Web3 developer job description template
A web3 developer job description works best with seven parts: a short company intro, what the developer will do, the requirements, the nice-to-haves, the benefits, the salary range and how to apply. That is the order most engineering job posts on Jobs Web3 already follow.
The figures in this guide come from 648 engineering listings on Jobs Web3 in October 2026, 624 of them with a full description we could read.
What do web3 engineering job posts include?
How many of the 624 descriptions contain each section:
| Section | Posts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Requirements or qualifications | 528 | 85% |
| Responsibilities ("what you'll do") | 466 | 75% |
| Benefits ("what we offer") | 452 | 72% |
| Nice-to-have or preferred skills | 349 | 56% |
| About the company | 343 | 55% |
| Equal opportunity statement | 307 | 49% |
The median post runs to 681 words. Sections were detected by keywords, so treat the shares as close estimates.
Two gaps are common:
- Years of experience. 46% of posts never state a minimum. Where it is stated, the median is 5 years.
- Salary. 231 of the 645 engineering listings (36%) publish a range on the board (October 2026).
Web3 developer job description template
Copy the text below and replace everything in square brackets.
[Job title: level + layer + stack, e.g. Senior Backend Engineer, Solana]
Location: [Remote within: countries or time zones / Hybrid in: city / On-site in: city]
Salary: [minimum] to [maximum] [currency] per [year], plus [equity / token grant / bonus, if any]
Type: [Full-time / Contract]
About [Company]
[Two or three sentences: what the product does, who uses it, which chain or chains it runs on, team size.]
What you will do
- [The main thing this person will build or own in the first six months]
- [Second responsibility, e.g. write and test smart contracts / maintain indexers / ship wallet features]
- [Who they work with: product, security, protocol team]
- [On-call or release duties, if any]
What you need
- [N]+ years of [backend / smart contract / systems] engineering
- [Language 1] and [language 2] in production
- [Chain-specific knowledge, e.g. EVM and Solidity / Solana programs in Rust / none, we will teach it]
- Habits that matter here: [testing, code review, security awareness]
Nice to have
- [Skill that helps but is not required]
- [Open-source work, audits or hackathons]
What we offer
- [Health insurance / pension]
- [Equity or token grant, with vesting]
- [Remote budget, learning budget, parental leave]
How to apply
[Where to apply, what to send (CV, GitHub, a short note), and the stages of the process with an expected timeline.]
How to write each section
Title. Name the level, the layer and the stack. The most common words in engineering titles on the board are software (221), security (83), platform (66), data (60) and backend (59). Only 15 titles say "blockchain".
Requirements. List what the role cannot do without. Python appears in 43% of these posts, AWS in 28%, Java in 27%, Kubernetes in 26%, CI/CD in 24% and SQL in 24%. Chain-specific skills are rarer: smart contracts 8%, EVM or Ethereum 7%, Solidity 2%. If your role is mostly backend work with some on-chain parts, say so.
Soft skills. Most posts ask for collaboration (74%), ownership (60%) and communication (58%). Write one concrete line instead, for example "you will review contracts with our auditors".
Benefits. The most mentioned are health insurance (41%), equity or stock options (39%), flexible or remote-first work (37%) and a pension or 401(k) (29%). Only 1% mention a token grant. If you offer tokens, explain the vesting and valuation.
Location. 52% of the engineering listings are remote. If yours is remote within certain countries or time zones, write them in the location line, not further down.
"First I check whether I can apply from where I live, and whether languages other than English are required. Then I want the details of the offer, with no frills or embellishment."
Where to publish it
On Jobs Web3, post a web3 job for $129 for 30 days. It appears next to the other web3 and crypto jobs on the board. The form asks for one to three required skills and the languages the role needs. Only candidates whose profile lists them can apply, and the applicants you get are ranked by how well their skills, languages and location match the role. Preferred skills improve the ranking without blocking anyone. Candidates declare their own skills, which Jobs Web3 does not check: confirm them in the interview.
To see how other companies word similar roles, browse Rust jobs, Solidity jobs or smart contract jobs. For the wider hiring process, read how to hire a blockchain developer.
FAQ
How long should a web3 developer job description be?
The median engineering post on Jobs Web3 has 681 words. What counts is that each section is specific.
Should a web3 job description include the salary?
Yes, if you can. About a third of engineering listings publish a range (231 of 645). In some places, such as New York City, it is required.
What skills should I list for a web3 developer?
Only the ones the role needs from day one. Put the rest under nice-to-have. For which skills employers ask for most, see the skills guide.
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