Senior Smart Contract Engineer

🍌 NiftyApes is a NFT + DeFi protocol in stealth mode since Q3 of 2021. We’ve raised a significant Seed round with 2+ years runway from top industry investors, and are targeting a Q2 mainnet launch.

What We’re Building

NiftyApes is a NFT collateralized lending protocol built on a revolutionary new DeFi primitive that enables on-demand liquidity for every unique asset in existence, even assets that haven’t been created yet. We envision a world with a more egalitarian and value-optimal debt market where loans are always true-market value and are as easy to get as tapping a button.

What your day-to-day looks like

• Collaborating with the co-founder and CTO to write core smart contracts for the NiftyApes Protocol
• Writing production-quality upgradeable smart contracts, unit tests and deployment scripts
• Following best practices in security and standards
• Implementing smart contracts utilizing EIP721, EIP1155, EIP712, EIP2535 (Diamond standard)
• Ideating with the team around new DeFi primitives utilizing ERC20 and 721 bonding curves, AMMs, etc.
• Familiarity with staking and liquidity farming contracts

Requirements

• 2+ year of professional experience writing EVM compatible smart contracts, 5+ years total software development experience
• Industry standard security practices for DeFi and NFT protocols
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and can collaborate effectively on a breadth of technical and people topics
• 4 hour time zone overlap of US Mountain Standard Time and comfortable working in a distributed environment

Nice-to-Haves

• A passion for NFTs, DeFi, and/or crypto
• Had prior experience building DeFi protocols, bonus points if they have leveraged lending protocols like Compound or Aave
• Technologies We Use and Teach: Solidity, Web3js, Hardhat, OpenZeppelin, GraphQL,

Important note - Concerned that you don’t check all of the boxes? You should still apply. We recognize that amazing folks have unique backgrounds and we're more interested in your experiences, fit, and motivation over a perfect on-paper resume.

Benefits

Fulfilling work isn't just what you build , it's who you build it with. We're committed to creating a work environment where amazing folks feel empowered to learn, grow, and launch amazing products. That's why we offer:

• Top quartile salary + equity compensation
• $2,000 remote-office set-up budget
• Flexible monthly budget for professional development (books, conferences, online classes)
• Flexible PTO (vacation and sick-leave)
• Health and dental insurance (US)
• A flexible remote-friendly work environment