Sky Mavis ★ 2.8

About Sky Mavis

Sky Mavis, the pioneer behind the blockchain game Axie Infinity, is revolutionizing the virtual gaming world with innovative technology and infrastructure. We are committed to fostering a dynamic and inclusive work culture where individuals can bring their authentic selves to the table. As a team of entrepreneurial disruptors and gamers, we are driven by a shared passion for making a meaningful impact and embracing the challenges and critiques that come with being at the forefront of technological advancement.

About The Role

SkyMavis is looking for a Smart Contract Engineer who will closely collaborate with fellow engineers and product managers to build infrastructure and bring privacy and scalability infrastructure to our ecosystem.

Responsibilities

Technical expertise

• Keep up with business requirements and concerns across the community and internal teams
• Maintain high product quality as well as engineering quality
• Proactively provide recommendations for innovative solutions to stakeholders' requests
• Architecture and design of distributed protocols with an emphasis on security, performance, and scalability
• Write, deploy, and test smart contracts and maintain them in production
• Develop and own best practices for protocol upgrades and versioning across different networks
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and design on the user-facing applications built around our smart contract protocols
• Stay updated with the latest Solidity releases, developer tooling, and exploits
  
  

Teamwork activities

• Mentor other engineers on in-depth topics and best practices. Training and sharing with other members to improve the competence of the team
• Work with other team members and departments to process tasks with clear direction and deliverables
• Frequently collect feedback, accelerate performance, and provide coaching/training for team members to ensure their development
  
  
  

Requirements

Education

• At least a BSc./BA. in Computer Science, Software Engineering/ Information Technology, or experience in related fields
• Have outstanding academic performance with a high GPA; awards, prizes, and research is a plus
  
  

Experiences

• 3+ years of smart contract development, including production deployments of original, non-trivial protocols and related security audits
• Have an analytical and metrics-driven work style with outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience designing distributed protocols
• Experience designing, building, testing, deploying, and maintaining high-traffic smart contracts
• Have the ability to balance shipping quickly with building stable infrastructure
• Have strong knowledge of the Ethereum Virtual Machine and other EVM-compatible networks, DeFis, and other Web3 ecosystems
• Have a strong test-driven development mindset or have worked with formal verification testing is a plus
• Can collaborate fluently in English with other teams
  
  
  

Skills

• Experience working with startups is a plus
• Demonstrate strong research skills, brainstorming, and ideating on new protocol designs. Help the Research team to evaluate the feasibility of any scaling solutions and problems
• Show strong security mindset, problem-solving, time management, and project management skill to allocate personnel and resources for projects
• Engage and work with both internal and external auditing teams and implement feedback
  
  

Attitude

• Familiar with agile software development and engineering culture
• Passion for blockchain technologies and Web3
• Be an innovator and raise your voice to contribute to the team's development
• You're a team player and can work closely with the rest of our team
• You learn quickly and adapt to new principles and ideas
• High responsibility and diligence
  
  
  

Benefits

• A front-row seat to one of the most exciting blockchain projects that make positive impacts in changing many people's lives globally
• A fast-paced, young, active, and fun working environment where everything revolves around games and cute species
• Give you freedom & ownership of your work
• You'll acquire new skills as we usher in a new era of ownership
• Embrace your nature as a gamer. (Why else would you want to join us?)
• Help you to give your family the security that they deserve