Lead Blockchain Payments Engineer - Real-Time Fiat↔Crypto

Startup Talents; Greater London; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare and life insurance

Retirement plan

Sponsored transportation

Gym membership

Lunch card

Home office equipment

Training and coursework support

Events attendance sponsorship

Team retreats and conferences

Job summary

A crypto launchpad company is seeking a Lead Blockchain Payments Engineer in London to design essential financial infrastructure. The role involves developing end-to-end payment solutions, ensuring financial integrity, and collaborating across teams. Ideal candidates will have expertise in high-throughput distributed systems, significant programming skills, and a focus on security and compliance. The company offers competitive benefits, training, and opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Deep experience in high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems.
• Fluent in Rust or Go, with strong skills in TypeScript/Node/Python.
• Expert-level knowledge of Postgres and familiarity with Redis.
• Mastery of gRPC/REST best practices.
• Experience with event-driven system design.

Responsibilities

• Design and scale financial infrastructure for fiat ↔ crypto flows.
• Implement payment orchestration for major bank rails and cards.
• Ensure safe and rapid crypto delivery to user wallets.
• Build internal ops & compliance dashboards.

Skills

System Design & Scale

Language Fluency

Database Mastery

API Craftsmanship

Event-Driven Design

Security Mindset

Ownership & Ambiguity

Tools

Rust

Go

TypeScript

Node

Python

Postgres

Redis

Kafka

AWS

Job description

A crypto launchpad company is seeking a Lead Blockchain Payments Engineer in London to design essential financial infrastructure. The role involves developing end-to-end payment solutions, ensuring financial integrity, and collaborating across teams. Ideal candidates will have expertise in high-throughput distributed systems, significant programming skills, and a focus on security and compliance. The company offers competitive benefits, training, and opportunities for professional growth.