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# Web3 Developer / Protocol Engineer

- **Company:** HYPERLIQUID LLC
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $65,460.0 - $163,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Algorithmic Trading, Applications Architecture, C++ (Programming Language), Code Review, Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Blockchain, TypeScript, Rust (Programming Language), Git, Low Latency, Solidity, Web3.js, Golang
- **Published:** September 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=e7ef239345ddee16

## About the Role

* Strong software engineering fundamentals and practical blockchain development experience.
 * Experience with Rust, Solidity, TypeScript, Python, Go, C++, or similar systems/backend languages.
 * Understanding of EVM architecture, smart contracts and blockchain transaction lifecycles.
 * Experience working with RPCs, APIs, wallets, signatures and on-chain data.
 * Understanding of decentralized exchanges, order books, perpetual futures or DeFi protocols.
 * Strong knowledge of testing, debugging, Git and production software development.
 * Ability to reason about security, performance, concurrency and failure scenarios.
 * Comfortable taking ownership of technically complex problems with limited hand-holding.

Experience with high-performance blockchain systems, consensus, validator/node infrastructure, trading engines, market data, smart-contract security or low-latency systems is a strong advantage., Job type: Full-time, Permanent
Experience: Blockchain/Web3 development experience preferred
Focus: Protocol engineering, blockchain infrastructure, trading systems, HyperEVM/HyperCore integrations

## Description

* Build and maintain protocol-level and Web3 infrastructure for blockchain-based trading systems.
 * Develop integrations with HyperCore, HyperEVM, APIs, RPC infrastructure and on-chain data.
 * Design reliable transaction, signing, wallet and account-management flows.
 * Build smart contracts and supporting services for trading and DeFi functionality.
 * Work with spot and perpetual market data, orders, positions, balances and other on-chain state.
 * Develop backend components that communicate with blockchain nodes and trading infrastructure.
 * Improve performance and reliability of latency-sensitive blockchain applications.
 * Research protocol behavior and translate technical specifications into production systems.
 * Write tests, review code and identify security or architectural weaknesses before deployment.
 * Collaborate with other engineers on architecture and new protocol-facing features.

HyperEVM can interact with HyperCore state through mechanisms including read precompiles and system contracts, opening up applications that combine smart-contract logic with native trading infrastructure.