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Senior Smart Contract Engineer

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Remote, TaiwanSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement production-grade smart contracts across EVM and Solana ecosystems using Solidity and/or Rust.
  • Develop backend services and integration layers that interface with deployed smart contracts and internal systems.
  • Research and apply smart contract and distributed systems design patterns and emerging best practices.
  • Optimize contract performance and gas efficiency while applying secure architecture and defensive coding practices.
  • Build and maintain transaction orchestration flows, event listeners, and indexing services connecting on-chain and off-chain components.
  • Test, deploy, and manage production upgrades for smart contracts and backend services.
  • Partner with security teams on audits, threat modeling, remediation, and production monitoring.

Requirements

  • Proven experience designing and developing production-grade smart contracts in Solidity and/or Rust, with emphasis on security, gas optimization, and performance.
  • Deep understanding of blockchain architecture, EIP standards, decentralized systems, and on-chain execution models.
  • Strong knowledge of smart contract security principles and common vulnerabilities such as reentrancy, access-control flaws, and arithmetic errors.
  • Experience with smart contract development and testing frameworks such as Foundry, Hardhat, or Anchor.
  • Working knowledge of backend development involving blockchain transaction submission, event processing, and indexing.
  • Experience integrating smart contracts with backend systems and off-chain infrastructure.
  • Experience designing and deploying production-grade, scalable cloud services in AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, or similar environments.
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with product, infrastructure, and security teams.
  • Preferred: experience shipping or operating multi-chain or cross-chain smart contract systems, Web3 fintech or DeFi experience, open-source smart contract or blockchain protocol contributions or audits, and experience developing contracts for non-EVM chains.

Benefits

  • Remote work is indicated by the #LI-Remote designation.
  • Circle provides an inclusive work environment and equal employment opportunity.
  • Interview accommodations and assistance are available for candidates with disabilities.

Tech Stack

AWSAzureGoogle CloudRustSolidity

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