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What are we all about?

We are a team of builders and researchers on a mission to empower enterprises and developers worldwide to access and build on decentralized systems.

Our expertise covers several domains: Ethereum and Starknet protocol engineering, layer-2, AI, cryptography research, protocol research, decentralized finance (DeFi), security auditing, formal verification, real-time monitoring, smart contract development, and dapps and enterprise engineering.

Working to solve some of the most challenging problems in the blockchain space, we frequently collaborate with renowned companies, such as Ethereum Foundation, Starknet Foundation, Gnosis Chain, Flashbots, Forta Protocol, Lido, EigenLayer, Open Zeppelin, RISCZero, Aleph Zero, and many more.

Today, we are a 350+ strong team working remotely across 66+ countries.

Are you the one?

We are looking for a passionate and skilled engineer to join our highly dynamic team.

You will be developing blockchain-based solutions that span across a wide spectrum of the web3 ecosystem, from protocol level engineering and smart contracts development to dapps and Enterprise/Financial applications that integrate with or are built on blockchain infrastructure.

This is a remote-first role. You will be working with a globally distributed team of talented engineers and researchers, as well as many leading industry partners.

You should be proficient in at least one or more general programming languages (refer to the skills section for details), as well as Smart Contract development, primarily Solidity. A deep understanding of the Ethereum blockchain, strong general engineering skills, and a firm grasp of computer science fundamentals are required. The ideal candidate would be a robust problem-solver with excellent attention to detail and effective communication skills. Familiarity with non-EVM blockchains, zk proofs, the DeFi landscape, and traditional finance would be advantageous.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Work on full-stack engineering solutions that integrate with or built on top of blockchains.
• Design and build applications on various blockchains
• Develop, test, and deploy secure smart contracts
• Debug and optimize smart contracts
• Extract and process data from the blockchain
• Develop scripts & tools to automate or improve blockchain interactions
• Collaborate with other engineers and teams, both internally and externally
• Stay updated with new developments and technology in the blockchain space

Technical Skills:

• Excellent programming skills in one or more of the following programming languages: C#, Go, TS/JS, Solidity, Rust, Python, Java, Kotlin, but will also consider other tech stacks.
• Proficient in a smart contract programming language (eg. Solidity, Cairo, MOVE) with extensive experience in developing complex smart contracts. Familiar with toolings such as Foundry, Hardhat or Remix.
• Ability to implement efficient algorithms and design complex data structures
• Understanding of good software architecture and engineering process
• Ability to write clean, testable, and maintainable code without over-engineering
• Deep understanding of Ethereum blockchain architecture
• Understanding of the DeFi landscape, such as lending protocols, AMMs, Perps and stablecoins
• Experience in developing off-chain applications that integrate with web3 protocols, using libraries such as Web3.js and ethers.js.
• Strong computer science background

Other Competencies:

• You need to be a self-starter, with the curiosity and drive to continuously improve.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication and collaboration skills
• Proficiency in English

Nice to have:

• Knowledge in Traditional Finance, and the intersection between traditional finance and blockchain, such as Tokenization.
• Experience with layer-2 solutions like Starknet, Optimism, zkSync, and Arbitrum
• Familiarity with blockchain data analytics tools like Dune and Nansen
• Knowledge of cryptographic primitives like hashing and signature schemes
• Familiarity with zk proof systems (ZK-STARK, ZK-SNARKs)
• Familiarity with formal verification methods for smart contracts
• Experience in front-end development with frameworks like React or Angular
• Familiarity with smart contracts auditing tooling/techniques (e.g Fuzzing, Symbolic execution, Static and Dynamic Analysis)
• Infrastructure / DevOps experience (eg. setup private networks)
• Ethereum core development experience

Perks and Benefits

• Professional Growth: Continuous learning opportunities and the chance to work with industry leaders.
• Fully Remote: Work from anywhere in the world.
• Flexible Working Hours: Manage your own schedule to balance work and life effectively.
• Competitive Compensation: Attractive salary plus equity options.

Keep up to date on what we are working on by following us on our social channels:

• Discord
• LinkedIn
• Twitter

Gelatois an all-in-one Ethereum Rollup as a Service Platform built without limits. Designed to be super-fast, incredibly secure, and infinitely scalable, Gelato rollups allow anyone to build and deploy their fully serviced Layer 2 chains on Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Celestia and more at a pace natively integrated with Web3’s favorite tools and services like Etherscan, The Graph, Pyth, Layer Zero and many more launching a production-ready web3 development environment from the Genesis block.

