Senior Associate, Assurance Advisory (Blockchain & Digital Assets)

Responsibilities

  • Understand clients’ digital assets businesses and activities
  • Perform technical audit procedures related to blockchain technologies to support financial audit teams
  • Write scripts to extract data from blockchains and smart contracts or to automate procedures
  • Perform digital assets evaluation for various tokens and blockchain networks, including consensus mechanisms and tokenomics
  • Review custody technologies, infrastructure, private key management, and regulatory compliance
  • Perform automated and static code review of smart contracts, predominantly in Solidity
  • Plan and manage projects, timelines, and deliverables related to digital asset engagements
  • Provide advisory and subject matter expertise for blockchain and digital assets to internal and external clients

Requirements

  • Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience in blockchain and smart contracts in a technical role
  • Experience coding smart contracts in Solidity
  • Proficiency in scripting languages such as Javascript, NodeJS, or Python
  • Good understanding of Ethereum blockchain ERC standards and EIPs
  • Knowledge of DeFi protocols such as staking and Dapps
  • Understanding of various digital asset custody technologies

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience reviewing and testing smart contracts and vulnerability scanning tools
  • Familiarity with securing hot and cold wallets and private key management
  • Experience in penetration testing and cybersecurity
  • Degree in an IT-related field
  • Experience writing automation test scripts
  • Prior working experience in DeFi projects

About the Company

EY is a globally integrated professional services organization with a dedicated team for blockchain and digital asset engagements, providing advisory, assurance, compliance, tax, and transaction services.

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