Home Jobs Smart Contract Developer Smart Contract Developer Jobs Smart Contract Developers specialise in writing, auditing, and optimising smart contracts — typically in Solidity for EVM chains or Move / Rust for newer chains. The role demands extreme attention to security: bugs are public, immutable, and often expensive (multi-million-dollar exploits have happened).
Salary by Experience Level Junior
$100,000 – $140,000
per year
Mid-Level
$145,000 – $225,000
per year
Senior
$230,000 – $450,000
per year
Required Skills Solidity (deep — pure functions, assembly when needed) Foundry + Hardhat EVM internals + gas optimisation Security patterns (CEI, reentrancy guards, MEV resistance) Audit methodology Formal verification (Certora, K-framework, basic) Tooling (Slither, Mythril, Echidna) Upgradeability patterns (proxy, diamond)
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