Principal EVM Software Engineer - Smart Contracts Team

Posted 20 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote
Senior level
Information Technology • Software • Cryptocurrency • Web3
The Role
The Principal EVM Software Engineer will enhance, design, and develop smart contract services on the Hedera network, focusing on optimizing EVM features while contributing to compiler algorithms and VM state processing. This role requires extensive programming expertise and collaboration to improve system performance and features.
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About Hashgraph:

Hashgraph is a fast-growing software company committed to supporting, developing and servicing Hedera, an open source, proof-of-stake platform. Hedera is EVM-compatible and has been specifically built to meet the needs of enterprise and Web3 applications, which require speed, security, stability and sustainability. Hedera’s public network is governed by industry-leading organizations, spanning 11 sectors and 14 regions who oversee the development and direction of the decentralized platform.

About the role:

The Smart Contracts team is looking for a seasoned EVM engineer who can contribute to the performance and optimization of the Hedera native services (Java) and the web3 services (JS/TS) that process transaction bytes to transform the network node states and expose network block, transaction, and account data.

You may find yourself doing all of the following:

  • Designing, implementing, and innovating compiler and optimization algorithms
  • Implementing and enhancing the Java and Node JS-based smart contract services on the Hedera network that expose EVM features
  • Contributing to open source code clients that focus on VM state transitions based on contract bytecode with a goal of new feature support and performance improvements
  • Contributing to the design and management of EVM state processing parallelization
  • Developing various aspects of the Hedera Hashgraph Distributed Ledger Ecosystem
  • Being a strong and proficient hands-on programmer
  • Spending 80% of your time designing, coding, and testing

Qualification Requirements:

  • Master’s degree in Computer Science or a similar field, or equivalent work experience
  • 7+ years of software development experience
  • Experience with distributed open-source application development
  • Hotspot JVM or GraalVM experience
  • Excellent debugging, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills
  • Experience with compilers, parsers, interpreters, and garbage collectors
  • Experience with performance, static code, and data-flow analysis
  • Expertise in the Java programming language, VM, and its ecosystem of libraries and tools
  • Deep knowledge of and experience with an EVM-based blockchain
  • Experience writing and debugging smart contracts for an EVM-based ledger
  • Experience with web3 tools written in JavaScript or TypeScript
  • Experience in a tech or team lead role with the ability to guide engineers up to the Staff level
  • Strong grasp of Computer Science fundamentals, including concurrency, performance optimization, and reusability
  • Strong engineering principles and processes aimed at developing simple, modular, testable, and high-quality code
  • Familiarity with high-performance architectural systems and design patterns
  • Familiarity with test-driven software development processes and continuous integration tools and systems

Other skills that are great to bring with you but that we can help you develop:

  • Experience with blockchain (e.g., Bitcoin or Ethereum) protocol development is a plus
  • EVM Client development
  • Familiarity with security principles, cryptographic tools, and libraries
  • Experience in developing libraries and platforms for use and deployment by application developers

Top Skills

Java
JavaScript
Typescript
The Company
83 Employees
Remote Workplace
Year Founded: 2022

What We Do

Accelerate the Future on Hedera

Hashio Status: https://status.swirldslabs.com/

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