About Us
Chainlink Labs is one of the primary contributing developers of Chainlink, the industry-standard oracle platform bringing the capital markets onchain and powering the majority of decentralized finance. The Chainlink stack provides the essential data, interoperability, compliance, and privacy standards needed to power advanced blockchain use cases for institutional tokenized assets, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), payments, stablecoins, and more. Many of the world’s largest financial services institutions have also adopted Chainlink’s standards and infrastructure, including Swift, Euroclear, Mastercard, Fidelity International, UBS, ANZ, Aave, GMX, Lido, and many others.
Chainlink Labs is a world-class team of over 600 developers, researchers, and capital markets experts, and has ranked among Fortune's Best Workplaces in Technology, Fortune's Best Medium Workplace, and the Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces. Learn more at chain.link or chainlinklabs.com.
About the Role
As a Senior Smart Contract Engineer at Chainlink Labs, you will develop highly impactful smart contracts that further secure Chainlink CCIP networks, drive on-chain projects end to end and implement new on-chain features. You will work closely with all functions at Chainlink, from engineering, operations, finance, marketing, and more to ensure the team releases easy to use and easy to manage smart contract driven products. Your core team will be composed of smart contract and software engineers and you will report to the engineering lead on the team.
Your Impact:
Owning large components of the smart contract architecture that secures Chainlink CCIP
Actively participate in leveling up yourself and your peers in Solidity and smart contract development
Work closely with fellow engineers to build the end to end experience for your products
Work closely with operations to ensure smooth deployment and management of your dApps
Partner with the research team to build products that are practical and easy to use
Collaborate with non-technical stakeholders to ensure you build products that deliver positive user experience and meet business constraints
Requirements:
At least 5-8+ years of professional engineering experience working in a collaborative product-driven environment
At least 3+ years of smart contract development experience
Deployed multiple smart contracts to Ethereum Mainnet or an EVM compatible chain that secured substantial user funds
Deep understanding of Solidity and the EVM
Active participant in the blockchain ecosystem as a user
Experience owning multi month long projects, including communication of progress, dependencies, and risk mitigation directly with stakeholders and partners
Computer science fundamentals and systems design
Experience building dApps end to end
All roles with Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based. Unless otherwise stated, we ask that you try to overlap some working hours with Eastern Standard Time (EST).
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What We Do
Chainlink Labs is one of the primary contributing developers of Chainlink, the backbone of blockchain. Chainlink is unifying liquidity across global markets and has enabled over $20 trillion in transaction value across the blockchain economy. Major financial market infrastructures and institutions, such as Swift, Fidelity International, and ANZ Bank, as well as top DeFi protocols including Aave, GMX, and Lido, use Chainlink to power next-generation applications for banking, asset management, and other major sectors.
Why Work With Us
Chainlink Labs is designed for the bold—those who aren’t afraid to challenge the status quo and drive innovation. Here, you're not just stepping into your next role; you're becoming part of a seismic shift in how the world operates.
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