal communication skills and can collaborate effectively on a wide range of technical topics
• You are excited about the future of decentralized finance and want to play a role in it
• You are happy to work in a remote-only environment and follow agile development practices

About Potion

Hi, we’re Potion, a well-funded DeFi project working hard to create the next generation of blockchain financial services. We’re pioneering a new type of smart contract architecture that has the potential to set a new standard in the field of decentralized derivatives. We’re made up of a fully distributed global team of world-class talented engineers and researchers, and we’re excited to have caught your attention.

We’ve been able to attract partnerships from some of the largest and most influential blockchain teams in the world, across Silicon Valley, Europe, and Asia.

Growth opportunities/Perks

When you join Potion, you will be given the opportunity to grow and learn from a highly skilled team. Innovation is part of our DNA, you will get creative and personal freedom to generate new ideas, and do tasks at your own pace. (You will just follow the deadlines agreed in the sprints).

We operate based on trust, open communication and honesty. We all give our best and we expect others to do the same. From all team members we expect proactivity, accountability and friendly vibes.

We have high standards. As a new team member, expect to see personal performance and team performance at a high level.

On top of everything, you will thrive with us if you believe in decentralization and cooperation.

We have top of the range compensation packages, with a high salary, and the possibility to have equity allocation on the basis of performance.

What to expect from us:

• Personal freedom
• Clear responsibilities
• Growth opportunities within the company as we scale up
• Personal development
• Remote and flexible work
• Open, honest and warm communication
• Work with experts in DeFi and help create a user-centered product
• Opportunity to become part of a fast-growing team

When you apply please include a personalized note explaining why you would like to join the Potion team. Looking forward to hearing from you soon!