Smart Contract Engineer

Overview Smart Contract Engineer We are seeking a Smart Contract Engineer to design and implement next-generation protocol primitives that enable machine-verifiable commitments, state attestations, and autonomous coordination across decentralized environments. This role sits at the intersection of protocol research and systems engineering, contributing to the foundations of next-generation physical intelligence systems — where digital protocols coordinate and verify actions across real-world environments Responsibilities • Design cryptoeconomic systems enabling verifiable commitments and programmable state transitions • Research identity, attestation, and reputation primitives within decentralized environments • Develop mechanisms for secure cross-network coordination and trust minimization • Formalize security assumptions and adversarial models for protocol components • Prototype and benchmark new consensus or validation schemes • Collaborate with engineering teams to productionize research outputs • Author technical specifications and research documentation • Contribute to audits and formal security reviews • Engage with the broader research community where appropriate • Engage with the broader research community, including opportunities to contribute to publications, open-source research, and intellectual property Qualifications • Strong foundation in distributed systems, cryptography, or applied mathematics • Experience designing blockchain or decentralized protocol mechanisms • Deep understanding of consensus systems and cryptoeconomic incentives • Familiarity with digital identity, attestation systems, or verifiable data models • Proficiency in Rust, Go, or similar systems-level languages • Ability to move from theoretical design to implementation Nice To Have • Experience with zero-knowledge systems or verifiable computation • Knowledge of decentralized identity (DID) or credential frameworks • Background in mechanism design or formal protocol modelling • Experience contributing to L1/L2 or interoperability protocols • Published research or open-source protocol contributions