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Software Engineer (Engineer III to Principal) - Formal Methods

CertiK

Location: USA Advertised pay: USD 115,000–230,000 / yearly Work arrangement: Region-restricted remote Employment: Full Time Posted: October 22, 2026 Freshness: Active Source check: Observed in the current source window
Disclosure4 of 5 core facts statedReview uncertainties
Last source observationObserved in the current source windowObservation is not employer confirmation.
Application destinationjobicy.comReview the application route and source evidence in the full report below.

Before relying on the listing: Confirm Application closing time with the employer or source. See verification questions

Executive opportunity brief

The decision in one screen

A compact evidence-first read of compensation, flexibility, mobility and what still needs verification. No universal quality score is used.

Compensation positionBelow the current median121 current same-currency observations
Work flexibilityRegion-restricted remoteBased only on stated location/work-arrangement evidence.
Decision evidence4 of 5 core facts knownThis listing states more core decision facts than the median role in the current sample.
Mobility evidenceSponsorship not establishedUnknown evidence is not treated as unavailable.
Current alternatives3014 current same-family rolesCurrent HPJ inventory, not the whole labor market.
Negotiation readinessNegotiation evidence available: advertised pay range, current same-currency market context, strong decision evidence.Use the private Offer & Negotiation Lab below if an offer arrives.

Fast read

Opportunity DNA

The available details do not point to a single standout advantage yet. The clearest issue to weigh is location rules could change the fit.

PayRange available

Current comparable position is around the 30th percentile.

FlexibilityLocation limits visible

Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.

Entry pathMixed requirements

Some access and qualification signals are clear, but the overall entry path is neither unusually open nor unusually restrictive.

MobilityNot established

Sponsorship and relocation support are not clear from the current listing.

ApplicationSome process detail

Part of the application route can be assessed, but the full external process may contain additional steps.

TraceabilityCurrent source traceable

At least one recent enabled source can still renew this vacancy.

This fingerprint summarizes what is clear, constrained or still unanswered in the current listing. It is a reading aid, not an overall job score.

Decision evidence check

4 of 5 core facts stated

This checks whether the listing states the facts that commonly change an employment decision. It measures disclosure completeness, not whether the opportunity is good or bad.

Facts already stated

  • Compensation
  • Work arrangement
  • Location eligibility
  • Employment type

What to verify next

  • Application closing time: Is there a firm application deadline, a rolling review window or no stated closing date?

Unknown information is never converted into a negative score. The questions above exist to prevent missing evidence from being mistaken for a favorable term.

Decision levers

What could make or break the fit?

Reasons to look closer

Nothing stands out strongly enough yet to call a clear advantage. The role may still be attractive for reasons the listing does not spell out.

Trade-offs to weigh

  • Location rules could change the fit: Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.

Questions worth asking before you invest more time

  • Confirm whether a degree is actually required, preferred, or replaceable with equivalent experience.
  • Ask whether visa sponsorship is available before investing significant time in the application.

These questions come from details the listing leaves open. An unanswered point is not treated as a disadvantage.

Opportunity neighborhood

Keep your options open

These live roles sit close enough to this opportunity to make useful comparison points. Look across several employers before deciding what pay, flexibility or access trade-offs you are willing to accept.

Senior Software Engineer, Product

RevenueCat · EMEA, LATAM, Canada, USA

USD 230,000–230,000 / year Region-restricted remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Same country · Similar work arrangement

About 33% higher advertised midpoint

Senior Software Engineer - Infrastructure Security

Quora · Canada, USA

USD 172,279–249,640 / year Region-restricted remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Same country · Similar work arrangement

About 22% higher advertised midpoint

Staff Engineer, Full Stack (Trust, Safety & Risk)

Phantom · EMEA, LATAM, Canada, USA

USD 200,000–250,000 / year Region-restricted remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Same country · Similar work arrangement

About 30% higher advertised midpoint

Sr. DevOps Engineer

Cyware · USA

Salary not disclosed Region-restricted remote 3/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Same country · Similar work arrangement

This neighborhood is drawn from current inventory in the same broad occupation. Similarity is based on explicit listing facts; missing details do not count against a job.

Role market context

How much current choice is visible around this kind of work?

This compares the vacancy with current High Paid Job inventory in the broad Software engineering roles family. It describes visible choice and disclosure, not future demand or career quality.

