Principal EVM Engineer – Smart Contracts Team - P2P - New Bremen, OH

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