About The Company

The University of Nicosia was established in 1980 and its main campus is located in Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus. It also runs study centres in Athens, Bucharest and New York.

The university comprises the School of Business, School of Education, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Law, Medical School, and the School of Sciences and Engineering. It offers more than 100 conventional on-campus and online/distance learning programs of study at the Bachelor, Master, and Doctorate level.

In offering some of its programmes, the university holds partnerships with the St George's, University of London, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University of Peloponnese, University of Patras, Hellenic Open University, University of Padova, University of Zagreb, Western Sydney University, and MGIMO University.

In 2014, UNIC became the first university in the world to offer a Master of Science in Blockchain & Digital Currency and the first educational institution to accept Bitcoin for tuition payment.[2] As of the graduating class of Spring 2017, UNIC publishes all diplomas of its graduating students (Bachelor, Master, doctoral degrees) on the Bitcoin blockchain, offering instant online verification of degree authenticity.

In 2022, the University of Nicosia was ranked 500–601st among global universities, 301–400th in impact, and 179th among young universities by Times Higher Education. The university is also ranked 136th in Emerging Europe and the Central Asia (EECA) Region by the QS World University Rankings. Moreover, UNIC is the first university in the European Union to receive a 5-star rating for Online/Distance Learning from QS.

Job Short Description

Job Description
The University of Nicosia seeks talented, ambitious, passionate and results focused individuals for the position of a Solidity Developer, to join its team full-time. This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing team, where you will be designing and building decentralized applications (dApps) and smart contracts using the various standards and well-known Ethereum libraries (Web3js, ethers).
Responsibilities
• Design and develop Solidity smart contracts.
• Deploy smart contracts with Truffle or Hardhat.
• Design and develop front-end interfaces to interact with the smart contracts (Web3js, ethers).
• Design and develop the back-end operations that support a decentralized application (RESTful APIs).
• Audit smart contracts for any security bugs.
• Write technical documentation.
• Maintain source code and troubleshoot systems.
• Participating to various implementation activities of the in-house software development team.
• Provide technical support for in-house Web applications or with the use of other decentralized apps.

Academic Qualifications
• Obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or Software Engineering. A Master’s degree in a related field will be considered as an advantage.
• Possession of Professional Certifications will be considered as an advantage.

Job-specific skills
• Deep understanding of the Ethereum ecosystem and programming principles.
• More than 4 years as a software developer in general (experience outside of blockchain).
• Experience with 2+ years in Solidity programming with a deep understanding of the Ethereum Virtual Machine.
• Nice to have: At least one project deployed on Mainnet that holds real user funds.
• Nice to have: knowledge of Solidity security testing tools.
• Deep understanding of having worked with smart contracts and understanding the core protocol concepts.
• Understand ERC-20, ERC-721 and ERC-1155 token standards
• Experience with JSON database operations.
• Knowledgeable about Layer-2 technologies.
• Knowledge of continuous integration tools and blockchain management tools (Truffle or Hardhat).
• Working experience in DevOps environments.
• Experience with Docker
• Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
• Familiarity with cryptography and experience with Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
• Javascript front-end development.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as C++, Python, Java, JavaScript, etc.

Personal Qualifications
• You have an interest in blockchain, cryptocurrency, and NFTs, and you may even have experimented with building your own dApps or smart contracts on the Ethereum Virtual Machine
• Good interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and high-quality output.
• In general, you should be fascinated about the development of decentralized applications.
• You have excellent communication skills in English.
• Self-motivated and able to tackle challenging, complex problems in an individual or team-based setting.

Information and Application

For a formal application, please submit your CV accompanied by a cover letter through our online recruitment system http://vacancies.unic.ac.cy/.

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified. All applications will be treated in confidence.
There is a possibility for remote work, although preference will be given to qualified candidates who live in or are willing to relocate to Nicosia.

Skills

Python, Cryptography

Compensation