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Blockchain Security Researcher - Australia East

unlimited holidays
Remote: 
Full Remote
Contract: 
Full time
Work from: 
Australia
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OpenZeppelin Startup https://openzeppelin.com/
11 - 50 Employees
About OpenZeppelin
At OpenZeppelin, we have built the world’s leading Open Source library for smart contract development. OpenZeppelin Contracts powers over 3,000 public projects, with over 7,000 stars on Github and maintained by a community of 180+ contributors. We also conduct security audits for the Ethereum Foundation, Coinbase, and other leading organizations in the space. With the success of our product, our security audits work, and our educational efforts, we have set industry standards for building secure systems in a fast-growing industry, which presents new programming paradigms. We are now excited to offer a development platform that will help the growing number of developers working on top of decentralized protocols build the applications that will reach mass adoption.
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Job description

About us

Founded in 2015 with the mission to protect the open economy, OpenZeppelin is the world leader in securing blockchain applications and smart contracts. 

Its bedrock open source Contract Libraries are a public good and industry standard for smart contract development.

OpenZeppelin’s professional expertise, unified with the Defender developer security platform, integrates through clients’ development lifecycles, so teams can plan, code, audit, deploy and operate projects faster and more safely.

This opening is for a Security Researcher role within the company. If you would like to build and maintain the contracts library, Defender or any of our products, consider the product development openings.

What you'll be doing

  • Review smart contracts for the top decentralized applications before they get launched and present findings and vulnerabilities that the protocol can have to the client.

  • Team up with one or two auditors and review code line by line and try to hack it.

  • Working on proposals to make code easier to understand and use in the future by sharing good practices

  • Conduct open-ended research around cutting edge blockchain technologies.

  • Paid time to conduct research and contribute to OpenZeppelin’s projects and knowledge

You have

  • Hands-on and practical experience in one or more of the following areas: software development, cyber security, mathematics.

  • Experience with public Ethereum or other EVM-based blockchains.

  • Knowledge in the Solidity programming language.

  • Intellectual curiosity and the capability to learn complex topics

  • Above-average attention to detail skills.

  • The ability to work independently, with minimal supervision.

  • An advanced English level and great communication skills (oral and written).

  • Passion about the blockchain space and decentralization.

  • Ability to work collaboratively in a distributed team.

Nice to have

  • Experience in Back-end programming using JavaScript, Python, Golang or Rust

  • Experience performing code reviews.

  • Experience in financial engineering and/or capital markets microstructure

Logistics

Our interview process takes place on Zoom and tends to consist of the following stages:

  • Recruiter call (45 minutes)

  • Hiring Manager call (45 minutes)

  • Team member interview (1 hour)

  • Leadership call (30 minutes)

  • Paid work test (lasting up to 10 days)

  • Reference checks

Please let us know if you require any accommodations for the interview process, and we’ll do our best to provide assistance.

Benefits
  • Unlimited holidays 🏝
  • Fully remote: your way of working 🌎
  • Paid parental leave & benefits for primary or second caregiver 💙
  • Company retreats in different locations around the world 😎
  • Work from home office equipment stipend of up to $500 USD 🪑
  • Monthly allowance for wellness activities 💪
  • Coworking: access to a coworking space of your choice 👩‍💻
  • Learning: technical training; spoken language lessons in any language of your choice (using Italki) 🗣
  • Working with a global team in a fast-growing industry 🚀

Please note: Always refer to OpenZeppelin's official job page for the most accurate information about our open roles, as we have seen multiple third party job sites posting inaccurate information.

At OpenZeppelin, we are an equal opportunity employer and we value different perspectives. We are committed to building a diverse workforce. This includes but is not limited to gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, national origin and other characteristics that make each one of us unique. In this uniqueness, we find the most value. Come join us!

 

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Experience

Spoken language(s):
English
Check out the description to know which languages are mandatory.

Hard Skills

Python (Programming Language)ErlangCyber SecuritySolidity (Programming Language)JavaScript (Programming Language)Software DevelopmentRust (Programming Language)

Other Skills

  • Verbal Communication Skills
  • Mathematics
  • Detail Oriented
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