Protocol Engineer

Rockstar is recruiting for a foundation dedicated to supporting the growth, decentralization, and sustainability of a leading decentralized finance protocol. This client is committed to driving value in key focus areas such as Protocol and Innovation, Developers, Governance, Research, and Security through strategic grant-making.

The foundation is seeking a Protocol Engineer to join their technical team and contribute to the development of smart contracts for in-house projects, the protocol, Unichain, and grantee collaborations.

As a Protocol Engineer, the candidate will play a key role in designing, implementing, and optimizing smart contract systems. The role involves participating in technical design discussions, weighing trade-offs between optimization, flexibility, and integration, while also providing design feedback for ecosystem participants such as hook developers and Unichain DeFi projects.

What the Candidate Will Do :

• Design, implement, and optimize Solidity-based smart contracts for projects related to the protocol, focusing on security, efficiency, and maintainability.
• Provide technical guidance and design feedback for external developers building on the protocol and Unichain, including hook developers and DeFi projects.
• Explore and prototype new DeFi primitives, trading mechanisms, and smart contract architectures to expand the protocol’s capabilities.
• Participate in design sessions and code reviews, ensuring high standards in code quality, security, and organization.
• Implement unit tests, fuzz testing, and gas optimizations to ensure smart contract reliability and performance.

As a Protocol Engineer, the candidate may work on :

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About the Foundation :

In pursuit of a more open and fair financial system, the foundation supports the growth, decentralization, and sustainability of the community. Through grants, they are driving value in five key focus areas : Protocol and Innovation, Developers, Governance, Research, and Security. Their grant-making approach is designed to maximize positive impact, bringing in new contributors to the community who focus on building new initiatives, committees, products, infrastructure, and more. To learn more about their community impact, visit their website.