Smart Contract Engineer
Belgrade, Serbia
Nearly 5 years of blockchain engineering and DeFi protocol development experience. Expert in smart contract architecture, on-chain protocol design, and production-grade DeFi infrastructure including DEXs, yield farming, liquid staking, and cross-chain solutions across EVM and Solana ecosystems.
Salary
USD 150,000 – 200,000
ZetaChain
Feb 2025 — Present
Design and implement core on-chain components of ZetaChain L1 interoperability protocol, serving 11.5M+ unique addresses with 224M+ transactions. Develop EVM smart contracts and Solana programs enabling cross-chain messaging and asset movement. Optimize contract architecture, gas efficiency, and runtime performance. Integrate EVM/Solana modules with Cosmos-SDK-based ZetaChain node.
DcentraLab
Oct 2021 — Jan 2025
Architected and optimized smart contracts for flagship DeFi products: Champion Pools (yield farming), Ethereum liquid staking platform, and HORD DEX. Integrated 10+ DeFi protocols including Uniswap V2/V3, Balancer, Chainlink, SSV, and EigenLayer. Led smart contract security initiatives and coordinated external audit teams.
DcentraLab
Jul 2021 — Sept 2021
Developed smart contracts in Solidity for EVM-based networks using Hardhat. Built comprehensive test suites with unit and integration testing. Deployed features to testnets and mainnet, establishing foundation in blockchain engineering best practices.
Computer Science
2019 – Present