2+ years of experience in Solidity and protocol design
Deep familiarity with public blockchains and relevant emerging tools
Strong proficiency in scripting languages like TypeScript
Experience leading smart contract audits and designing onchain protocols
Excellent communication skills for collaboration with external partners
Demonstrated curiosity and initiative in delivering high-quality systems
Responsibilities
Own the architecture, development, and maintenance of core smart contracts
Establish and uphold best practices for security, upgradability, testing, and CI/CD
Manage audits, bug bounties, and protocol versioning
Contribute to SDKs and developer tooling for contract integration
Collaborate with backend teams on smart contract-related integrations
Develop knowledge across various blockchain ecosystems, including both EVM and non-EVM environments
Benefits
Unlimited PTO with high autonomy
Best-in-class health, dental, and vision insurance
Quarterly worldwide team offsites
Full Job Description
The role
As Protocol Lead, you'll own the design, development, and maintenance of Predicate's smart contract suite. You'll build tooling to support integrations, contribute to core infrastructure, and research emerging technologies to keep us at the forefront of the industry. You'll also serve as the team's blockchain subject matter expert, supporting teammates across the stack on all things related to smart contract interactions.
Responsibilities
Own the architecture, development, and maintenance of core smart contracts
Establish and uphold best practices for contract security, upgradability, testing, and CI/CD
Manage and coordinate audits, bug bounties, and protocol versioning
Contribute to SDKs and developer tooling for seamless integration with our contracts
Collaborate with backend teams in Go and TypeScript on smart contract-related integrations
Develop knowledge across blockchain ecosystems, including EVM and non-EVM environments (e.g., Solana/SVM)
Perks
Unlimited PTO with a high level of autonomy for your work
Best-in-class health, dental and vision insurance
Quarterly world-wide team offsites
Compensation
We are committed to hiring the best talent, and that is reflected in our salary, equity compensation, and culture.
6+ years of experience in software engineering
2+ years of experience in Solidity and protocol design
Deep familiarity with the public blockchains, Solidity, Rust, and relevant emerging tools
Strong scripting language proficiency (e.g., TypeScript)
Prior experience leading smart contract audits and designing onchain protocols
Strong communication skills and comfort working with external partners/customers
Curiosity, initiative, and a drive to ship high-quality systems
