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Senior Software Engineer, Blockchain (Smart Contracts)

Unlock employer Dubai, United Arab Emirates Posted: 31 Aug 2026

Financial

  • Estimate: $120k - $180k*
  • Zero income tax location

Accessibility

  • Fully Remote
  • Apply from abroad
  • Visa Provided

Requirements

  • Experience: Senior
  • English: Professional

Position

The company is the DeFi ecosystem building financial freedom for everyone. Our products enable users and builders to trade, hold, and track digital assets, with a strong focus on self-custody, comprehensive security, and an intuitive user experience. The company protocols and APIs provide core infrastructure across the DeFi industry and beyond.

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We are constantly seeking exceptional smart contract engineers who think big, move fast, and want to make an impact right from day one. We embrace AI as a force multiplier for engineering and value developers who thoughtfully leverage AI-powered tools to accelerate development, improve code quality, and solve complex technical challenges.

As part of our engineering ecosystem, you will contribute to designing, developing, and optimizing the smart contracts and underlying infrastructure powering the company. We seek sophisticated problem-solvers who can navigate the fast-evolving crypto landscape while executing securely at scale, ensuring our commitment to open-source excellence keeps us at the cutting edge of DeFi.

Responsibilities:

  • Design and optimize blockchain architectures emphasizing scalability, security, and performance.
  • Develop, integrate, and maintain smart contracts across decentralized protocols and infrastructure components.
  • Conduct technical research and build proof-of-concepts for new DeFi and blockchain innovations.
  • Design and improve cross-chain interoperability solutions, including bridging and atomic swap mechanisms.
  • Optimize smart contract execution efficiency with a focus on gas consumption and low-latency performance.
  • Collaborate with internal and external security auditors to identify vulnerabilities and strengthen protocol security.
  • Lead code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices, CI/CD workflows, and development standards.
  • Mentor junior and mid-level engineers while contributing to a collaborative engineering culture.

Who You Are:

  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 3+ years focused on blockchain development.
  • Deep expertise in Ethereum and EVM ecosystems, including Solidity, Yul, and decentralized application architecture.
  • Strong experience building and deploying smart contracts in production environments.
  • Hands-on experience with Layer 2 scaling solutions and cross-chain infrastructure.
  • Proven ability to drive architectural decisions and lead complex technical initiatives from design to deployment.
  • Strong understanding of smart contract security principles, auditing processes, and vulnerability mitigation.
  • Experience working in fast-paced, high-growth engineering environments.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive, ownership-driven mindset.

Nice to Haves:

  • Experience contributing to open-source blockchain or DeFi projects.
  • Familiarity with zero-knowledge technologies and rollup architectures.
  • Experience building high-performance distributed systems or low-latency infrastructure.
  • Understanding of DeFi protocols, liquidity aggregation, or on-chain trading systems.
  • Knowledge of Web3 developer tooling and blockchain infrastructure automation.

Diversity and Inclusion:
The company is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to evaluating all candidates based on their skills, experience, and potential — regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, age, religion, disability, or any other characteristic. We believe diverse teams build better products and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

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