OpenZeppelin is a smart contract security company founded in 2015 with origins in Buenos Aires. Its open-source contract libraries are the de facto standard for token and access control implementations across Ethereum and compatible chains. The firm also performs audits and sells Defender, a platform for secure contract operations, upgrades and incident response.
HQ: Buenos Aires, Argentina • Cybersecurity • Financial Services • Blockchain & Crypto • Est. 2015
Remote • Contractor • English: C1
Solidity
Cairo
Go
Move
Rust
Cairo
OpenZeppelin Cairo
Solidity
Certora
Echidna
Halmos
Cybersecurity
Threat Modeling
Web3
Aave
DeFi
Ethereum
OpenZeppelin
Smart Contracts
Uniswap
Aptos
Cosmos
Cosmos SDK
Foundry
Solana
Starknet
Stellar
Sui
Verra Mobility is a technology company that provides a platform for businesses to manage their transportation needs. The company's platform offers a range of features, including: Tolling Parking management Fleet management Safety and compliance Data analytics Verra Mobility's platform is designed to be user-friendly and efficient, with a focus on providing businesses with the tools they need to manage their transportation needs effectively. The company is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
HQ: Mesa, United States • Smart City • Smart Mobility • Meat & Poultry
Senior • 5+ years exp • In office • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
C#
JavaScript
Node JS
TypeScript
Databases
Amazon DocumentDB
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
CI/CD
Docker
Kubernetes
Amazon S3
API Gateway
Web3
Cosmos
Injective is a financial blockchain infrastructure developer headquartered in New York City, United States, and founded in 2018. The company develops a layer 1 blockchain protocol optimized for decentralized finance applications, including perpetual swaps, spot trading, and asset tokenization. It operates as an open-source ecosystem serving institutional clients, developers, and global financial markets through its interoperable network and plug-and-play modules.
HQ: New York, United States • Financial AI • Artificial Intelligence • Capital Markets • Financial Services • Asset Tokenization • DeFi • Blockchain & Crypto • Blockchain Infrastructure • Est. 2018
≈ $83k – $170k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote (Europe, South America) • Full-Time • Middle
Cosmos
DeFi
Ethereum
Injective
Smart Contracts
Solana
Design
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Photoshop
Figma
≈ $73k – $222k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years exp • New York • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Junior
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
React Native
DevOps
gRPC
Rest API
Web3
Cosmos
DeFi
Ethereum
Injective
Smart Contracts
Solana
≈ $57k – $136k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 4+ years exp • Remote (Europe) • Full-Time • Middle
TypeScript
DevOps
CI/CD
Docker
gRPC
Kubernetes
WebSockets
Web3
Cosmos
DeFi
Ethereum
Injective
MetaMask
Smart Contracts
Solana
QA
Playwright
Pytest
Powered by Pioneer is a Web3-focused talent platform and recruitment service provider specializing in the blockchain and cryptocurrency ecosystem. The organization connects software engineers, infrastructure developers, and specialized digital talent with major Web3 projects and open-source blockchain networks, such as BNB Chain. Additionally, it provides bespoke software engineering support and IT consultancy services to help organizations build and scale decentralized digital infrastructure.
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Information Technology
≈ $119k – $260k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 3+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Go
Python
Databases
Apache Kafka
Redis
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
Git
GitOps
Karpenter
Kubernetes
Nginx
OpenTelemetry
Platform Engineering
Prometheus
Terraform
ArgoCD
Helm
Helmfile
Istio
Linkerd
Service Mesh
IAM
Web3
Bitcoin
Cosmos
Ethereum
Layer 2
Solana
≈ $93k – $236k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 3+ years exp • Remote (Hong Kong, Singapore) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Python
Databases
Apache Kafka
Redis
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
Git
GitOps
Karpenter
Kubernetes
Nginx
OpenTelemetry
Platform Engineering
Prometheus
Terraform
ArgoCD
Helm
Helmfile
Istio
Linkerd
Service Mesh
IAM
Web3
Bitcoin
Cosmos
Ethereum
Layer 2
Solana
Anza is a software engineering and R&D firm dedicated to building core infrastructure, protocols, and developer tools for the Solana blockchain ecosystem. Founded in 2024 by executives and core engineers from Solana Labs, the firm focuses on enhancing network performance, reliability, and decentralization. Its major contributions include the Agave validator client - a major client fork designed to optimize block propagation and reduce latency - alongside core SDKs, token extension protocols, and infrastructure tooling for decentralized application developers.
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Blockchain & Crypto • 201-500 employees • Est. 2024
$180k – $300k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Senior
Rust
Cybersecurity
Defense in Depth
Web3
Smart Contracts
Solana
Cosmos
CosmWasm
NEAR
$180k – $300k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • New York • Remote (United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland) • Full-Time • Senior
Rust
Cybersecurity
Defense in Depth
Web3
Smart Contracts
Solana
Cosmos
CosmWasm
NEAR
≈ $115k – $255k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time
Move
Python
Rust
Solidity
Move
Move Prover
Solidity
Certora
Echidna
Web3
MEV
Smart Contracts
Staking
Cosmos
Ethereum
Aptos
CosmWasm
Foundry
OpenZeppelin
Solana
Sui
Swift (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) is a global member-owned financial cooperative headquartered in La Hulpe, Belgium. Established in 1973 by 239 banks from 15 countries, Swift serves as the backbone of the international financial ecosystem by providing a secure, standardized global financial messaging network. Connecting more than 11,500 banking organizations, securities institutions, and corporate customers across over 200 countries and territories, Swift enables users to exchange standardized financial messages reliably and securely.
