About Sky Mavis

Sky Mavis, the pioneer behind the blockchain game Axie Infinity, is revolutionizing the virtual gaming world with innovative technology and infrastructure. We are committed to fostering a dynamic and inclusive work culture where individuals can bring their authentic selves to the table. As a team of entrepreneurial disruptors and gamers, we are driven by a shared passion for making a meaningful impact and embracing the challenges and critiques that come with being at the forefront of technological advancement.

About the role

SkyMavis's looking for a Smart Contract Engineer who will closely collaborate with fellow engineers and product managers to build infrastructure and bring privacy and scalability infrastructure to our ecosystem.

Responsibilities

Technical expertise

• Keep up with business requirements and concerns across the community and internal teams.
• Maintain high product quality as well as engineering quality.
• Proactively provide recommendations for innovative solutions to stakeholders’ requests.
• Architecture and design of distributed protocols with an emphasis on security, performance, and scalability.
• Write, deploy, and test smart contracts and maintain them in production.
• Develop and own best practices for protocol upgrades and versioning across different networks.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and design on the user-facing applications built around our smart contract protocols.
• Stay updated with the latest Solidity releases, developer tooling, and exploits.

Teamwork activities

• Mentor other engineers on in-depth topics and best practices. Training and sharing with other members to improve the competence of the team.
• Work with other team members and departments to process tasks with clear direction and deliverables.
• Frequently collect feedback along with accelerating performance and providing coaching/training for team members to ensure the member’s development.

Education

• At least a BSc./BA. in Computer Science, Software Engineering/ Information Technology, or experience in related fields.
• Have outstanding academic performance with a high GPA; awards, prizes, and research is a plus.

Experiences

• 2+ years of smart contract development, including production deployments of original, non-trivial protocols and related security audits.
• Have an analytical and metrics-driven work >
• Experience designing distributed protocols.
• Experience designing, building, testing, deploying, and maintaining high-traffic smart contracts.
• Have the ability to balance shipping quickly with building stable infrastructure.
• Have strong knowledge of the Ethereum Virtual Machine and other EVM-compatible networks, DeFis and other Web3 ecosystems.
• Can collaborate fluently in English with other teams.

Skills

• Experience working with startups is a plus.
• Demonstrate strong research skills, brainstorming and ideating on new protocol designs. Help the Research team to evaluate the feasibility of any scaling solutions and problems.
• Show strong problem-solving, time management and project management skill to allocate personnel and resources for projects.
• Engage and work with both internal and external auditing teams and implement feedback.

Attitude

• Familiar with agile software development and engineering culture.
• Passion for blockchain technologies and Web3.
• Be an innovator and raise your voice to contribute to the team's development.
• You're a team player and can work closely with the rest of our team.
• You learn quickly and adapt to new principles and ideas.
• High responsibility and diligence.

Front row seat to one of the most exciting blockchain projects that is making a positive impact and changing people’s lives globally

A fast-paced, active, and fun working environment where everything revolves around games and cute beings

A competitive salary package that fits your skills, experiences, and contributions

Freedom, autonomy & ownership around your work

Contribute to making revolutionary games

Acquire new and unique skills as we usher in a new era of digital ownership

Give yourself and your family the security you deserve