Protocol Security Researcher

📋 Description Review significant protocol and smart contract changes before external audits or production Conduct attacker-driven security research across smart contracts, protocol mechanisms Participate in architecture and design discussions early enough to influence security-critical Investigate risks across adjacent systems, including assets, bridges, oracles, adapters, and other Analyze potential protocol-level failure modes and translate technical concerns into concrete Develop and contribute to AI-assisted security tooling, while evaluating its effectiveness in 🎯 Requirements 5+ years of relevant security experience, with a strong background in smart contract and protocol Demonstrated ability to independently review complex codebases and reason deeply about Strong adversarial mindset, with the ability to move from identifying suspicious behavior to Strong understanding of decentralized finance mechanisms, including lending, liquidations Demonstrated use of AI to improve security research, review quality, analysis depth, or review Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain risks, impact 🎁 Benefits Remote-first working environment with flexibility across Europe, Asia, and the United States. Opportunity to work on complex smart contract, DeFi, and protocol security challenges with Broad scope to influence security architecture, research practices, tooling, and internal security Collaboration with experienced engineers, security researchers, monitoring specialists, incident Opportunity to work at the intersection of protocol security and emerging AI-assisted security Exposure to advanced decentralized finance infrastructure, including lending markets, governance