HQ: La Hulpe, Belgium • Financial Services • Crypto Wallets • Payments • Blockchain & Crypto • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1973
$67k – $124k per year • Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (Brussels, Belgium) • Bachelor's Degree • Junior
C++
Go
JavaScript
Kotlin
Python
Solidity
TypeScript
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
Git
gRPC
Kubernetes
Rest API
Web3
Corda
Cosmos
Ethereum
Hyperledger Fabric
Smart Contracts
$101k – $188k per year • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (Manassas, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Middle
C++
Go
JavaScript
Kotlin
Python
Solidity
TypeScript
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
Git
gRPC
Kubernetes
Rest API
Web3
Corda
Cosmos
Ethereum
Hyperledger Fabric
Smart Contracts
Binance is the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, founded in 2017 by Changpeng Zhao and Yi He. The platform offers spot, margin and derivatives trading across hundreds of digital assets, alongside staking, savings products, payments, an institutional custody arm and a self-custodial Web3 wallet. The group also created BNB Chain, one of the most used smart contract networks, and now operates under a licensed regional structure after a 2023 settlement with United States authorities that installed new leadership and compliance oversight.
HQ: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates • Mining & Staking • Crypto Payments • Web3 & dApps • Blockchain & Crypto • Cryptocurrencies • Crypto Exchanges • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2017
≈ $111k – $228k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 8+ years exp • Remote (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore) • Staff
ZetaChain is an interoperability network founded in 2021 that lets smart contracts read from and write to external chains natively. It supports non-smart-contract networks such as Bitcoin without requiring wrapped assets or external bridges. The design aims to give developers a single deployment that operates across many ecosystems.
HQ: Singapore • Blockchain & Crypto • Est. 2021
$190k – $225k per year • Senior • 3+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Python
Bash
AI/ML
Edge AI
DevOps
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Ansible
AWS
Datadog
Docker
GCP
GitOps
Grafana
Loki
Prometheus
Terraform
Web3
ZetaChain
Bitcoin
Cosmos
Cosmos SDK
Ethereum
Tendermint
CertiK is a blockchain security company that specializes in auditing smart contracts and blockchain protocols. It offers security audits monitoring tools and risk assessment services to help projects identify vulnerabilities and improve the safety of decentralized applications and digital assets.
New York • Shenzhen • Dubai • San Francisco • Cybersecurity • Blockchain & Crypto • Smart Contracts & Security
Junior • 1+ year exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
Move
Python
Rust
Solidity
Cybersecurity
Threat Modeling
Web3
Cosmos
DeFi
PancakeSwap SDK
Smart Contracts
Solana
BNB Smart Chain
≈ $124k – $270k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 3+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Node JS
Python
Rust
Solidity
JavaScript
Web3
Aave
Polygon
Smart Contracts
Cosmos
Ethereum
≈ $126k – $274k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 3+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Move
Python
Rust
Solidity
Cybersecurity
Threat Modeling
Web3
Cosmos
DeFi
Smart Contracts
Solana
We are a modern institution for a novel technology. We leverage human and financial capital to help bring the ownership economy to the masses.
Financial Services • Web3 & dApps • Blockchain & Crypto
Middle • 4+ years exp • In office • Full-Time • Middle
Go
Python
Rust
DevOps
CI/CD
Kubernetes
Terraform
AWS
Azure
GCP
Web3
Smart Contracts
Cosmos
Ethereum
Solana
Salary range
| Seniority |
Jobs |
25% |
Median |
75% |
| All levels |
13 |
$136K |
$165K |
$185K |
Few employers in this selection publish pay, so these figures are Alion estimates built from comparable listings by role, level and country. Gross annual, converted to USD.
The market right now
Alion currently lists 23 open Cosmos jobs from 11 companies. 5 of the employers have posted something in the last three months, which is the pool worth watching if you are starting a search now. Every listing links straight to the employer, so you apply on their own board rather than through an intermediary.
What these roles pay
Most employers in this selection do not publish a figure, so the range below is Alion's own estimate, derived from 13 comparable listings priced by role, level and country. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $136K and $185K a year, with a median of $165K. Figures are gross annual amounts converted to US dollars, so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
Where the work is
The largest concentrations of these roles are United States (1) and Belgium (1). 74% of the listings are fully remote, so a large part of this market is open to you regardless of where you live.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open Cosmos jobs right now are Injective (8), CertiK (3), Powered by Pioneer (2), Anza (2), Swift (2), and OpenZeppelin (1). Each company page on Alion carries its size, funding stage, tech stack and every other position it has open, so you can judge the employer before you spend an evening on the application.
What employers ask for
Reading across the current listings, the tools that come up most often are Cosmos (23), Smart Contracts (18), Ethereum (17), Solana (17), DeFi (12), Python (11), Rust (10), and Solidity (8). The counts are how many of these openings name each one, which is a better guide to what is actually being hired for than a generic skills list.
Relocation, visas and equity
Of the current Cosmos jobs, 1 states visa sponsorship. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.
