Smart Contract Developer Assistant Vice President

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure smart contracts for EVM and non-EVM networks, ensuring alignment with product requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business logic into resilient decentralized logic.
• Develop and maintain smart contracts for tokenization, including permissioning, whitelisting, and proxy/upgrade patterns.
• Build comprehensive unit and integration tests and perform internal security reviews to mitigate vulnerabilities like re-entrancy.
• Own the smart contract toolchain, including development environments, linting, and static analysis tools.
• Build and maintain CI/CD workflows to automate build, test, and analysis artifacts for controlled deployments.
• Coordinate with third-party auditors by preparing audit-ready packages and driving remediation efforts.

Requirements

• Strong experience developing smart contracts in Solidity with a security-first mindset.
• Full lifecycle experience: design, build, test, deploy, and maintain smart contracts.
• Deep understanding of token standards, advanced token models, and proxy/upgrade patterns.
• Proficiency with development tools such as Hardhat and modern testing patterns.
• Strong knowledge of EVM/Ethereum fundamentals and secure coding practices.
• Experience with Web3 integration using libraries like Ethers.js or Web3.js.
• Solid understanding of blockchain cryptography, including public/private key management and signing/verification.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building dApps and integrating front-end interfaces with smart contracts.
• Familiarity with institutional digital asset components like wallet management and on-chain/off-chain integration.
• Knowledge of gas optimization and scalability techniques (e.g., OpenGSN).
• Exposure to microservices and back-end stacks such as NodeJS, Java, or C#.
• Experience with non-EVM platforms such as Canton/DAML, Stellar, or Solana.

About the Company

State Street is a global leader in financial services, helping institutional investors manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where employees are empowered to reach their full potential while shaping the future of digital assets.