Royal Bank of Canada

Smart Contract Engineer

Royal Bank of Canada$135K — $225K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • University degree or equivalent work experience required.
  • Excellent technical skills with diverse technologies.
  • Strong exposure to web3 and smart contract frameworks preferred.
  • Experience with modern development and dev-ops practices needed.
  • Familiarity with multiple smart contract languages essential.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop optimized smart contracts for production.
  • Research and prototype relevant technologies to enhance solutions.
  • Translate functional requirements into technical specifications collaboratively.
  • Implement strong security practices in software development processes.
  • Document software architecture, user guides, and developer documents.
  • Conduct code reviews and maintain technical standards across projects.
  • Support onboarding of junior developers through knowledge sharing.

Benefits

  • 401(K) program with company-matching contributions.
  • Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance options.
  • Paid time-off plan included.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Primary Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, maintain and optimize all smart contracts.
  • Research & evaluate relevant technologies and develop prototype solutions.
  • Work with team to gather functional requirements and translate them into technical specifications. This includes interfacing with project managers, business analysts and end users.
  • Ensure software security by adopting a defensive approach to software development (both happy and unhappy paths) and Principle of Least Privilege (especially as this comes to blockchains).
  • Document developed software by providing appropriate developer docs, architecture diagrams and user guides.
  • Share knowledge with junior developers and help newcomers quickly onboard into the team.
  • Collaborate with other team members on resolving technical issues, improving current products and developing new ones.
  • Follow standard dev-ops practices and SDLC principles. (where applicable)
  • Help establish best practices, conventions and selection of development tools.
  • Ensure adequate code reviews are conducted and technical standards are upheld.
  • Work with Project Managers and stakeholders on goals, planning and delivery roadmaps.

Authorities, Impact, Risk
  • Decision Authority: all project deliverables, non-prod environments, consulted by production support on PROD environment setup and maintenance (where applicable).
  • Scope, complexity & risk: decision making for all projects; high complexity tasks.
  • Sizing: large Impact; immediate and within team as well as group wide.


Working Conditions
  • Open Office Plan
  • Occasional off-hours and weekend work may be required within the position.


Key Relationships
  • Developers within current team and collaborative teams.
  • Project managers, Business Analysts and QA.
  • Production support teams.
  • Helpdesk, Infrastructure and Application support teams.
  • Offshore support and development teams.
  • Working groups, technology/architecture groups.
  • PMO and finance/budgetary teams.
  • Outside consultants.
  • Vendors.


Required Education/Experience
  • Holds a university degree and or equivalent work experience.
  • Excellent technical skills and familiarity with wide array of technologies.


The Expected Salary Range For The Above Position Is $135,000 - $225,000 Depending On Factors Including But Not Limited To The Candidate's Experience, Skills, Registration Status; Market Conditions; And Business Needs. This Salary Range Does Not Include Other Elements Of Total Compensation, Including A Discretionary Bonus And Benefits Such As A 401(K) Program With Company-Matching Contributions; Health, Dental, Vision, Life And Disability Insurance; And Paid Time-Off Plan.

Preferred Education/Experience
  • University degree
  • Strong exposure to web3.
  • Experience with modern technologies and dev-ops.
  • Poses strong grasp on modern design pattern and architectures.
  • Working with offshore, remote and onsite teams.


Behavioural Competencies
  • Be able to work across multiple facets of a project and juggle tasks across multiple projects at the same time.
  • Be Able to communicate both orally and in writing and clearly articulate technical issues, solutions and architecture.
  • Innovative / entrepreneurial.
  • Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
  • Proven team player.


Technical Competencies
  • Smart Contract Security
  • Decentralized Application Patterns
  • Familiarity with at least two Smart Contract Languages (Solidity, DAML, Move, Vyper, Rust, Cairo, Clarity etc.)
  • Familiarity with Contract testing frameworks
  • Defi primitives
  • Decentralized Architecture patterns (state / gas optmizations etc.)
  • MEV awareness and mitigation strategies


Job Skills
Application Development, Application Integrations, Application Maintenance, Applications Architecture, Detail-Oriented, Enterprise Application Delivery, Group Problem Solving, Programming Languages, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), System Applications

Additional Job Details

Address:

CNB, 30 HUDSON STREET:JERSEY CITY

City:

Jersey City

Country:

United States of America

Work hours/week:

40

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

CAPITAL MARKETS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-08-14

Application Deadline:

2026-09-25
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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