Current visible roles3,014

200 most recent current roles sampled for the disclosure measures below.

Employers represented134

Distinct employers in the bounded current sample, not an estimate of all employers hiring in the market.

Decision-ready disclosure24%

Current sampled roles stating at least four of the five Core Decision Facts.

Compensation stated19%

Requires a numeric amount, explicit ISO currency and supported pay period.

Work arrangement stated98%

Listings with explicit enough remote, hybrid or on-site evidence to classify.

Stated closing time13%

Missing deadline evidence remains unknown and is not interpreted as an open-ended application window.

Disclosure comparison: This listing states more core decision facts than the median role in the current sample. This listing: 4/5 · sample median: 3.0/5.

Currencies with explicit pay evidence in the sample: USD (23) · EUR (8) · GBP (4) · BRL (1). Raw amounts across different currencies are not compared.

This describes current visible High Paid Job inventory in the same broad occupation family. Percentages use a bounded recent sample and are not a forecast, a complete labor-market census or an employer-quality measure.

Constraint opportunity lab

What changes the size of the current opportunity pool?

Each line applies one stricter evidence-based constraint to the same bounded current role-family sample. It helps you see the trade-off in visible choice without deciding which trade-off is right for you.

Require explicit sponsorship or relocation support 2 / 200 1%

Counts only affirmative or possible sponsorship evidence, or relocation explicitly offered. Unknown is not treated as no.

Require worldwide remote evidence 36 / 200 18%

A much stricter subset: only listings with explicit worldwide-remote evidence remain.

Require usable compensation disclosure 37 / 200 19%

Requires amount, explicit ISO currency and a supported pay period. Missing pay evidence remains unknown.

Require at least four Core Decision Facts 48 / 200 24%

Shows the subset with enough stated evidence for a more informed first comparison.

Stay in the same stated country 22 / 61 36%

Uses only roles where a country is known. Roles without country evidence are excluded from this denominator.

Require a remote-listed arrangement 81 / 200 41%

Counts roles explicitly classified as worldwide remote, region-restricted remote or remote with restrictions still unclear.

Keep this advertised salary floor in the same currency 17 / 23 74%

Only same-currency opportunities with usable annualized pay enter this comparison. Other currencies are not converted or treated as lower.

Stay around the same seniority band 178 / 200 89%

Includes roles whose seniority is genuinely unspecified rather than assuming they belong to another level.

These are counterfactual filters over a bounded sample of current HPJ inventory in the same broad occupation family. They show how visible choice changes when one evidence-based constraint is applied; they do not tell you which constraint you should choose or predict hiring outcomes. The calculation uses the 200 most recent current roles from 3014 visible roles in this broad family.

Salary transparency context

Is pay disclosure typical for this kind of role?

This listing states usable structured compensation. About 19% of the bounded current role sample does the same.

This listingUsable pay stated

Compensation counts only when amount, ISO currency and supported pay period are all known.

Current same-role sample19%

Pay disclosure is uncommon in the current role sample.

Current employer pattern65%

This employer’s current visible listings disclose pay materially more often than the current same-role sample.

This compares salary-disclosure behavior in current visible listings. It does not compare raw salary amounts across currencies, infer undisclosed pay as zero, or rate employer quality.

Private offer & negotiation lab

Turn an offer into evidence, not guesswork

Enter an annual base offer and, if you want, your own target. HPJ compares only within one explicit currency and never chooses a target for you.

Advertised annualized payUSD 115,000–230,000 / yearListing evidence only.
Current comparable medianUSD 168,50623 current sampled roles
Current upper quartileUSD 226,800Current HPJ inventory context, not a salary recommendation.

Negotiation evidence available: advertised pay range, current same-currency market context, strong decision evidence.

Enter an annual base offer to compare it with explicit same-currency evidence. HPJ will not suggest a target for you.

Review the full package · 10 terms

Mark what is confirmed, what needs clarification and what you want to prioritize. These choices and notes stay in this browser.

Base payKnown

Usable advertised compensation is available.

Bonus / commissionMentioned

Variable compensation is mentioned; verify amount, formula, target and eligibility.

Equity / long-term incentivesVerify

Equity or long-term incentive language is mentioned; verify grant type, vesting and valuation basis.

Retirement / pensionMentioned

Retirement or pension benefits are mentioned; verify employer contribution and vesting.

