MLabs

Principal EVM Engineer – Smart Contracts

MLabs

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

DaggerJavaJavaScriptNode.jsTypeScriptWeb3

About the role

  • Collaborate daily on the design and implementation of core blockchain features.
  • Innovate on transaction processing, execution algorithms, and EVM opcodes.
  • Bridge the gap between the Ethereum roadmap and our native network innovations.
  • Contribute to open-source clients focusing on VM state transitions and performance improvements.
  • Implement community-requested improvement proposals (HIPs).
  • Test and validate the EVM using both Ethereum community tools and native consensus node testing suites.
  • Focus on Craft: Spend approximately 80% of your time designing, coding, and testing.

Requirements

  • Education: Master’s degree in Computer Science (or similar field) or equivalent professional experience.
  • Experience: 10+ years of software development experience, with at least 4+ years specifically in blockchain protocol development.
  • Java Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in the Java language and VM. You should be comfortable working in a "plain vanilla" Java environment without the crutch of libraries or frameworks.
  • EVM Expertise: Deep architectural knowledge of EVM-based blockchains and experience writing/debugging smart contracts.
  • Leadership: Experience in a Tech Lead or Team Lead capacity, with a proven ability to mentor and guide engineers up to the Staff level.
  • Computer Science Fundamentals: A rigorous grasp of concurrency, performance optimization, and high-performance architectural design patterns.
  • Quality Focus: Strong adherence to test-driven development (TDD), CI/CD processes, and cryptographic security principles.
  • Bonus Points: Hands-on experience with Hyperledger Besu.
  • Expertise with compilers, parsers, interpreters, or Garbage Collector (GC) tuning (Hotspot/GraalVM).
  • Experience with Protobuf and compile-time dependency injection (e.g., Dagger).
  • Familiarity with Web3 tooling (JavaScript/TypeScript) and data-flow analysis.
Benefits
  • Competitive Compensation: High-growth salary structure.
  • Equity & Tokens: Direct stake in the ecosystem’s success through equity and token grants.
  • Performance Bonuses: Annual bonuses based on impact and delivery.
  • Comprehensive Health: Full health insurance and 401k matching (for US-based employees).
  • Innovation-First Culture: Work on a decentralized platform governed by world-leading organizations across 11 different sectors.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
JavaEVMblockchain protocol developmentsmart contractsconcurrencyperformance optimizationtest-driven developmentCI/CDcryptographic securitycompilers
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringguiding engineers