Mid Solidity Engineer

About Voltz

Voltz is one of the hottest and most eagerly anticipated protocols in DeFi. The team is operating in stealth mode right now. However, even without a public announcement about the protocol, DeFi teams, Traders and CeFi organisations are developing trading models in anticipation of the new primitive being launched.

Who We Are

Voltz Labs was started by Stanford and Oxford educated founders and is now supported by advisors and angels from many big-brand teams in DeFi (announcement to be made soon).

The team works seriously hard, so if that’s not what you’re up for then this role isn’t right for you. However, if you’re up for a life-changing challenge that has the potential to create one of the most important lego blocks in DeFi, then we’d love to hear from you.

What we’re looking for

We are looking for a driven and relentless engineer with high standards and attention to detail to help build out the smart contracts that power Voltz. As a small core team, everyone you work with will be exceptional and exceptional standards will be expected from you in return.

As a Mid-Level Solidity Engineer, your key responsibilities will include writing high-quality, secure, and readable codebases, technical specifications, deployment of scripts, and more.

Your key responsibilities

• Work on the technical specifications as well as the technical roadmap alongside the implementation of the Voltz Protocol
• Create production deployment scripts and protocol configuration presets
• Assist the auditors in ensuring the protocol is secure and does exactly what it is supposed to according to the technical specifications
• Work on code reviews, testing, bug fixing, and general support
• Collaborate proactively with the rest of the Voltz family to transform novel ideas into game changing DeFi products

The minimum qualifications

• Exceptional academics
• Experience with Solidity development
• Experience with the development and testing of Ethereum dapps via such Javascript libraries such as web3.js/ethers.js
• Deep understanding of the Ethereum Virtual Machine
• Deep understanding of blockchain fundamentals, common attack vectors and vulnerabilities
• Prior experience with complex smart contract stacks built on top of the Ethereum Virtual Machine

Qualifications that make your application stronger

• Degree in a technical subject, e.g. maths, computer science, engineering
• Experience implementing complex maths in Solidity
• Experience with contract and testing libraries such as OpenZeppelin, Tenderly, Hardhat
• Awareness of the Ethereum DeFi ecosystem and large projects like Uniswap, Curve, Compound, Aave and Yearn and how they are implemented in terms of the business logic, technology and software architecture
• Knowledge and understanding of fundamentals of finance, particularly derivatives trading (interest rate markets)

What we offer

• Salary of $125-175k depending on experience
• Ownership of 0.25-0.5%
• Unlimited holiday
• All the support you can think of to help you grow as an individual