Health benefitsMentioned

Health-benefit language is mentioned; verify coverage, dependants and employee cost.

Paid leaveMentioned

Paid-leave language is mentioned; verify the exact entitlement and carry-over rules.

Work arrangementKnown

A work-arrangement signal is available; verify schedule details before relying on it.

RelocationVerify

Relocation support not established

Visa / work authorizationVerify

Sponsorship not established

Review timingVerify

A review cycle is mentioned; verify timing and whether compensation can change at that review.

Questions worth taking into the offer conversation

  • Does the package include equity or another long-term incentive, and what are the vesting terms?
  • If relocation is relevant, what expenses, timing and repayment conditions are covered?
  • What exact sponsorship or work-authorization conditions apply to this role?
  • When is the first performance and compensation review after joining?
  • Is there a firm application deadline, a rolling review window or no stated closing date?

Occupation intelligence

What broader career references connect to this role?

HPJ uses broad comparison families for current-market analysis. External taxonomy results are reference candidates for that broad family, not a declaration that this vacancy has been authoritatively classified into a specific occupation.

HPJ comparison familySoftware engineering roles
Adjacent families worth exploringData & AI roles · Cybersecurity roles · Product roles

European occupation references

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

U.S. occupation references

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Career reference research

Skills worth investigating

Official occupational context, paired with exact phrases visible in this vacancy. It is not a skills test or an applicant-fit score.

ESCO · European occupation

software developer

Usually essential in this ESCO occupation
  • develop software prototype
  • technical drawings
  • create flowchart diagram
  • utilise computer-aided software engineering tools
  • define technical requirements
  • analyse software specifications
  • use software design patterns
Context-dependent ESCO skills
  • cyber attack counter-measures
  • Common Lisp
  • Jenkins (tools for software configuration management)
  • Assembly (computer programming)
  • collect customer feedback on applications

O*NET · U.S. occupation

Software Developers

O*NET occupation skills
  • ProgrammingPhrase in listing
  • Critical Thinking
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Active Learning
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Systems Analysis
  • Active Listening
  • Complex Problem Solving
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Plan how you might demonstrate or investigate occupational skills. These are broad-family reference examples, not confirmed vacancy requirements. Nothing you enter is sent to High Paid Job.

develop software prototypeESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
technical drawingsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
create flowchart diagramESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
utilise computer-aided software engineering toolsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
define technical requirementsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
analyse software specificationsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
use software design patternsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
cyber attack counter-measuresESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
Common LispESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
Jenkins (tools for software configuration management)ESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
Assembly (computer programming)ESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
collect customer feedback on applicationsESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
ProgrammingO*NET · Skills · Exact phrase in listing
Critical ThinkingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Judgment and Decision MakingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Active LearningO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Reading ComprehensionO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Systems AnalysisO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Active ListeningO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Complex Problem SolvingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown

Private to this browser. Up to 20 reference skills; not a qualification assessment or hiring prediction.

Useful next question: Which of these occupational reference skills does the hiring manager actually expect for this specific role, and what evidence would demonstrate them?

These skills belong to one reference occupation selected for HPJ’s broad career family, not a verified classification of this vacancy. Text overlap only means a phrase appears in the available listing text; it does not establish an employer requirement, your proficiency, or a qualification gap. A missing mention is unknown, not a deficit.

Adjacent current roles to investigate

Product roles

Director of Product Design

Help Scout · USA

same stated country · same employment type · similar work-arrangement evidence

Adjacent-family roles are exploration prompts from current HPJ inventory. They are not inferred qualification matches and they do not imply a promotion path.

Career move map

What sits one step away?

This listing is currently read as Senior / lead. Nearby roles one visible seniority step away can help you judge whether to widen the search, stretch upward or compare the responsibilities more carefully.

Broader-entry direction

Mid-career

Developer Relations Engineer

Fly · Remote — Worldwide

USD 134,000–190,000 / year Similar work arrangement · Same employment type · Recently posted Advertised midpoint is about 6% lower
Mid-career

Software Engineer

Praxis Precision Medicines · Remote — Worldwide

USD 105,000–125,000 / year Similar work arrangement · Same employment type · Recently posted Advertised midpoint is about 33% lower

Stretch direction

Leadership

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Data

Juniper Square · Canada, USA

USD 235,000–285,000 / year Same country · Similar work arrangement · Same employment type Advertised midpoint is about 51% higher

These are live roles one visible seniority step away in the same broad occupation family. They can reveal nearby options, but they are not a guaranteed promotion path and do not account for your personal experience.

