Synthetix Careers

Join the Synthetix Core Contributor community as a senior Solidity engineer and help build the future of DeFi.

Synthetix is an open-source derivatives liquidity protocol on Ethereum, Optimism, and Base that enables collateral on-chain to back stablecoins, spot synthetic assets, perpetual futures markets, and more. Synthetix Perps V2 has generated over $50B in volume, and Synthetix Perps V3 is rapidly scaling with cross-chain deployments and increased activity.

Synthetix engineers are pushing the bounds of on-chain scalability, decentralization, developer tools, governance, and cross-chain tech. Synthetix is interested in adding more engineers to implement SIPs, build client libraries, and create apps that integrate with the protocol. All Core Contributors are expected to be highly self-motivated and intensely interested in improving their craft.

We’re a small team driven by startup values - we iterate fast, test often, and automate wherever possible. We have some of the most complex dApps on Ethereum powering an ecosystem of other protocols and are constantly building new interfaces and making improvements to existing assets. The current team is globally distributed, with contributors in Australia, North and South America, Europe, and Asia, all working remotely.

Responsibilities:

• Implement and deploy upgrades to the core protocol, market implementations (like perpetual futures), and governance systems using Solidity.
• Process feedback from auditors on smart contract implementations.
• Create and optimize unit and integration tests for existing and new functionality.
• Write code documentation developed by Core Contributors.
• Develop client libraries (using TypeScript, Python, etc.) to streamline integrators’ developer experience.
• Build front-end applications with TypeScript and React that allow users to interact with the protocol.

Ideal candidates:

• Have solid, demonstrable work (on GitHub or otherwise) with Solidity code - 2 years or more
• Have used the Synthetix protocol, providing liquidity and trading and other DeFi products on mainnet and can demonstrate a solid understanding of how Synthetix works
• Written and deployed Solidity smart contracts with significant TVL
• Written extensive automated tests for their contracts and is very familiar with CI tooling such as CircleCI
• Have experience with Solidity security audits (as an author or recipient)
• Built Web3 dApps using React and Typescript
• Collaborative in approach and happy to work with others on projects
• Intellectually curious and enjoys moving fast
• Happy to work remotely and manage their own office environment
• Willing to be flexible with availability to accommodate the fast-paced nature of the cryptocurrency market and open to occasional travel for events

Synthetix Will:

• Pay monthly stipends in USDC
• Offer an incentives package in SNX
• Ensure your code is professionally audited
• Provide a platform for sharing your talents to a global audience
• Pay for travel expenses to events & offsites
• Connect you to a thriving community
• Make you feel welcome!

If the above sounds interesting and you’d like to talk with the team, please email [email protected]. Make sure you attach your CV and a link to your Github account.

Join the Synthetix Core Contributor community as a senior data engineer and help build the future of DeFi.

Synthetix is a derivatives liquidity protocol on Ethereum, Optimism, and Base that enables collateral onchain to back stablecoins, spot synthetic assets, perpetual futures markets, and more. Synthetix Perps V2 has generated over $50B in volume, and Synthetix Perps V3 is rapidly scaling with cross-chain deployments and increased activity.

Synthetix generates a tremendous amount of data onchain, which can be crucial for understanding the performance and functionality of the protocol. Synthetix is interested in adding a data scientist to support the Core Contributors and the community’s understanding of this data.

We’re a small team driven by startup values - we iterate fast, test often, and automate wherever possible. We have some of the most complex dApps on Ethereum powering an ecosystem of other protocols and are constantly building new interfaces and making improvements to existing assets. The current team is globally distributed, with contributors in Australia, North and South America, Europe, and Asia, all working remotely.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and optimize scalable data pipelines to process event data emitted by the Synthetix protocol.
• Build dashboards to surface data related to the core protocol and market implementations.
• Create automation scripts to support engineers, integrators, and the broader Synthetix community.
• Work with third-party DeFi analytics services to ensure they can surface accurate data.

Ideal Candidates:

• Have used the Synthetix protocol, providing liquidity and trading and other DeFi products on mainnet and can demonstrate a solid understanding of how Synthetix works
• Deep experience building data pipelines, dashboards, and analysis using SQL, Python, cloud platforms, and ETL processes
• Ability to maintain/optimize infrastructure for data storage and build API endpoints
• Understand Ethereum smart contracts and can collaborate with developers to improve logging and monitoring of on-chain data
• Collaborative in approach and happy to work with others on projects
• Intellectually curious and enjoys moving fast
• Happy to work remotely and manage their own office environment
• Willing to be flexible with availability to accommodate the fast-paced nature of the cryptocurrency market and open to occasional travel for events

Synthetix Will:

• Pay monthly stipends in USDC
• Offer incentives package in SNX
• Ensure your code is professionally audited
• Provide a platform for sharing your talents to a global audience
• Pay for travel expenses to events & offsites
• Connect you to a thriving community
• Make you feel welcome!

If the above sounds interesting and you’d like to talk with the team, please email [email protected]. Make sure you attach your CV and a link to your Github account.

Join the Synthetix Core Contributor community as a senior full stack engineer and help build the future of DeFi.

Synthetix is an open source derivatives liquidity protocol on Ethereum, Optimism, and Base, which enables collateral onchain to back stablecoins, spot synthetic assets, perpetual futures markets, and more. Synthetix Perps V2 has generated over $50B in volume and Synthetix Perps V3 is rapidly scaling with cross-chain deployments and increased activity.

