Blockchain Security Researcher

About the role

OpenZeppelin is the security standard onchain finance is built on. Founded in 2015, our mission is to accelerate the world's transition to an open financial system, built on open standards and secured by rigorous research. Our open-source Contract Libraries have facilitated over $35 trillion in onchain value and are used by 10 of the top 10 tokenized money market funds and 9 of the top 10 stablecoins by market cap. We combine AI-native security tooling with deep research and a decade of audit expertise to support leading institutions and crypto-native teams shaping the next generation of digital assets like DTCC, Fidelity, Coinbase, Uniswap, Aave, the Ethereum Foundation, and many more across the full secure development lifecycle. Please note: Always refer to OpenZeppelin's official job page for the most accurate information about our open roles, as we have seen multiple third party job sites posting inaccurate information. Note: This posting is for future positions. Please apply if you'd like to be contacted once the role is officially available.

Responsibilities

• Review smart contracts for the top decentralized applications before they get launched and present findings and vulnerabilities that the protocol can have to the client.
• Team up with one or two auditors and review code line by line and try to hack it.
• Working on proposals to make code easier to understand and use in the future by sharing good practices
• Conduct open-ended research around cutting edge blockchain technologies.
• Paid time to conduct research and contribute to OpenZeppelin's projects and knowledge
• You have
• Hands-on and practical experience in one or more of the following areas: software development, cyber security, mathematics.
• Experience with public Ethereum or other EVM-based blockchains.
• Knowledge in the Solidity programming language.
• Intellectual curiosity and the capability to learn complex topics
• Above-average attention to detail skills.
• The ability to work independently, with minimal supervision.
• An advanced English level and great communication skills (oral and written).
• Passion about the blockchain space and decentralization.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a distributed team.

Requirements

• Experience in Back-end programming using JavaScript, Python, Golang or Rust
• Experience performing code reviews.
• Experience in financial engineering and/or capital markets microstructure
• Note
• If you don't meet all of the listed requirements, but think you're a good fit for the position, please apply so we can review.
• Logistics
• Our interview process takes place on Zoom and tends to consist of the following stages:
• Recruiter call (30 minutes)
• Manager interview (60 minutes)
• Technical interview (60 minutes)
• Paid work trial (code review)
• Reference checks
• Please let us know if you require any accommodations for the interview process, and we'll do our best to provide assistance.

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