Intro

M0 is a stablecoin platform for builders. With M0, developers can create their stablecoins in minutes by extending $M - M0’s superior digital-dollar building block, and customize attributes such as branding, compliance behaviors, and yield distribution mechanics. By extending $M into their own stablecoin, businesses can monetize their digital dollar use cases and maintain control over their money tech stack, while not being burdened by operational heavy-lifting.

M0 is seeking an experienced Senior Protocol Engineer to join our growing team. In this role, you will architect and develop audit-ready smart contracts in Solidity and/or Rust, enhance existing products, maintain comprehensive documentation, participate in code and design reviews to identify optimizations, and collaborate closely with designers, product managers, and other developers.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain secure, audit-ready smart contracts using Solidity and/or Rust.
Improve and extend existing blockchain-based products and protocols.
Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation.
Participate in code and design reviews to ensure quality, security, and performance.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including designers, product managers, and developers.

Qualifications

Strong programming skills: ‍proficiency in smart contract development using Solidity and/or Rust.
Proven ability to build and optimize secure systems for asset management and yield strategies.
Prior technical role at an established DeFi project.
Familiarity with cross-chain messaging protocols such as Wormhole and/or Hyperlane (nice to have).
Fluent in English.

Skills & Attributes

Proactive problem solver: You have a forward-thinking mindset, actively identifies opportunities for improvement, and takes decisive action to resolve issues efficiently and effectively.
Collaborative communicator: You foster relationships with finance experts, blockchain specialists, back-end developers and designers.
Team-oriented mindset: You are always ready to help colleagues within and outside your team and seek assistance when needed
Delivery-focused: You have a clear understanding of the objectives and goals and direct your efforts towards achieving them.
High level of autonomy.

Compensation

Competitive compensation (base salary with equity/ token grant) commensurate with experience.

Benefits

Global team and flexibility: Join a truly global team with the flexibility to work remotely or from one of our hubs in NYC or Berlin.
Health and wellness: Enjoy comprehensive healthcare insurance coverage as well as a wellbeing allowance and gym membership to support your physical and mental health.
Customizable IT setup: Tailor your workspace with access to top-notch IT equipment.
Professional development: Benefit from an annual development budget to enhance your skills and grow professionally, including opportunities to participate in conferences and on-site company events worldwide.

About us

M0 is the platform powering builders of safe, programmable, interoperable stablecoins. By extending $M, a digital dollar building block issued by the M0 protocol, developers can build branded, feature-rich digital dollars in minutes.

Investors: M0 and its affiliated entities have raised nearly $60M of equity over the past two years, from some of the most reputable and long-term oriented crypto and fintech investors, including Bain Capital Crypto, Pantera Capital, Galaxy Ventures, Wintermute Ventures, GSR, Caladan, Road Capital, AirTree, Standard Crypto, The SALT Fund, ParaFi Capital, Distributed Capital, Kraynos Capital, Mouro Capital and Earlybird.

Leadership: The M0 leadership team combines decades of expertise in stablecoin innovation, crypto governance design, and traditional financial services. Luca Prosperi, Co-Founder and CEO, has a 20-year track record in financial intermediaries and was instrumental in lending oversight at MakerDAO. Greg Di Prisco, Co-Founder and Chief Architect, previously led business development at MakerDAO and co-founded Ajna Labs and Distributed Capital Partners. Joao Reginatto, Chief Strategy Officer, spent 8 years at Circle where he was VP Product for Stablecoins and led the development and launch of USDC and EURC, as well as multiple stablecoin infrastructure products.

At M0, we offer equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, or other class protected by applicable law.

Senior Protocol Engineer

Permanent employee, Full-time · USA/Remote