Security Engineer - Solana, C/Rust

March 12

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Asymmetric is a venture capital firm that partners with founders who are defining their own trajectories and solving significant problems within their industries. The firm prides itself on its unique approach, bringing its extensive networks and experience as former founders and operators to help create asymmetric outcomes for its portfolio companies. With a focus on integrity, strategic partnerships, and operational support, Asymmetric invests across various sectors and stages, aiming to help companies grow from their initial customers to public offerings. The firm values intellectual rigor, creativity, and integrity in its partnerships, providing data-driven financial guidance alongside strategic and operational support.

2 - 10 employees

💸 Finance

📋 Description

• Asymmetric Research ("AR") is a boutique security venture focused on deep partnerships with L1/L2 blockchains and DeFi protocols in an effort to keep them safe. • We specialize in four core domains of web3 security; research, engineering, incident response, and infrastructure services. • AR is a fully remote organization and members of our team have been strongly committed to open-source values for decades. • We pride ourselves on maintaining the highest levels of confidentiality, trust, and professionalism. • Design and implement security and defense-in-depth controls to prevent and limit vulnerabilities. • Perform cutting edge security research in Solana and Rust-based blockchains. • Develop security tooling and developer workflows to aid in the early detection of vulnerabilities. • Collaborate with core contributors to conduct internal security audits. • Shepherd external security audits with the help of leading third-party audit firms. • Operate bug bounty programs on Immunefi. • Work in a diverse decentralized team environment with web3 professionals. • Clearly communicate security risks and solutions. • Adhere to the highest standards of integrity, trust, and professionalism.

🎯 Requirements

• Strong desire to understand how things work, and the ability to quickly absorb new information. • Familiarity with at least one or more Rust-based smart contract platforms, including (non-exhaustive) Solana, Cosmwasm, NEAR (strong preference to pre-existing Solana experience). • Proven experience as a consultant, engineer, bug bounty hunter or auditor. • Prior experience working with open source development practices. • Willingness and aptitude to learn multiple C and Rust-based runtimes. • Understanding of blockchain infrastructure technologies, such as bridging or oracles. • Prior experience with code reviews. • Prior experience with reverse engineering, binary exploitation, and/or fuzzing. • Prior leaderboard ranking on bug bounty, code audit contest, or CTF competitions.

🏖️ Benefits

• 25-days paid vacation • Competitive Base Salary • Lucrative Bonus Programs • Premium Healthcare • Generous office, equipment, education, and health/wellness stipends • Pension / 401K programs • Life Insurance