v4 Hooks Architect
Core
Design, prototype, and productionize Uniswap v4 hooks to unlock new markets, dynamic fee structures, and programmable compliance for RWAs.
Role type
Senior IC protocol engineer (DeFi hooks architect)
Builds
Production-ready smart contract hooks, canonical patterns, adapters, simulators, and SDK glue for the Uniswap ecosystem.
Domain
Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Ethereum ecosystem, Uniswap v4 protocol
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Smart contract engineering, Solidity, EVM internals, Foundry, fuzzing, property testing, Uniswap v4 architecture, Uniswap v3 concentrated liquidity, liquidity routing infrastructure, product sense in DeFi
Preferred skills
Shipped v4 hook on mainnet, scalable testing suites, test-driven design
Technologies
Solidity, Foundry, Yul, Dune, Flipside
Responsibilities
Ideate and architect market-tailored hooks for specific segments (volatile pairs, stable pairs, RWAs); Author canonical patterns and reference implementations; Design with distribution in mind by co-creating adoption plans with DeFi protocols; Own security & correctness via threat modeling, fuzzing, and formal verification; Manage data & feedback loops by instrumenting events and running controlled experiments.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC