Protocol Engineer (Uniswap Foundation) at Auditless

We build protocols.

Auditless is a web3-native protocol studio focused on protocol strategy, design & development. We help crypto protocols improve their performance through strategic advisory and protocol development.

Not a dev shop.

Our process combines techniques from strategy consulting, product management and high assurance software engineering to ensure that the features we ship deliver bottom line impact. We are proud to collaborate with some of the most sophisticated and impactful companies in crypto.

Partnering with ambition.

We are not afraid to work on ambitious ideas from the earliest stages. We enjoy building products that aim to radically improve user experience in large markets and we actively seek out problems that are research heavy in their scope.

We do this for fun.

Auditless is an independently owned studio and not beholden to any outside interests. We actively choose projects that we think will be impactful and also challenge us in new ways.

Here's a recent example of our work: https://medium.com/auditless/aera-protocol-behind-the-scenes-a8aadea10603.

This is a Uniswap Foundation-specific opportunity.

The Uniswap Foundation is allocating a $1.2M grant to Auditless to spearhead the Protocol Grants Program. The scope of the grant will be to create value for all Uniswap ecosystem stakeholders by funding protocol development with the goal of reducing transaction costs and latency, increasing protocol flexibility and scalability and strengthening Uniswap's value proposition as a developer platform. We will build relationships with core stakeholders in the ecosystem, stay on the cutting edge of DeFi innovation and design grants to support the continued development and innovation of the protocol. We will also collaborate closely with the grantee teams, facilitate collaboration between the grantees, existing protocol contributors and core stakeholders.

If you love Uniswap and are excited about helping to develop one of the most pivotal ecosystems in DeFi in collaboration with some of the highest calibre individuals in crypto, this is the role for you.

TL:DR;

This role is ideal for someone who is looking to “do their best work yet” in the crypto space and impact one of the industry's most important and beloved protocols. You will have the opportunity to deeply research some of the most exciting protocols and innovations in the space, hack together public goods projects for the benefit of the Uniswap ecosystem as well as interface with and support amazing developers in the Uniswap ecosystem. You'll be part of a team whose work will determine new product creation, significant grant allocations and other industry shaping decisions.

The right candidate has a relentless curiosity about how recent DeFi innovations work and is excited for an engineer-in-residence type role where they get to explore a variety of topics.

For better or worse, you'll also get to work closely with me (Peteris).

What you'll do

• Research emerging DeFi protocols and innovations and succinctly communicate their impact to the Uniswap ecosystem. Make recommendations on areas that are most promising for future protocol development.
• Develop public goods projects across the whole stack, from POCs, dashboards, template repos, hook experiments to security examples and documentation.
• Help shape grants to other developer organizations and support them in building on Uniswap.
• Participate in internal security audits with an emphasis on robust process, continuous learning and ownership
• Embrace and contribute to our internal methodologies, coding standards, review methods and other standard operating procedures
• Write blog posts or other forms of content marketing related to your work from time to time
• This is a client-facing role. The ideal candidate will be excited to work closely with a top-tier crypto institutions and talent on high impact projects.

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a professional engineering role
• 2+ years of experience in Solidity smart contract development
• Comfortable learning about and contributing to complex DeFi protocols that may involve an understanding of MEV, trading, incentives, mechanism design
• Ability to work efficiently in a remote environment
• Ability to write clear & compelling code and documentation with a security-first mindset
• Excitement to work in an early stage setting with significant uncertainty, evolving scope/requirements and many hats to wear

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Foundry & invariant testing
• Experience working in a highly collaborative or client-facing organization
• Experience writing public-facing content/documentation
• Experience in quantitative math / Python data science

How to Apply

Does this role sound like a good fit? You can apply directly here or DM me on X for any questions.