Skill bridge

What does this role connect to?

The available listing text does not contain enough recognized skill language for a useful skill bridge yet.

Application edge

  • The listing states about 2 years of required experience. Check that the dates and scope in your application make that experience easy to verify.

If the named skills are genuinely transferable in your own experience, the occupation map also points to adjacent current families worth researching: Data & AI roles, Cybersecurity roles, and Product roles. This is exploration context, not a qualification match.

Skill signals come from explicit text mentions. A mention is not automatically a requirement, and absence from the current top-skill list does not make a skill rare or unimportant. The current career comparison draws on 120 sampled listings; 114 contain a recognized skill signal.

Application Decision Lab

Turn the listing into a preparation plan

Separate what the listing actually states from what you still need to prepare or verify. Your selections and short notes stay in this browser and are never submitted to High Paid Job.

Explicit requirement

At least about 2 years of experience required

The available wording contains an explicit minimum/required years-of-experience signal. Preferred years are tracked separately and never promoted into the required minimum.

Questions worth resolving before you rely on the opportunity

  • Application closing time: Is there a firm application deadline, a rolling review window or no stated closing date?
  • Work authorization / sponsorship: If sponsorship or work authorization matters to you, what exact immigration or employer-sponsorship conditions apply to this role?
  • Application process: What interview, assessment, portfolio, reference or screening stages are part of the hiring process?

Decision analysis

What the listing really tells you

Rich decision context

A closer look at Software Engineer (Engineer III to Principal) - Formal Methods at CertiK points most strongly to the advertised pay can be placed in context, the location rules are clear enough to judge, and the listing gives useful clues about who can realistically enter. Those signals shape the practical upside and the questions still worth asking.

The advertised pay can be placed in context

The annualized midpoint sits near the 30th percentile within 121 comparable USD salary observations. Treat that as current advertised-pay context rather than a forecast of take-home or total compensation.

The location rules are clear enough to judge

Location flexibility can be assessed here: Remote with some uncertainty or restrictions, with a Remote Freedom reading of 62/100. One practical limit to notice is geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region..

The listing gives useful clues about who can realistically enter

At least about 2 years of experience required · 1 additional stated barrier. Unstated education or experience requirements stay open rather than being assumed.

The visible application effort can be estimated

Provider-mediated application path. The external application may contain additional steps that are not visible from the listing itself.

The listing can be traced to a current source

The opportunity currently has 1 renewable source path across 1 source classes. Multiple independent paths can strengthen continuity, but they are not a substitute for checking the application destination.

How this analysis is assembled

Built from the pay, location, qualification, mobility, application and source details available for this vacancy. Anything the listing leaves unresolved stays unresolved.

Analysis evidence coverage

How much analysis can the current evidence support?

100%Strong analysis evidence coverage
100%
Current-sample pay position30 / 100

Uses the explainable High Pay Score within the job’s current occupation/seniority/currency comparison sample.

Remote Freedom evidence62 / 100

Measures observable location flexibility and explicit restrictions; it does not determine whether remote work is personally desirable.

Salary evidence qualityMedium confidence · Broad but usable range

The salary is source-provided and normalizable, but the advertised range is broad enough to reduce comparison precision.

Listing freshnessActive

The listing was posted about 4 days ago.

Source provenance evidenceEstablished source evidence

At least one enabled source recently observed the vacancy. The source chain is traceable, but this is not independent employer verification.

There is no universal opportunity score because pay, flexibility and access matter differently to different people. Compare Jobs lets you weight the evidence around your own priorities.

Decision checklist

What is supported, uncertain or worth checking?

This checklist separates supported strengths, visible cautions and missing evidence. It is not an overall recommendation or guarantee that the job is suitable for you.

Supported strengths

No standout strength is supported strongly enough to list here. That is not a negative rating.

Visible cautions

  • Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.
  • Some compensation may be variable or performance-based. Confirm the guaranteed base amount before comparing headline pay.
  • The description appears to mention an advanced degree requirement or preference.
  • At least about 2 years of experience required

Still unknown

  • Visa sponsorship is not established by the available listing data.

Qualifications & access

What qualifications are explicitly stated?

