Senior Engineer

The majority of cryptocurrencies sit idle on exchanges and in wallets, without yielding interest. A greater number of assets are stuck in an old financial system and don’t have a path to being onchain. We're on a mission to change that.  At Compound Labs we develop protocols, governance systems, developer tools, and financial products to enable the future of finance. Most notably Compound Labs developed the Compound Protocol, a multi-chain interest rate protocol based on the Ethereum blockchain, that lets developers create new financial applications that are global, safe, and open. The Compound Protocol is one of the largest and most secure DeFi protocols on earth, with billions of dollars in assets earning interest every day. Your Role As a Senior Engineer at Compound, you will help lead our team in building open, transparent, frictionless financial protocols. You will be given the opportunity to design, build, test, and launch products that make DeFi more secure, capital-efficient, accessible, and useful. We work in Solidity, Typescript, Rust, Elixir, Elm, and are forever learning and optimizing everything we make in the name of correct coding. At Compound, you will be part of a cutting edge team building high-caliber technology that has a massive impact on the future of decentralized finance.

What You'll Do:

Build and test smart contracts in Solidity for EVM-based blockchains

Ensure the correctness of financial algorithms

Build back-end web services that interact with blockchains

Keep a pulse on the DeFi ecosystem and identify improvements or areas of growth for the protocol

Enthusiastically collaborate with a small team, owning and planning projects for long-term impact

Teach and mentor other engineers

What You Bring to the Engineering Team:

Familiarity with the current DeFi ecosystem

Expertise building web-services for highly-trafficked web services

Exceptional judgment, strategic thinking and creative problem-solving skills with a strong analytical mindset

5+ years of professional engineering experience

BA or BS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

Experience with these Technologies is a "Nice to Have:"

Solidity or Yul

Layer 2 blockchains (e.g. Arbitrum, Optimism) and cross-chain bridges

Foundry or Hardhat

Typescript, Elixir, Phoenix

Elm or React

Benefits + Perks:

Competitive compensation

Stock options in Compound Labs

3+ weeks of vacation

Paid parental leave

Full medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan

Company on-sites across the world

Remote available with the option to work in our downtown SF office (metro accessible with transportation stipends)