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Senior/Staff Smart Contract Engineer

Company: aPriori
Location: Remote
Type: Remote
Posted: Jun 3, 2025
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DeFi Engineer EVM Smart Contracts Solidity

We are seeking a senior/staff smart contract engineer passionate about solving complex problems and building reliable solutions in the on-chain world. You will play a pivotal role in our journey from testnet to mainnet, with significant ownership in all stages from design, development, deployment, and maintenance.

What We’re Looking For

  • 4-10 years of backend software engineering experience, with 2+ years of experience in Solidity.
  • Experience designing and building at least one mainnet-launched protocol with high TVL on EVM blockchains.
  • Hands-on experience with contract testing, deployment, monitoring, and gas optimization.
  • Deep understanding of smart contract security paradigms and an intrinsic security-first approach.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Strong sense of ownership and a passion for driving complex technical decisions.
  • Ability to move fast and ship software to production with rapid iteration.

Nice to Haves:

  • Experience designing and developing liquid staking solutions and/or other DeFi protocols in production.
  • Familiarity with blockchain internals and validator client behavior.
  • Experience building off-chain software that interacts with smart contracts.
  • Deep knowledge of DeFi legos.
  • Academic background from a top-tier university and/or experience at a well-regarded technology company is a strong plus.

Why Join Us

  • Work at the frontier of crypto and DeFi infrastructure.
  • Join a tight-knit, low-ego team with deep technical chops.
  • Competitive compensation, bonus and token upside.
  • Fully remote, flexible work culture.

About the Company

Name: aPriori
Location: Remote

aPriori is an MEV infrastructure and liquid staking protocol, designed for the parallel execution era and natively built on Monad. We are building the foundational infrastructure for the next era of decentralized finance, helping stakers, protocols and validators maximize yield with transparency and efficiency. Our team is composed of experts in high-performance trading, DeFi protocols, distributed systems, and blockchain infrastructure.