This role is with a Calyptus partner.
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What are the role responsibilities?
- Strategy and Leadership: Oversee the security of the Optimism Collective and the entire Superchain security $XXB in assets.
- Detection & Response: Develop robust threat detection and incident response capabilities, and stay up-to-date on emerging threats in the blockchain space.
- Smart Contracts & Protocol Security: Lead security reviews of smart contracts, ensure protocols are secure, identify and mitigate vulnerabilities, and ensure compliance with evolving regulations.
- Crypto Audit Expertise: Work with top crypto audit firms or internal audit teams to ensure the security of our systems, smart contracts, and infrastructure.
- Decentralized Development: Build frameworks that help our open-source contributors ship secure code across the OP-Stack ecosystem.
- Operations: Utilize runtime verification, static analysis, and other advanced tools to ensure security during both development and operational phases.
What skills do you bring?
- Proven experience in security leadership roles, preferably in the blockchain or cryptocurrency industry.
- Expertise in protocol design, smart contract security, and familiarity with formal verification techniques.
- Experience working with or at top crypto audit firms, with a strong understanding of the audit process and security best practices.
- Strong technical skills, including knowledge of automated security tools, fuzz testing, and other cutting-edge technologies.
- Familiarity with Ethereum, the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), and Layer 2 scaling solutions.
- Understanding of cross-chain bridges and other critical decentralized infrastructure.
- A track record of leading security teams in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, with excellent leadership and communication skills.
We are looking for a motivated security professional who is passionate about protecting the broader Ethereum ecosystem. The ideal candidate has a history of success in auditing smart contracts, working on protocol security, and building security teams in innovative, fast-moving environments.
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