Solidity Smart Contract Engineer

About prePO

prePO is a decentralized trading platform that allows anyone anywhere to speculate on the valuation of any private company. Our mission is to democratize pre-public equity - transforming a world of financial exclusion into a world of permissionless access.

We are currently a globally-distributed team of four, with years of experience at blockchain startups as well as top tech companies such as Facebook, Apple, Canva, and Salesforce.

We’re backed by world-class investors, including the LAO (the world’s largest venture DAO), Apollo Capital, and Maven 11 Capital; founders from leading DeFi protocols including mStable, dHedge, and Alchemix; and many other angels within crypto and fintech.

Come join us in our mission to democratize pre-public equity!

Benefits:

• Have a high impact on the future of prePO as a core team member
• Lead projects, wear many different hats, and flex your entrepreneurial spirit!
• Join a talented team passionate about crypto and changing the world
• Work at the cutting edge of DeFi and crypto
• Exciting and fast-paced startup culture
• Fully remote work with flexible hours
• Competitive compensation in crypto (salary + tokens)

Responsibilities

• Drive high-level decisions about the prePO protocol design and smart contract architecture
• Write well-documented, performant, clean, and re-usable Solidity code
• Test and deploy smart contracts
• Collaborate with designers and front-end engineers to bring our dapps to life
• Work in a small, fast-paced team to rapidly develop and iterate on new features with a large amount of ownership and autonomy

Requirements

• 1+ years experience in Solidity smart contract development
• 2+ years experience in software engineering
• Expert knowledge of Solidity, EVM, smart contract design patterns, and security best practices
• Experience writing comprehensive test suites for smart contracts
• Experience deploying smart contracts on Ethereum/EVM chains
• Advanced knowledge of Git and GitHub
• Strong mathematical and/or economics modeling skills
• Deep technical understanding of and passion for DeFi and crypto in general
• Native English fluency (written and verbal)
• Strong technical communication skills (written and verbal)
• Proactive and hard-working attitude, and receptiveness to feedback

Nice to Have:

• Educational or work experience in economics and/or finance
• Solid knowledge of TypeScript
• Experience using Hardhat + Waffle + Chai + Ethers.js for writing smart contract tests
• Experience using Solidity security testing tools (e.g. Slither, Echidna, Mithril)
• Experience building subgraphs using The Graph
• Experience developing bots that interact with a blockchain (e.g. for arbitrage or liquidations)
• Experience contributing to or managing open source projects
• Familiarity with standard DevOps tooling
• Web3 frontend development experience
• Understanding of UX/UI principles and interaction design
• Experience writing smart contracts for sidechains/L2s (Polygon, BSC, Arbitrum, Optimism)
• Experience working with agile methodologies (Scrum, CI/CD, TDD, Pair Programming)
• Deep understanding of yield farming and yield aggregators such as Yearn
• Deep understanding of AMM maths
• Experience leading projects from start to finish
• Experience leading interviews for new hires
• Game development experience
• Experience participating in a DAO
• Understanding of tokenomics and governance design
• High degen score or proven ape record
• Founder/startup experience