Some explicit entry barriers stated

EducationEducation requirement not established
Required experience evidenceAt least about 2 years of experience required
Explicit required barriers1
Explicit access signals0

Explicit requirements worth checking

  • At least about 2 years of experience required: The available wording contains an explicit minimum/required years-of-experience signal. Preferred years are tracked separately and never promoted into the required minimum.

Qualification signals come from explicit listing wording. Anything not mentioned remains unknown, so silence is never treated as proof that a degree, experience, licence or other requirement is unnecessary.

Pay vs. barriers

Pay and barrier context available

The current pay position can be viewed alongside the stated barriers, but the available detail does not support a stronger conclusion.

Current-sample pay position

Comparable disclosed-pay evidence places this job at about 30 / 100 within its current occupation/seniority sample.

Explicit stated barriers

1 explicit required barrier is visible in the available wording.

Required experience evidence

The listing states at least about 2 years of required experience.

Location-freedom constraints

1 explicit Remote Freedom restriction signal is present and is shown separately from qualification requirements.

Evidence gaps that could change this interpretation
  • Education requirement is not established.

This section weighs pay context against clearly stated barriers without collapsing unlike requirements into one universal score. Degree, experience, licensing, clearance and location limits remain separate, and missing qualification details stay unknown.

Beyond the headline

Not enough evidence for a hidden-value finding

Potential hidden value appears only when several distinct non-pay advantages are actually supported. Missing requirements or benefits are never counted as positives.

Still check: At least about 2 years of experience required · The current application path is provider-mediated rather than directly classified as an employer-authorized or official route.

Hidden Value is an experimental evidence summary, not an investment-style score or guarantee of employability. It only uses explicit current listing evidence and does not infer that an unmentioned qualification is unnecessary.

Compensation intelligence

How competitive is this pay?

30/100

Below many comparable disclosed salaries

30%
Comparison familySoftware engineering roles · Senior / lead
Comparable salaries121
Current-sample medianUSD 185,000
Middle 50% of sampleUSD 164,455–225,000
Position in sampleAt or above about 30%
Comparison geographySame country (US)
Pay positionBelow the current median

The annualized midpoint is below the current comparable median but remains within the sample’s lower-to-middle range.

Why this analysis?

  • This score reflects the current advertised-pay distribution for comparable active jobs in the same currency. It measures pay position, not overall job quality.
  • Salary confidence: Medium. The salary is source-provided and normalizable, but the advertised range is broad enough to reduce comparison precision.
  • Range quality: Broad but usable range.

Employer compensation communication

Pay transparency at CertiK

Good current pay transparency

This score uses the employer’s current visible listings and combines how often pay is disclosed with how useful those ranges are. Bonus, equity and benefit mentions are shown separately and do not raise the score.

68/100
68%
Salary disclosure65% · 15 of 23 sampled listings
Range qualityMixed range quality
Bonus wording20 current listings
Equity wording0 current listings
Benefits wording13 current listings
Evidence strengthStronger

This pattern comes from the employer’s current visible vacancies. It describes hiring and pay transparency in those listings, not employee satisfaction or a permanent judgement of the employer.

Current employer intelligence

CertiK — current opportunity snapshot

Current opportunities visible23
Salary disclosure65%
Remote-policy evidence coverage100% · 23 of 23 sampled listings
Remote share of known arrangements100%
Worldwide-remote share0%
Known hiring countries4
Sponsorship evidence coverage0% · 0 of 23 sampled listings
Explicit sponsorship outcomes0 confirmed · 0 possible · 0 unavailable
Pattern sample23 of 23 · 100% coverage
Current role-family breadth6
Stated closing-date coverage0%
Relocation evidence coverage0% · 0 explicitly offered
Posted within 7 days17% of listings with a known posting date

Employer Evidence Profile

How often this employer’s current visible sampled vacancies state decision-critical information. These percentages describe evidence coverage, not employer quality.

Compensation65% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with advertised compensation evidence.

Work arrangement100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings whose work arrangement is clearer than unknown.

Location83% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with a supported country signal.

Application timing0% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with an explicit closing time.

Posting date100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with a usable posting date.

Sponsorship0% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings that explicitly indicate confirmed, possible or unavailable sponsorship evidence.

Relocation0% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with an explicit relocation signal.