Synthetix has a thriving ecosystem of projects that are integrated with the protocol, building bots, front-end applications, and smart contracts/protocols that integrate with Synthetix markets and liquidity functionality. This includes Kwenta, Polynomial, Infinex, dHedge, Thales, Overtime, and many more. Synthetix is interested in adding more developer relations experts to support ecosystem partners and community members in building successful projects.

We’re a small team driven by startup values - we iterate fast, test often, and automate wherever possible. We have some of the most complex dApps on Ethereum powering an ecosystem of other protocols and are constantly building new interfaces and making improvements to existing assets. The current team is globally distributed, with contributors in Australia, North and South America, Europe, and Asia, all working remotely.

Responsibilities:

• Work directly with integrators to identify and resolve pain points
• Create guides and improve documentation
• Stay aware of the latest developments in the Synthetix Ecosystem and DeFi broadly.
• Be an active participant in the Synthetix Discord and governance.
• Facilitate open source contributions from community members.

Ideal candidates:

• Have used the Synthetix protocol, providing liquidity and trading and other DeFi products on mainnet and can demonstrate a solid understanding of how Synthetix works
• Experience with trading systems and smart contracts
• Strong familiarity with the broader Ethereum DeFi ecosystem
• Very comfortable troubleshooting issues with smart contracts and front-end apps
• Have solid, demonstrable work (on GitHub or otherwise) with Solidity code - 2 years or more
• Written extensive automated tests for their contracts and is very familiar with CI tooling such as CircleCI
• Have experience with Solidity security audits (as an author or recipient)
• Collaborative in approach and happy to work with others on projects
• Intellectually curious and enjoys moving fast
• Happy to work remotely and manage their own office environment
• Willing to be flexible with availability to accommodate the fast-paced nature of the cryptocurrency market and open to occasional travel for events

Synthetix Will:

• Pay monthly stipends in USDC
• Offer incentives package in SNX
• Ensure your code is professionally audited
• Provide a platform for sharing your talents to a global audience
• Pay for travel expenses to events & offsites
• Connect you to a thriving community
• Make you feel welcome!

If the above sounds interesting and you’d like to talk with the team, please email [email protected] Make sure you attach your CV and a link to your Github account.

Join the Synthetix Core Contributor community as a senior technical product manager and help build the future of DeFi.

Synthetix is an open-source derivatives liquidity protocol on Ethereum, Optimism, and Base that enables collateral onchain to back stablecoins, spot synthetic assets, perpetual futures markets, and more. Synthetix Perps V2 has generated over $50B in volume, and Synthetix Perps V3 is rapidly scaling with cross-chain deployments and increased activity.

Synthetix is interested in adding a product manager to help coordinate the initiatives across all the DAOs (Spartan Council, Treasury Council, Core Contributors, Ambassador Council), ecosystem partners, and community members.

We’re a small team driven by startup values - we iterate fast, test often, and automate wherever possible. We have some of the most complex dApps on Ethereum powering an ecosystem of other protocols and are constantly building new interfaces and making improvements to existing assets. The current team is globally distributed, with contributors in Australia, North and South America, Europe, and Asia, all working remotely. Responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

• The main point of contact with engineers, governance bodies and external ecosystem for status updates, requirements, priorities, etc
• Help drive and execute against the product roadmap, play a key role in the product feature planning process, and work closely with engineering to ensure successful delivery
• Work closely with engineers to plan the project: read specifications and create milestones
• Curate appropriate product structure and processes without limiting creativity or becoming corporate
• Proactively resolve or escalate any issues to minimize the impact on project success or team morale
• Build a high level of transparency, thorough communication & documentation using tools such as Discord, Notion, GitHub
• Research and deep dive into the Ethereum ecosystem and technology to understand and define new features and strategic directions for the protocol
• Track and report on the progress of features and product performance with key internal and external governance points

Ideal candidates:

• Have used the Synthetix protocol, providing liquidity and trading and other DeFi products on mainnet and can demonstrate a solid understanding of how Synthetix works
• Strong familiarity with the broader Ethereum DeFi ecosystem
• Deep technical understanding of the protocol, enabling clear communication with the engineering team
• Ability to ruthlessly prioritize and coordinate across many projects simultaneously
• Able to thrive in a varied and asynchronous work style
• Intellectually curious and enjoys moving fast
• Happy to work remotely and manage their own office environment
• Willing to be flexible with availability to accommodate the fast-paced nature of the cryptocurrency market and open to occasional travel for events
• Technical understanding of distributed systems and/or blockchain technology
• Experience managing technical back-end software projects
• An ability to independently & quickly learn about technical concepts
• An ability to evaluate trade-offs and make effective decisions

Nice to have:

• Software development experience, education, or ability to comprehend solidity or pseudocode
• Chain analysis skills with Dune or similar tools
• An entrepreneurial mindset

Synthetix Will:

• Pay monthly stipends in USDC
• Offer incentives package in SNX
• Ensure your code is professionally audited
• Provide a platform for sharing your talents to a global audience
• Pay for travel expenses to events & offsites
• Connect you to a thriving community
• Make you feel welcome!

If the above sounds interesting and you’d like to talk with the team, please email [email protected] and attach your CV.