Daylight
Protocol Engineer
New York, NY +1 · Full-time · Posted Jun 19, 2025
- Location
- New York, NY
New York, New York, United States - Experience
- 3+ years developing and deploying Solidity smart contracts in production.
About the job
Leads development of Daylight’s smart contracts and backend systems for an onchain energy network that tokenizes energy capacity and integrates real-world data.
What you'll do
- Design and implement Solidity contracts and EVM architecture, including cross-chain deployments, staking, token issuance, verification, and rewards.
- Build oracle and offchain data integrations, and support Python/Django APIs, testing, deployments, and protocol security reviews.
- Contribute to incentive design, economic modeling, simulations, and protocol technology research.
What they ask for
- 3+ years developing and deploying Solidity smart contracts in production.
- Deep familiarity with DeFi protocols, such as stablecoins, lending, staking, or yield systems.
- Experience with cross-chain development and integrating offchain data via oracles.
- Understanding of EVM security, auditing practices, and gas optimization; able to write and review Python and support backend engineering.
Nice to have
- Experience building L2-native or modular appchains, or with protocol simulations.
- Open-source protocol contributions, knowledge of energy systems, or experience at early-stage startups.
Tools
Solidity, EVM, LayerZero, Wormhole, Axelar, Chainlink, Chronicle, Python/Django
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