DeFi Protocol Engineer

3 days ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Clearmatics Full time

About Clearmatics

Clearmatics is a pioneering blockchain protocol engineering company that specializes in designing and developing decentralized financial market infrastructures. Our mission is to create a more open, efficient, and resilient financial ecosystem that empowers market participants to solve complex problems in the real economy.

We are committed to building a new market infrastructure that enables peer-to-peer trading and settlement within new markets, leveraging digital assets that track real-world risk factors. Our vision is to make important risk factors tradable, accessible to anyone, anywhere, without reliance on financial intermediaries.

Clearmatics was founded in 2015 and has since been a strong advocate of Open Source development and an active participant in the blockchain and cryptography research communities. We are also a supporter of decentralized infrastructure initiatives.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled DeFi Protocol Engineer to join our Layer 1 Engineering team. The successful candidate will design and prototype decentralized financial protocols on Autonity, a public blockchain for decentralized derivatives clearing. This role requires a deep understanding of blockchain infrastructure, financial derivatives, and quantitative finance fundamentals.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and prototype decentralized financial protocols on Autonity
  • Work alongside smart contract engineers to provide technical design choices and review code and tests
  • Collaborate with quantitative researchers to develop new models and simulations
  • Produce written technical design specifications for external publication and internal use
  • Stay up-to-date with new developments in the DeFi and broader blockchain space

Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience designing, researching, or implementing DeFi protocols
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant quantitative or computational field of study
  • Broad and deep understanding of the DeFi landscape and major DeFi primitives
  • Proficiency in Python programming and Ethereum development
  • Proficiency with the Python scientific computing stack (NumPy, Pandas, Jupyter)
  • Ability to document and explain DeFi protocols clearly and concisely
  • Love of mathematics and ability to translate mathematical concepts into code

Bonus Points

  • Expertise in economics, game theory, applied cryptography, or distributed systems
  • Smart contract programming experience in open-source Web3 projects using Solidity

What We Offer

Our compensation is blockchain competitive and dependent on your skills and experience. We offer a dynamic and collaborative work environment that fosters innovation and growth.



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