Smart Contract Engineer

Description

• UMA Purpose: UMA is the canonical source of truth that blockchains use to verify real-world data.
• UMA Vision: UMA enables any verifiable truth to be recorded on-chain, trustlessly.
• Risk Labs is the foundation and core team behind UMA and products like oSnap, Oval, and the Across protocol.
• We are looking for a Jr. Smart Contract Engineer to join the UMA protocol team.
• You will work alongside top-tier talent on the core Optimistic Oracle (OO) and industry leaders like oSnap and Oval.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in engineering at a software organization, including internships.
• 1+ years of working with blockchain-based projects (hackathons or personal projects).
• Deep passion for blockchain technology, cryptoeconomic protocol design, game theory, or decentralized finance.
• Experience with databases, networking, and data pipelines is strongly preferred.
• Outstanding critical thinking skills; low ego, high curiosity, and comfort in being wrong.
• Love for great software; desire to understand the why and how of everything you work on.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new tech and write secure and clean code.
• Growth mindset; a desire to learn from and mentor those around you.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, especially written.
• Language stack: Typescript, Solidity, GCP.

Responsibilities

• Protocol Architecture: Research and develop protocol upgrades and new financial concepts.
• Smart Contracts: Implement designs with a focus on security, simplicity, ease of use, and gas-efficiency.
• Code Review and Mentorship: Write code in a highly collaborative open-source ecosystem.
• Bots: Write off-chain code to interact with and manage smart contracts. Bot systems should have a high degree of correctness, efficiency, and anti-fragility.

Benefits

Required Skills