Blockchain Integration Specialist (Fully Remote, Worldwide) | London, UK

Bitfinex; London; Remote; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative digital asset trading platform is seeking a Blockchain Integration Specialist to join their fully remote team. The ideal candidate will have a strong passion for cryptocurrencies and advanced skills in Node.js and JavaScript. This role involves building and maintaining blockchain infrastructure, developing microservices, and implementing monitoring tools to ensure stability. Join a forward-thinking company that values autonomy and encourages lifelong learning, and help shape the future of decentralized finance. This is a unique opportunity to work in a dynamic environment and make a significant impact in the blockchain space.

Qualifications

• Experience with blockchain nodes like Bitcoin and Ethereum is essential.
• Strong Node.js and JavaScript skills required for microservices.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain blockchain daemons and consensus nodes efficiently.
• Develop Node.js workers that interface with blockchain APIs.

Skills

Blockchain Interaction

Node.js

JavaScript

Microservices Architecture

REST APIs

Security Practices

Learning New Technologies

Tools

Redis

Job Queues

Job description

Blockchain Integration Specialist (Fully Remote, Worldwide)

Bitfinex is a digital asset trading platform offering state-of-the-art services for digital currency traders and global liquidity providers.

Founded in 2012, Bitfinex was one of the first professional platforms set up to accommodate for the booming interest in cryptocurrency trading. Since then, our team has gained invaluable experience whilst cementing our spot as the go-to platform for digital asset traders and institutions.

Our Mission

Our aim is to create a free and accessible global digital economy by disrupting the current financial services industry.

Our team is entirely remote, composed of individuals with an ownership mentality; no one waits to be told what to do. Each member of the team is a highly motivated self-starter that is comfortable with autonomy and believes in lifelong learning. When we're not working, we're dreaming about it. We place our egos aside and thrive within a culture that fosters one another from the birth of a concept to launch of a product.

At Bitfinex you have the freedom to work as you please - all that matters is execution.

Join us and help lay the foundation for a decentralized future.

Currently looking for:

Blockchain Integration Specialist [Remote]

Key responsibilities

• Build, improve and maintain clusters of blockchain daemons/consensus nodes in a scalable and highly redundant way
• Develop Node/JS workers, in Bitfinex's microservices infrastructure, that interface with blockchain nodes API (REST/Websocket) interfaces
• Implement robust monitoring tools to control the stability of Bitfinex's blockchain infrastructure
• Create good quality policies, procedures and technical documentation

Minimum Requirements

• Previous experience in interacting with blockchain nodes (ie. Bitcoin, Ethereum)
• Strong passion for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
• Advanced Node/JavaScript skills
• Familiar with microservices architecture and REST APIs
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies
• Advanced understanding of security practices

Nice to have

• Solidity, Rust or Golang skills are a plus
• Other technologies of interest: Message queues (Redis), Caches and Job Queues