Hiring a blockchain developer is a different bet than hiring a regular backend engineer. Mistakes on a public ledger are permanent, and the talent pool that actually understands consensus mechanisms, gas optimization, and audit prep is small. Here’s what separates a hire that works from one that doesn’t.
- We staff by chain, not by generic title. A Solidity developer for your Ethereum DeFi app is a different hire than a Rust developer for a Solana program, and we match accordingly.
- Every developer has shipped to mainnet before, not just to a testnet demo.
- You get a technical point of contact who can explain a gas spike or a failed transaction in plain terms, not just a project manager relaying messages.
- Code ownership and IP terms are settled in the contract before day one, not negotiated after a dispute.
- We scope smart contract audits into the timeline up front, since retrofitting security review after launch is where most Web3 budgets blow out.
- Replacement terms are written into the agreement, so a mismatch doesn’t turn into a stalled sprint.
