Company overview

Welcome to FastLane Labs, a cutting-edge DeFi protocol that's revolutionizing the way block producers extract value from new blocks. We're thrilled to be leading the charge in bringing an ecosystem friendly MEV solution to Polygon and are excited to grow our team to help us achieve our ambitious goals.

We recently closed our seed investment round, led by Multicoin capital and including Polygon Ventures and Symbolic Capital. Our protocol is currently deployed on the Polygon blockchain and is in open beta, with over 20% of the hash rate currently covered.

We're looking for passionate and ambitious individuals to join our team and help us continue to push the boundaries of what's possible with MEV. If you're excited about the future of DeFi and want to be a part of a dynamic and rapidly growing startup, we'd love to hear from you!

Job title and overview

As a Senior Blockchain Engineer at FastLane Labs, you will play a critical role in designing and developing our DeFi protocol. This is a hands-on position that will see you working closely with our team to contribute to the protocol's tokenomics, design and develop its smart contracts, and ensure it is secure and operating efficiently.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on the cutting edge of blockchain technology and to be a part of a dynamic and rapidly growing startup. If you're passionate about DeFi and have a proven track record in blockchain development, we'd love to hear from you!

Key responsibilities

• Design and develop the protocol's smart contracts
• Contribute to the design of our tokenomics
• Test and debug the protocol to ensure its security and stability
• Help provide amazing support to our community of searchers and validators
• Collaborate with the rest of the development team to rapidly deliver new features and improvements

Requirements

To be considered for the role of Senior Blockchain Engineer at FastLane Labs, you will need to meet the following requirements:

• Proven experience in blockchain development for greenfield, complex and deployed applications, with a focus on smart contract development and deployment
• Strong understanding of blockchain technology and DeFi concepts
• Experience with Solidity and the Ethereum ecosystem
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience working with a small team in dynamic environment
• Knowledge of security best practices for smart contract development
• A degree in Computer Science or a related field beneficial but is not required
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

If you have experience in a similar role, and have a passion for blockchain technology and DeFi, we would love to hear from you.

Benefits

At FastLane Labs, we believe in taking care of our team members and we offer a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees in their personal and professional lives. In addition to a competitive salary, our benefits include:

• Unlimited Paid Time Off: We believe in making sure everyone gets the rest and recovery they need to perform at their best, so we provide our employees with unlimited paid time off to help them recharge.
• Remote first: We are a globally distributed team and embrace a remote-first approach to everything that we do.
• Regular off-sites: A couple of times a year we bring the team together in one location to have an opportunity to work and socialize with colleagues in person.
• ESOP: At such an early stage in our business, every member of the team is critical to our success, and we believe that everyone should be rewarded when we make it. That’s why we include an employee share options package (ESOP) for all our early hires.
• Pseudo Anon-Friendly: We’ll protect your information as much as possible.

And for our US team we offer comprehensive health insurance policies to meet the healthcare needs of our team there.

How to apply

If you're excited about the opportunity to join our team, we'd love to hear from you! To apply, please follow these steps:

1. Submit your resume, cover letter and any relevant work samples to [email protected]
2. In your cover letter/email, please mention the code word "MEV" to show that you have read the instructions carefully.

We look forward to hearing from you.