Skill Profile

Formal Verification of Contracts

This skill defines expectations across roles and levels.

Blockchain & Web3 Smart Contracts

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Levels

structured growth path

Mandatory requirements

the other 5 optional

Blockchain & Web3

Smart Contracts

2/22/2026

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What is Expected at Each Level

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Role	Required	Description
Smart Contract Developer		Understands formal verification concepts: invariants, pre/post-conditions, state machine specification. Studies Certora and K-framework on basic examples. Writes simple property specs.

Role	Required	Description
Smart Contract Developer		Applies formal verification to production contracts: writes Certora specs for critical invariants, uses SMTChecker. Verifies access control, balance conservation, and state transitions.

Role	Required	Description
Smart Contract Developer		Designs comprehensive formal specifications for DeFi protocols: state machine models, economic invariants, liveness properties. Integrates formal verification into CI/CD and coordinates with auditors.

Role	Required	Description
Smart Contract Developer		Defines formal verification strategy for the organization. Builds team expertise in Certora, K-framework, and SMTChecker. Defines coverage requirements for formal specs.

Role	Required	Description
Smart Contract Developer		Defines enterprise formal verification strategy. Researches automated spec generation and AI-assisted formal methods. Publishes research on formal verification for smart contracts.

Junior 1 requirements

Smart Contract Developer

Understands formal verification concepts: invariants, pre/post-conditions, state machine specification. Studies Certora and K-framework on basic examples. Writes simple property specs.

Middle 1 requirements

Smart Contract Developer

Applies formal verification to production contracts: writes Certora specs for critical invariants, uses SMTChecker. Verifies access control, balance conservation, and state transitions.

Senior 1 requirements

Smart Contract Developer

Designs comprehensive formal specifications for DeFi protocols: state machine models, economic invariants, liveness properties. Integrates formal verification into CI/CD and coordinates with auditors.

Lead / Staff 1 requirements

Smart Contract Developer

Defines formal verification strategy for the organization. Builds team expertise in Certora, K-framework, and SMTChecker. Defines coverage requirements for formal specs.

Principal 1 requirements

Smart Contract Developer

Defines enterprise formal verification strategy. Researches automated spec generation and AI-assisted formal methods. Publishes research on formal verification for smart contracts.

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