Smart Contract Engineer

About us:

Ether.fi is an innovative, rapidly growing crypto-native financial platform on a mission to put users in control of their wealth—making it easy to save, earn, and spend crypto. Positioned as a leading decentralized finance (DeFi) bank, ether.fi offers a fully integrated, non-custodial suite of products—Stake, Liquid, and Cash—that bridge crypto utility with real-world convenience.

As we continue to scale, we’re actively hiring talented, mission-driven individuals who want to shape the future of finance from the ground up.

Learn more at ether.fi.

Position Overview:

We’re looking for engineers who want to build & ship, run the protocol operations, oversee the validators, and optimize for efficiency.

If you’re the kind of person who reads EIPs for fun, runs the staking validators at home, or has passions for automation/optimization, keep reading.

This role is onsite 4 days per week at one of our global offices: NYC, Denver, or the Cayman Islands.

What You’ll Work On:

• Building and Operating the safest and most efficient Ethereum Staking Protocol

• Designing and deploying Solidity smart contracts for staking and restaking strategies.

• Building backend systems to automate on-chain operations, secure user flows, and integrate protocol logic.

• Engaging in rigorous testing, code reviews, and documentation to uphold high standards of quality and maintainability.

• Participating as the security guardian in securing ether.fi's web3 tech stacks/ops.

You Might Be a Fit If You:

• Strong programming & design skill in Solidity

• Have strong fundamentals in software engineering & enjoys problem solvings.

• Care about clean & secure smart contract code, and think deeply about edge cases and failure modes.

• Thrive in fast-moving environments where specs are open-ended and the best idea wins.

• Have hacked on Blockchain/Smart Contract stuff for fun — maybe you’ve built your own smart contracts, audited protocols, or played around with multiple DeFi protocols, MEV bots, etc.

• At least 4 years industry experience

Benefits:

• Competitive salary, performance-based incentives, and token allocation grant

• Opportunity to work with a Top 5 Ethereum protocol, by TVL

• Opportunities for professional development and growth within the organization

• Health, dental, and vision insurance plans

• Collaborative and inclusive work culture

• Exposure to cutting-edge technologies in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space

• Global team with opportunity for travel and working out of our 3 offices around the world

• 4 weeks work from anywhere

• Exciting company events and team-building off-sites