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Our mission is to empower passionate people in the research and development of blockchain interoperability technologies. We support teams building secure, open‑source, and decentralized products within the Wormhole ecosystem.
Role
As a Smart Contract Engineer at Wormhole Foundation, you will make significant contributions to its ecosystem of open‑source smart contracts and protocols. You will drive or partner with domain experts through the entire life‑cycle.
Responsibilities
* Contribute to the development of smart contracts on blockchains such as Ethereum (and various EVM side chains and L2s), Solana, Sui, Aptos, and more.
* Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to gather customer requirements, analyze business needs, and translate them into smart contract code.
* Follow best practices for secure smart contract development and build future best practices alongside Wormhole security researchers.
* Maintain and improve Wormhole’s testing framework and thoroughly test your code.
* Stay up to date with the latest in smart contract technology, tooling, best practices, and industry trends.
Ideal Candidate
* Relevant tertiary qualifications in computer science or closely related field (bachelors/masters) and/or relevant work experience.
* At least 1 year of experience writing production smart contracts in one environment, with willingness to learn and flex into other languages and runtimes.
* High agency and desire to shape outcomes.
* Demonstrated obsession and pride in building great experiences.
* Highly collaborative with internal team, other Wormhole collaborators, and customers.
* Deep care about business outcomes and willingness to challenge unclear priorities.
* Enjoy working remotely with a global team; ideally based in the Americas or European time zones.
We still encourage you to apply if you believe you're a strong fit for the role.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Contract
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
Technology, Information and Internet
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