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NAVI Labs

NAVI Labs

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San Francisco, United StatesNot Disclosed

Smart Contract Engineer at Top-tier DeFi infrastructure protocol co-led by OKX Ventures

Build the foundational layer of DeFi on the fastest-growing Layer 1. This market-leading protocol dominates the Sui ecosystem with $380M+ TVL and nearly a million users. Backed by OKX Ventures and Hashed, you will own the design and security of mission-critical smart contracts that power the network's most trusted lending and LSDeFi platform. If you want to ship Move code that manages hundreds of millions in assets alongside an elite 15-person engineering team in the Bay Area, this is your chance to lead the next wave of DeFi innovation.

Overview

Role overview

Join the leading lending and LSDeFi platform on the Sui blockchain, managing over $380M in TVL with a 61% market share. As a Senior Smart Contract Engineer, you will design and secure the foundational infrastructure that powers nearly a million users, building high-performance protocol primitives in Move for the fastest-growing Layer 1 ecosystem.

Company

NAVI Labs

NAVI Labs

fintech30+ employees

Top-tier DeFi infrastructure protocol co-led by OKX Ventures, Hashed, and Dao5

Responsibilities

What you will do

  • Design, develop, and deploy secure smart contracts using Move to power lending, borrowing, and liquidity infrastructure for hundreds of thousands of users.
  • Architect and lead rigorous security audits and code reviews to protect $380M+ in TVL from potential vulnerabilities and exploits.
  • Collaborate with a global engineering team to integrate complex smart contract logic with high-performance blockchain infrastructure and front-end applications.

Candidate profile

Who this is a fit for

  • Deep expertise in DeFi smart contract development, specifically building lending protocols, vaults, or liquidity primitives that have reached production at scale.
  • Strong proficiency in Move, Solidity, or Rust with a track record of writing clean, efficient, and highly secure code verified by top-tier audit firms.
  • Exceptional communication skills and a proactive problem-solving mindset, capable of articulating technical trade-offs to a global team while managing protocol-level complexity.

What makes it remarkable

Why this role is remarkable

  • Lead development for the dominant protocol on Sui, operating at massive scale with zero tolerance for failure and influencing the growth of a premier L1 ecosystem.
  • Backed by elite investors including OKX Ventures, Hashed, and Dao5, providing the stability and resources of a market leader with the agility of a 15-person team.
  • Own protocol-critical decisions and ship innovative products like automated vaults and PRE DEX while receiving support for visa sponsorship if based locally.

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