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Software Engineer (Engineer III to Principal) - Formal Methods

New York, NY / Seattle, WA / San Francisco Bay Area, CA / Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2025-01-12 → 2026-09-25

Core

Design and develop automated analysis tools to ensure the correctness and security of smart contracts and blockchain protocols using formal methods.

Role type

Research software engineer (formal methods)

Builds

Automated verification tools for smart contracts and blockchain applications

Domain

Blockchain security, formal methods, automated reasoning

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

programming language theory, automated reasoning, symbolic model checking, SAT/SMT solving, abstract interpretation, data flow analysis, deductive verification

Preferred skills

experience with computationally hard problems, track record of tool development, startup experience

Technologies

symbolic model checking, SAT/SMT solvers, abstract interpretation, data flow analysis, deductive verification

Responsibilities

design and develop tools for automated correctness verification of smart contracts, implement techniques from theoretical computer science, iterate on tool improvements

Seniority

Engineer III to Principal

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