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Use these job description templates to hire blockchain engineers. Calibrated to 2025 market rates and realistic skill requirements.
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Senior Solidity engineers command $160,000–$220,000 base + token allocation in 2025. Required: 3+ years production Solidity, Foundry proficiency, 95%+ test coverage, deep understanding of reentrancy and oracle manipulation. Web3 frontend engineers: $140,000–$190,000 with React/Next.js and viem/ethers.js experience. DevOps: $150,000–$200,000 with Kubernetes and HSM experience.
Smart Contract Engineer (Solidity)
Level: Senior (3+ years Solidity)
Compensation: $160,000–$220,000 base + token allocation
Required:
3+ years production Solidity development
Deployed contracts handling >$1M in assets (provide Etherscan links)
Foundry proficiency: 95%+ test coverage in prior projects
Deep understanding of: reentrancy, oracle manipulation, flash loans, access control
Familiar with: OpenZeppelin, ERC standards, proxy patterns
Strong plus:
Audit findings reports (having found bugs in other protocols via Code4rena/Sherlock)
DeFi protocol architecture experience (AMM, lending, perpetuals)
Formal verification experience (Certora, Halmos)
Interview process:
Technical screen: 30-min call about past protocol work
Code review: review a real protocol's code for vulnerabilities (1 hour)
System design: design a lending protocol from scratch (1 hour with whiteboard)
Cultural/team fit: 30-min with team lead
Web3 Frontend Engineer
Level: Mid-Senior (2+ years Web3 experience)
Compensation: $140,000–$190,000
Required:
React/Next.js proficiency
viem or ethers.js experience
Wallet connection (RainbowKit or wagmi)
Understanding of: gas estimation, transaction lifecycle, multicall patterns
Strong plus:
The Graph subgraph integration
ERC-4337 smart account UX patterns
WalletConnect v2 integration
Experience with real-time blockchain data (WebSocket, event listeners)
Blockchain Infrastructure/DevOps
Level: Senior
Compensation: $150,000–$200,000
Required:
Kubernetes/Docker for blockchain node deployment
Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, alerting
Cloud: AWS or GCP blockchain node hosting
HSM experience (AWS CloudHSM or Thales Luna) preferred
On-call experience for production blockchain systems
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