Low coverage means the current visible listings state the information less often. It does not prove that the employer lacks the policy, benefit or support.

Common current occupation families: Sales (3) · Cybersecurity (2) · Finance Accounting (2)

Visible seniority mix: Early-career (4) · Senior / lead (7) · Leadership (4)

Current employment-type mix: Full time (15) · Contract (5) · Internship (3)

Most visible hiring countries in this sample: United States (16) · Singapore (1) · Vietnam (1) · Hong Kong (1)

Other current roles from this employer

Background Investigator

Europe, UK, USA

Seniority not clearly specified · Region-restricted remoteUSD 60,000–100,000 / year

Financial Analyst

USA

Senior / lead · Region-restricted remoteUSD 70,000–90,000 / year

These are other current vacancies visible from the same employer, not endorsements or evidence of future hiring plans.

Current disclosed salary medians by currency

  • USD 141,000 median · 15 disclosed salaries

Questions worth asking this employer

  • If work authorization matters to you, what sponsorship policy applies to this specific role and location?
  • If a move is required, is relocation assistance available for this position?
  • What is the expected application and interview timeline if the listing does not state a closing date?

These questions are prompted by missing or thin evidence in the employer’s current visible vacancies. Missing evidence is not treated as a negative judgement.

This employer snapshot uses the employer’s current visible listings. Remote and sponsorship rates use only vacancies with explicit evidence, while missing information stays unknown. Salary medians are shown separately by currency and need at least five disclosed salaries. Zero confirmed sponsorship means none was explicitly found in this sample, not that sponsorship is unavailable.

This snapshot describes the employer’s current visible vacancies—things such as pay disclosure and work arrangement. It is not an employee-satisfaction or hiring-quality rating, and different currencies stay separate.

Work-location intelligence

Remote Freedom

62/100

Remote with some uncertainty or restrictions

62%

Why this score?

  • The role is remote but the source identifies a country or regional restriction.

Location restrictions detected

  • Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.

Remote Freedom measures observable location flexibility only. Unknown work-location information remains unscored. Timezone wording is penalized only when it appears restrictive; general collaboration across time zones is not treated as a restriction. A score does not guarantee legal work eligibility, payroll availability or visa sponsorship.

International applicant intelligence

Visa & relocation signals

Sponsorship status is shown only when the listing provides clear enough wording. Employer history or headquarters location is not used to guess an answer.

Visa sponsorshipSponsorship not established

The available listing details do not contain a clear enough sponsorship statement.

RelocationRelocation support not established

The available listing details do not contain a clear enough relocation statement.

Tradeoff check

What’s the catch?

These are visible conditions worth checking before treating the headline compensation as the whole story:

  • Some compensation may be variable or performance-based. Confirm the guaranteed base amount before comparing headline pay.
  • The description appears to mention an advanced degree requirement or preference.
  • This is remote work with a geographic restriction, not a worldwide-remote vacancy.

Current alternatives

Better-paying alternatives

These current roles show a materially higher annualized salary midpoint in the same broad occupation and currency. Similar seniority, country, work arrangement, employment type and recency are preferred where possible; higher pay alone does not make an alternative a better fit.

About +59% midpoint

Principal Frontend Engineer

ClickUp · USA

USD 250,000–300,000 / year Region-restricted remote

Why comparable: Same seniority band · Same country · Similar work-location arrangement

About +42% midpoint

Staff Backend Engineer

Socure · USA

USD 225,000–265,000 / year Region-restricted remote

Why comparable: Same seniority band · Same country · Similar work-location arrangement

Alternatives are drawn from the current inventory rather than presented as application recommendations. A pay difference needs to be meaningful—about 3% or more at the midpoint—and different currencies are not compared.

Application-path intelligence

What can we see about the application process?

Provider-mediated application path

The current application path comes through a publisher or aggregator. The destination may still lead to an employer-authorized hiring system, but that is not clear enough to assume.

Current destination: jobicy.com · HTTPS

No additional required application step is clear in the available listing text. This does not mean the external application is one-click or friction-free.

Application effort is estimated from visible listing and source details. Optional steps are kept separate from mandatory ones, and the external form may contain additional requirements that are not visible here.

Application safety context

Application safety check

Basic application-safety context available

The current application destination has a basic transport-safety signal such as HTTPS. This does not verify the employer, vacancy, recruiter or application process.

