Morpho Labs
Senior Protocol Engineer
Job Description
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You will accelerate a protocol roadmap by contributing across the full lifecycle of protocol development: research and mechanism design, Solidity implementation, formal verification, and audit cycles. You will run parallel workstreams on new lending primitives, liquidation improvements, oracle integrations, and fixed-rate loans. You will write and review production Solidity code prioritising correctness, gas efficiency, and simplicity. You will lead medium-to-large protocol initiatives end-to-end and think adversarially about security, identifying attack vectors, edge cases, and failure modes. You will prototype ideas using formal analysis, simulation, or verification and collaborate with other engineers and leadership on architecture and deployment decisions.
Requirements
- āMaster's degree in a quantitative field or equivalent depth of knowledge
- ā5+ years of experience in software architectural design and implementation of complex systems
- ā2+ years of experience in blockchain R&D with protocol design and implementation
- āExcellent abstraction capacity to understand and distil complex mechanisms
- āStrong written and verbal communication skills
- āAbility to design elegant systems while shipping pragmatic implementations
- āComfort operating in fast-changing, ambiguous contexts
- āStrong ownership and autonomy
- āCreativity and critical thinking to challenge designs and propose novel solutions
- āTeam-first mindset, low ego, and genuine curiosity about DeFi
- āHumble
Responsibilities
- āResearch and design new lending mechanisms, liquidation strategies, and oracle integrations
- āWrite and review production Solidity code prioritising correctness, gas efficiency, and simplicity
- āLead medium-to-large protocol initiatives end-to-end from research through deployment
- āThink adversarially about protocol design and identify attack vectors and failure modes
- āPrototype protocol ideas using formal analysis, simulation, or verification
- āCollaborate cross-functionally on architecture decisions to keep the protocol stack coherent
- āReview research and conduct literature reviews to bring external insights
Benefits & Perks
- āP90 base compensation via Pave benchmarks
- āMORPHO token grants
- āRelocation support for candidates moving to Paris
- āHealth coverage
- āReal flexibility
- āTime together in Paris
- āSupport for continued learning