Senior Blockchain Security Expert – Certified Systems Full Time (Remote)

Founded in 2018 by professors of Yale University and Columbia University, CertiK is a pioneer in blockchain security, utilizing best-in-class AI technology to secure and monitor blockchain protocols and smart contracts. CertiK’s mission is to secure the cyber world. Starting with blockchain, CertiK applies cutting-edge innovations from academia into enterprise, enabling mission-critical applications to be built with security and correctness.

CertiK is one of the fastest growing and most trusted companies in blockchain security and has become a true market leader. To date, we have collectively worked with over 1700 enterprise clients, helped secure over $90 billion worth of digital assets, and detected over 23,000 vulnerabilities in blockchain code. Our clients include leading projects such as Aave, Polygon, Binance Smart Chain, Terra, Yearn, and Chiliz. Our Q1 2021 revenues have more than quadrupled the revenue of the full 2020 year. Since Q1 2020, our team size has more than doubled, and this rate of growth will continue in 2021, creating a highly effective, remote-friendly culture with talents located worldwide.

CertiK just raised over $60 million in Series B and B+ funding rounds in 2021. Our investors include top VCs like Tiger Global, Coatue Management, Shunwei Capital and Hillhouse Capital as well as industry leaders like Coinbase Ventures and Binance.

Certified Systems is the core organization in CertiK delivering the advanced blockchain security technologies, tooling, platform, and services for the entire CertiK team to use for serving the security protection demand of CertiK’s clients.

About You

You’re a self-starter. You believe in tackling the most important problems, even if they are the most difficult problems. You’re comfortable with the unknown and understand that startup life means that you’re going to be wearing multiple hats. And that’s what motivates you. You’re accountable and obsessed with improvement, both in yourself and in others. You’re up to the challenge of building a world-class company that aims to be the infrastructure for more secure software for all.

About the Role

The primary responsibility of this role is for CertiK’s security-related services. Intersecting cybersecurity and blockchain, CertiK’s security offerings include security consulting, security reviews, security auditing of smart contracts and blockchains, verification of smart contracts, penetration testing, and more. We are looking to hire someone with a passion for Solidity, a deep understanding of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), distributed computing, and security. Candidates should have an eye for detail and have a passion for combining their skills with a flair for creativity and insight to hack smart contracts. This is a fun and challenging full-time position. If you are excited about hacking, threat modeling, scanning, auditing, designing, and enhancing the security of smart contracts across the board then you will thrive in this role. While you work with clients, we will also provide you with plenty of opportunities to get involved with research and development efforts to help us raise the standards of blockchain security.

Requirements

• Passionate about Cryptocurrency/Defi/Blockchain
• 3+ years professional experience as SWE, or Security Expert
• 2+ years of experience in Solidity, the EVM and blockchain technology
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science/Security Information
• You need to be able to take apart abstract concepts and put them back together from both a macro and micro point of view.
• You are great at tightly weaving together loose thoughts on either level into a clearly written narrative.
• You need to be able to go beyond placing yourself in the mind’s eye of a project’s creator, to placing yourself in the minds of various adversarial or free-riding actors.
• You display an uncommon degree of common sense in the way you raise attention to issues involved in all of the above.
• You need to be comfortable regularly taking ownership over more than you were foreseeably assigned while engaged in all of the above.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with the external blockchain developers to audit their code and secure their products including smart contracts, protocols and dapp.
• Contribute to our internal security tools and create new ones that helps for improving the security services by following good engineering practices.
• Conduct security research and publish your findings in technical blog posts / conferences.
• Improve our processes and offering and strive for the satisfaction of our clients
• Mentor junior peers

Bonus Points

• Solid experience in threat analysis, APT or response
• Experience developing tooling in Rust, JS, TS, Python, Vyper
• Strong Math background