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Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesOracleRustSolidityVault
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Own the design and implementation of new on-chain primitives across both Ethereum and Solana, including staking flows, validator orchestration, vault strategies, exit and redemption mechanisms, and integrations with institutional custody.
- Drive the audit lifecycle end to end: scoping, engaging audit firms, triaging findings, implementing remediations, and shepherding code to mainnet deployment.
- Set and enforce the engineering bar within your team: testing standards, review processes, deployment runbooks, incident response, and on-call rotations for live contracts.
- Partner with product and engineering leadership to translate enterprise-grade requirements — custody, compliance, settlement, operational controls — into on-chain designs that hold up to scrutiny from bank-grade counterparties.
- Mentor smart contract engineers on your team and contribute to hiring, code review culture, and career development across the broader smart contract function.
- Represent Galaxy's on-chain work externally where appropriate: with auditors, institutional clients, governance forums, and the broader Ethereum and Solana ecosystems.
- Embrace and champion the thoughtful adoption of AI to improve team performance and business outcomes.
- Leverage AI tools (e.g., generative AI, automation platforms, data copilots) to improve productivity, decision-making, and output quality in your day-to-day work.
Requirements
What you’ll need- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 4 years writing production smart contracts deployed at meaningful TVL across both Ethereum (Solidity) and Solana (Rust/Anchor).
- Deep expertise in EVM internals, gas optimization, and proxy/upgradeability patterns (UUPS, Transparent, Beacon), plus a working command of Solana program development, account models, and PDA design.
- A track record of shipping contracts that have cleared rigorous third-party audits (Trail of Bits, OpenZeppelin, Certora, Spearbit, Neodyme, OtterSec, or equivalent) and a working familiarity with formal verification tooling such as Certora Prover, Halmos, or Kontrol.
- Fluency in the modern toolchains on both chains: Foundry, Hardhat, Slither, Echidna on the EVM side; Anchor, Solana program test frameworks, and fuzzing tools on the Solana side.
- Strong testing discipline that includes invariant and fuzz testing as a default, not an afterthought.
- Hands-on experience across multiple on-chain domains relevant to institutional infrastructure: liquid staking, validator economics and slashing mechanics, tokenized vault/ERC-4626 architectures, custody integrations, or settlement and redemption flows.
- A security-first mindset and the judgment to know when to slow down, when to ship, and when to design for failure modes (pause mechanisms, circuit breakers, containment modes).
- Demonstrated depth: you've owned complex architecture decisions end-to-end, held a high bar for code review and testing, and supported other engineers through audits, incidents, and production deployments — with or without a formal lead title.
- Strong written communication; you can explain a subtle reentrancy, oracle staleness, or account validation risk clearly to engineers, auditors, product, and enterprise counterparties alike.
- AI fluency. You’ve integrated AI into how you work, not as a novelty but as a significant multiplier. You can speak concretely about which tools you use, what you’ve built or accelerated with them, and where they fall short — including the specific risks of using AI-generated code in a smart contract context.
- High agency. You see what needs to happen and make it happen. You’re comfortable operating with incomplete direction, taking ownership of ambiguous problems, and being accountable for outcomes — including the ones that don’t pan out. Tell us about an idea you championed and ran with.
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus
- Hybrid/Flexible Working Arrangements
- Flexible Time Off (paid)
- 3% 401(k) company contribution
- Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees, partners, and other dependents
- Generous paid Parental Leave
- Competitive family planning benefits for US employees
- Opportunities to learn about the Crypto industry
- Smart, entrepreneurial, and fun colleagues
- Free daily snacks and weekly breakfasts/lunches
- Employee Resource Groups
- Free coaching and counseling sessions through Headspace
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Hard Skills & Tools
SolidityRustEVM internalsgas optimizationproxy patternsupgradeability patternsformal verificationinvariant testingfuzz testingsmart contract development
Soft Skills
strong written communicationmentorshiphigh agencyjudgmentteam performance improvementownershipaccountabilityproblem-solvingcollaborationleadership