Evidence checked: Source provenance · Application destination · Listing wording

Observable transport-safety signals

  • The available application destination uses HTTPS.
Before you share money or sensitive information
  • Confirm the vacancy on the employer’s official careers site when practical, especially if a recruiter contacts you outside the listed application path.
  • Check that recruiter email domains and application destinations are consistent with the employer or an identifiable recruiting provider.
  • Do not pay application, processing, training or equipment fees merely to be considered for a job.
  • Do not send cryptocurrency, gift cards, online-banking credentials or PINs as part of an application.
  • Treat unusually fast offers or interviews conducted only through informal messaging channels as reasons to verify the employer independently.

This is a limited safety screen, not employer verification and not a fraud determination. Never send money, cryptocurrency, passwords or sensitive banking credentials merely because a listing appears on a job platform.

Original listing details

The section below comes from the listing source. The decision sections above use the job’s structured pay, location, qualification, mobility and application details to give you additional context.

Why us?

Blockchain technology is enabling a rapidly-growing era of innovation for the digital world. It is crucial that blockchain code such as protocols and smart contracts are provably secure and correct. Once deployed, they are public and cannot be changed. Vulnerabilities and bugs in such programs regularly put millions of dollars at stake. This is where CertiK comes in. We are the leading blockchain security company. Our goal is to secure the cyber world by applying cutting edge techniques from academia to secure blockchain code. Come and join this ambitious mission as a research software engineer to work on automated analyses for provably secure and correct blockchain applications!

What you will do

You will design and develop tools that automatically ensure the correctness of smart contracts or identify security issues and bugs in smart contracts. We have software engineer positions available at all levels of seniority. Title and responsibilities will be commensurate with experience and background.

As part of our multinational team of programming language experts, you will participate in the development of tools that rest upon techniques such as symbolic model checking, SAT/SMT solving, abstract interpretation, data flow analysis, and deductive verification. You will have the opportunity to work on all stages of tool development from idea generation to implementation and iterative improvements. Our team is highly supportive and collaborative with great opportunities to learn and grow.

About you

You have a background in programming language theory and automated reasoning and love to work on the forefront of applying results from theoretical computer science. You love to tackle computationally hard problems and have a proven track record of achieving results, where results are people using your tool to do their jobs. You are collaborative: you share ideas, love to brainstorm with peers, and give and receive feedback. You are comfortable with the unknown and understand that #startuplife means that you will be wearing multiple hats.

Responsibilities

  • Extend the scope and depth of our automated program verification tools and brainstorm, design, and implement new tools.
  • Adapt and improve algorithms for symbolic software model checking. Examples include bounded model checking (BMC), counterexample-guided abstraction refinement (CEGAR), and property directed reachability (IC3/PDR).
  • Build and extend translators from different input languages into intermediate representations, optimizing the generated models for automated analysis.
  • Identify new classes of security properties of smart contracts and formalize properties for use in our automated verification tools.
  • Closely collaborate with other software engineers in developing tools and set technical direction for solving problems in consultation with your team and management.
  • Work on all aspects of delivering working software that meets customer needs, including analysis, design, automated testing, operations, CI/CD, measuring results, incorporating customer feedback, and support.

Required Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field or 5 years of equivalent experience.
  • Minimum of 4 years of software development experience (includes internships, software developed during research, and open-source development).
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience with one or more of the following: model checking, formal verification, SAT/SMT solving (Z3, CVC4, Yices, MathSAT, SMTInterpol), abstract interpretation, or closely related disciplines.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of fundamental computer science concepts such as data structures, algorithms, mathematical logic, and automata theory.

Preferred Qualifications

  • PhD in the broader field of automated reasoning.
  • Publication record in conferences like POPL, CAV, TACAS, FMCAD, FM, etc.
  • Experience in functional programming (OCaml or Haskell).
  • Strong and creative problem-solving skills; always willing to learn and embrace new technologies and to collaborate.
  • Prior experience in a professional software development environment.

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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 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 into enterprise, enabling mission-critical applications to be built with security and correctness.

Compensation

Target annual base salary for this role performed in the US is $115,000 - $230,000.

The exact compensation at which this job is filled will be determined by the skills and experience of qualified candidates.

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CertiK 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. CertiK also offers a variable commission program for business development sales roles.

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.

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All CertiK employees are expected to actively support diversity on their teams, and in the Company.

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