What we offer:

• Join one of the most technically robust teams in the crypto space, operating in a fully remote environment with our headquarters located in the crypto hub of Zug, Switzerland.
• Play a pivotal role in shaping the future of blockchain, by contributing to the development of Gelato’s Rollup-As-A-Service Platform, already trusted by leading projects like Lisk and Astar Network.
• Dive deep into cutting-edge Web3 technologies with exposure to Gelato’s premier Middleware Services stack, including Gelato Web3 Functions and Gelato Relay, foundational to top-tier applications such as MakerDAO, Connext, Abracadabra, and Pancakeswap.
• Earn and have a say with the GEL Token package, granting you a stake in the network’s future and a voice in the strategic direction of the project.
• Be backed by the best, with support from world-class investors including Dragonfly, IOSG, Galaxy Digital, ParaFi, Gnosis, and renowned figures like Stani Kulechov among others, securing your position at the forefront of the Web3 revolution.

Responsibilities:

• Master diverse Ethereum Rollup technologies including Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, zkSync, and more, preparing for deployment, operation, debugging, and enhancement activities.
• Architect a high-impact decentralized network, focusing on scalability to manage a sequencer and RPC node infrastructure that processes millions of transactions and handles billions of RPC requests daily.
• Deepen your expertise in Zero Knowledge proofs, embracing the challenge of working with ZK-EVM stacks and pushing the boundaries of privacy and scalability in blockchain.
• Embrace full ownership of your code with a proactive approach to DevOps, ensuring robust deployment and real-time monitoring in collaboration with our Infrastructure team.
• Innovate within Rollup ecosystems, designing and implementing groundbreaking features like Decentralized Sequencing, Eigenlayer restaking, peer-to-peer messaging, threshold signatures, and trust-minimized off-chain computation.
• Enhance network security and resilience, creatively identifying potential attack vectors and failure points, establishing reproducible testing environments, and crafting strategic fixes.
• Develop and refine recovery protocols for our core node software, ensuring system robustness and rapid response to unforeseen events.
• Build and maintain distributed systems designed for exceptional reliability across diverse blockchain environments, setting new standards for uptime and performance.

Requirements

• You can work with high autonomy from research, spec, implementation, deployment, monitoring and patching your code
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills
• You are comfortable with both DevOps and Software Engineering
• 3 years experience with DevOps - Terraform, Ansible, GCP/AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
• 2 years experience with Golang/Rust/C++ (you will be using Go)
• You have extensive experience in shipping production-grade code that handles thousands of user interactions or transactions
• Have a deep understanding of the EVM and/or other VMs and and how external tooling integrates with it
• Strong experience with high throughput database systems
• Strong experience with maintaining scalable microservices systems
• Strong experience with distributed systems and/or container orchestration
• Strong interest in Web3/crypto industry
• Experience using crypto applications (e.g. Uniswap, Aave, etc.)

Not essential, but big bonus points:

• Knowledge about the inner workings of the Ethereum client architecture
• Knowledge of the inner workings of the EVM execution client geth
• Knowledge about the inner workings of the various Ethereum rollup clients including but not limited to op-geth, understand the underlying components, and have opinions about the various trade-offs of those components and platforms
• 1 year experience with Solidity
• Experience with p2p network technologies such as libp2p

Technologies we use and teach:

• GETH and its various Rollup forks
• Golang/Rust
• Node.js/TypeScript
• libp2p
• RabbitMQ
• Redis
• GCP (less AWS)
• Ethers.js
• Subgraphs

Benefits

• Fully remote team, with team members in Zug, Paris, New York, London, Singapore, and many other cool places. We highly value having availability overlapping with (CET) working hours to enhance collaboration with the core team
• Competitive package with a generous token package. Get a share of the network token and be able to participate in the Gelato DAO
• Chance to participate in shaping the future of web3 by working together with the biggest projects in this space that use Gelato such as Optimism, Polygon, Arbitrum, Celestia and Eigenlayer
• World-class Investors - We are backed by the community, including industry-leading experts such as Dragonfly, ParaFi, Nascent, IDEO, IOSG and Galaxy Digital.