Base is hiring Web3 Senior Smart Contract Engineer, Wallet

Desired Qualifications

Base is planning to bring a million developers and a billion users onchain. We need your help to make that happen. We believe that the onchain platform is the most important builder platform since the internet (“online”). We believe that the onchain platform should be open source, free to use, and globally available. And we believe that in order to make it really work, we need all hands on deck, working together to scale in a secure, decentralized, easy-to-use way. At Base, we live by our
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values: we do the right thing, work hard, stay optimistic, prioritize the team, and push creative boundaries—all while building the future of onchain. We value a
Zone 3+ work ethic, where our team rises to the challenge, embraces hard weeks, and makes small to significant personal tradeoffs when necessary to drive impact and innovation. Base is incubated within Coinbase and plans to progressively decentralize in the years ahead. We believe that decentralization is critical to creating an open, global crypto economy that is accessible to everyone. Base is built on Optimism’s open-source OP Stack. We’re joining as the second Core Dev team working on the OP Stack to ensure it’s a public good available to everyone; and contributing a portion of sequencer revenue to funding public goods. We are looking for a strong Smart Contract Engineer to join the Wallet team to enable and accelerate the success of Base. Our team is on a mission to bring the next billion users onchain. Enabling creators to earn, surfacing onchain UGC content, making payments as easy as a tap, messaging your friends in group chats, and trading crypto – are all just the start of the next consumer app to unlock innovation, creativity, and freedom for everyone. What you ll do: Architect and build secure smart contract protocols and backend services to connect Coinbase users with the onchain ecosystem Drive standardization in crypto protocols by designing and defining interfaces
Work closely with the Base leadership and product team to set our onchain strategy and roadmaps Mentor and train other team members on smart contract engineering best practices What we look for in you: 2+ year Experience with Solidity and smart contract development 3+ year Experience with backend/client side development Deep understanding of smart contract best practices and current industry patterns
Extensive experience with crypto (Ethereum, DeFi etc.) Interest and passion for contributing to the onchain ecosystem Interest and passion for building secure, robust, scalable infrastructure Nice to haves: Experience with Go Experience with zero-knowledge technology Contributions to open source crypto projects Job #: GBSCE05US Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your work location, the target annual salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include target bonus + target equity + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)). Pay Range: $180,625—$212,500 USD Commitment to Equal Opportunity Coinbase is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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