Junior Smart Contract Developer

Summary

Chronicle Protocol is a decentralized Oracle solution securing over $10 billion in collateral since 2017. We continue to secure MakerDAO while establishing a stand-alone brand and business proposition building the world’s first fully verifiable, cost-efficient, scalable, and decentralized oracle.

The combination of Chronicle Protocol’s groundbreaking proprietary tech and impressive track record in Web3 represents an opportunity to establish a new leader in the oracle space, capable of servicing businesses across all blockchains, recognized for its gold standard of verifiability, scalability, transparency, accessibility, resilience, and security.

We’re seeking a Junior Smart Contract Developer, preferably located in time zones between UTC+0 to UTC+2, to collaborate with our Engineers. As a vital member of our lean team, this role offers hands-on involvement and full ownership of your work.

The Mission

• We strive to maintain technical leadership by offering cost-efficient, verifiable, blockchain-agnostic, and decentralized Oracles for the Web3 ecosystem.


• Our product aims for high availability, deployed on multiple nodes with zero downtime. It’s traceable, enabling you to follow a request across various services.

What you will be doing

• Deploying, configuring, and maintaining Oracle contracts on multiple chains


• Researching and integrating new EVM chains (L1s, L2s, …)


• Conducting internal security audits of smart contracts and protocols and continuous fuzzing of on-chain systems


• Developing highly optimized and well-tested smart contracts based on the latest research


• Going from research to PoCs up to production for new smart contracts

Requirements

• Strong foundational CS knowledge


• Ability to work independently and deliver working products within deadlines – from empty Git repo to fully-deployed on-chain contracts


• Knowledge of Solidity and the inner workings of the EVM


• Practical experience with Ethereum’s native cryptography


• Security-focused mindset


• Experience using the Foundry toolkit


• Knowledge and experience of rigorous testing methodologies, including unit testing, integration testing, stateless/stateful fuzzing, and formal verification.


• Good understanding of the current EVM landscape, e.g., L2s, blobs, EIPs, EVM fragmentation

The Nice-To-Haves

• Desire to research and implement new cryptography


• Experience auditing EVM contracts


• Knowledge of Web3 and a keen interest in learning more


• Deep knowledge of Solidity libraries, eg, OpenZeppelin, solmate, solady


• Experience with Rust and/or Go


• Knowledge of Yul, Huff, ETK, geas or other EVM assembly languages


• Experience working with p2p networks


• Familiarity with working in a startup environment

What We Offer

• Opportunity to enter the exciting world of Web3 and learn from some of the best minds in the industry. Don’t worry. Our blockchain onboarding will pave your way for an epic journey


• Remote first. You’ll be joining a team working from all over the world with our headquarters located in the crypto hub of Zug, Switzerland.


• Flexible working arrangements. Create your own journey with flexible working schedules and locations.


• Real Impact: We are working on some of the most exciting projects in Web3 using the latest technologies. Your code won’t just run – it’ll reshape industries


• 6 weeks vacation, rewarding your commitment with us


• Flexible working hours


• Two offsites per year to meet up with the team


• Merch and Gifts – we love our branded swag as we believe in showing our appreciation in style

Our recruitment process

• HR Discussion


• Manager discussion


• Two technical interviews


• Offer

Meet us!

If you are still unsure, we are inviting you to come by anytime to our Discord channel without any commitment.