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About the Company

Founded in 2018 by professors of Yale University and Columbia University, CertiK is a pioneer in blockchain security, utilizing best-in-class AI technology to secure and monitor blockchain protocols and smart contracts
CertiK’s mission is to secure the cyber world
Starting with blockchain, CertiK applies cutting-edge innovations from academia to enterprises, enabling mission-critical applications to be built with security and correctness
CertiK is one of the fastest growing and most trusted companies in blockchain security and has become a true market leader
To date, we have collectively worked with over 1800 enterprise clients, helped secure over $310 billion worth of digital assets, and detected over 31,000 vulnerabilities in blockchain code
Our clients include leading projects such as Aave, Polygon, Binance Smart Chain, Terra, Yearn, and Chiliz
CertiK just raised over $140 million and is backed by Coatue, Tiger Global, Sequoia, and Hillhouse Capital
About You

You are super interested in the crypto industry and you look forward to learning and helping shape its future
You enjoyed the computer science or data science fundamentals classes and are looking forward to applying them in a real-world setting
You are a fast learner and you strike a good balance between independent thinking and teamwork
You like to dive deep into technical problems and you value creativities built on top of a rigorous foundation
About the Role

You will help build an end-to-end system that reads data from the ecosystem (including from the blockchain), processes and analyzes them, identifies unusual and suspicious activities from the data, and serves them to the end user to help make the crypto world a safer place
You'll work with a team of security engineers, data scientists, and software engineers to build this together and gain exposure to data ingestion, scraping, data pipeline, DevOps (including machine learning ops), and full stack

Responsibilities

    • Develop python/shell scripts for SDLC tooling and automations
    • Set up monitoring and logging agents and configure monitors
    • Work with cloud services and implement Terraform templates
    • Create and automate data pipelines with airflow and dbt
    • Build machine learning pipelines and the platform
    • Operate blockchain nodes

Qualifications

    • Pursuing Bachelor's or above degree in Computer Science or related fields
    • Demonstrated knowledge of computer science concepts such as data structures, algorithms, operating systems, databases and networks
    • Fluent in Bash, Python and SQL
    • Experience with one of the following: software engineering, system design, DevOps, cloud technologies, data scraping, data quality, MLOps, or blockchains
      At least one course or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

    • Pursuing Masters or PhD in Computer Science or related fields
    • Experience in startup
    • Strong contributor to open source community

About the Company

One of the fastest-growing and most trusted companies in blockchain security, CertiK is a true market leader
To date, CertiK has worked with over 3,200 Enterprise clients, secured over $310 billion worth of digital assets, and has detected over 60,000 vulnerabilities in blockchain code
Our clients include leading projects such as Aave, Polygon, Binance Smart Chain, Terra, Yearn, and Chiliz
Investors = Insight Partners, Sequoia, Tiger Global, Coatue Management, Lightspeed, Advent International, SoftBank, Hillhouse Capital, Goldman Sachs, Coinbase Ventures, Binance, Shunwei Capital, IDG Capital, Wing, Legend Star, Danhua Capital and other investors
Compensation

$2000 – $6000/month (fulltime)
The exact compensation at which this job is filled will be determined by the skills and experience of qualified candidates
#blockchain#startups#hiringCertiK is proud to offer medical, vision, and dental insurance, 401(k) plan with company matching, life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, HSA (with high deductible plan), FSA, and other benefits to all full-time employees, along with flexible paid time off and holidays
 In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire
CertiK is proud to be an equal opportunity employer
We will not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, medical condition, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status or civil partnership/union status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth, genetic information, military and veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state or local law
CertiK will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements
All CertiK employees are expected to actively support diversity on their teams, and in the Company