Solidity Smart Contract Engineer - MLabs - Los Angeles, CA

Smart Contract Developer - Institutional DeFi Protocol

Location: Remote - US only (preference for onsite/hybrid in LA)

Compensation: $160K - $180K

We are an on-chain financial infrastructure company backed by leading VCs, committed to upgrading financial markets through 24/7 instant settlement. Our first product is an institutional-grade smart contract protocol that facilitates interoperability and liquidity across tokenized financial assets and stablecoins. We are seeking a Smart Contract Developer to join our core engineering team and build the foundational infrastructure that bridges traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi).

This is a high-impact, hands-on role where you will design, develop, and deploy highly secure, robust smart contracts for our core protocol. You will architect on-chain logic, optimize gas efficiency, and ensure best-in-class security practices to enable institutional-grade DeFi operations. You will work within a small, senior team, collaborating closely with security auditors, product, and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

Smart Contract Development: Design, develop, test, and deploy secure smart contracts in Solidity for the core protocol, utilizing development frameworks like Foundry.DeFi Primitives: Implement complex DeFi primitives, including liquidity pools, cross-chain bridges, access control mechanisms, and institutional-grade financial logic.Protocol Architecture: Architect scalable, modular smart contract systems, designing upgradeable contract patterns and governance mechanisms for protocol evolution.Security & Auditing: Conduct thorough internal security reviews and work closely with external auditors to address findings, proactively identifying and mitigating potential vulnerabilities.Quality Assurance: Write comprehensive unit, integration, and fuzzing tests for all smart contract code, contributing to rigorous code reviews.Cross-Chain Work: Implement cross-chain messaging protocols