Blockchain Engineer / Architect / Crypto Specialist

Café Momentum Pittsburgh; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Café Momentum Pittsburgh is seeking a Blockchain Engineer/Architect/Crypto Specialist to develop and support blockchain technologies and digital asset solutions. You will collaborate with engineering, product, security, finance, and compliance teams to evaluate requirements and deliver reliable solutions.

The role includes assessing technical and operational risks, validating research findings, and maintaining clear documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a relevant field.
• Experience in blockchain engineering, solution architecture, digital assets, or crypto research.
• Understanding of blockchain networks, consensus mechanisms, smart contracts, wallets, and lifecycles.
• Proficiency in Solidity, Rust, Go, Python, or TypeScript for engineering roles.
• Experience designing secure, scalable systems and evaluating interoperability, performance, and governance trade-offs.
• Knowledge of token economics, digital asset markets, liquidity, custody, and protocol risks.
• Familiarity with APIs, node infrastructure, indexing tools, and on-chain analytics.
• Awareness of smart contract vulnerabilities, key management, access controls, secure development.
• Ability to evaluate technical docs, validate assumptions, and communicate limitations.
• Familiarity with version control, automated testing, and deployment workflows.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and confidentiality.
• Clear communication and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Develops and supports blockchain technologies and digital asset solutions.
• Collaborates with engineering, product, security, finance, and compliance teams.
• Assesses technical and operational risks and validates findings.
• Maintains clear documentation.
• Architecture responsibilities include defining standards and guiding implementation across teams.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Collaboration across teams

Confidentiality and professional inte​

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, finance, economics, mathematics, or related field

Tools

Solidity

Rust

Go

Python

TypeScript

Blockchain APIs

Node infrastructure

Indexing tools

On-chain analytics

Version control

Automated testing

Deployment workflows

Job description

Role Description

The Blockchain Engineer / Blockchain Architect / Crypto Specialist develops and supports blockchain technologies and digital asset solutions. Depending on the assigned specialization, the role involves building blockchain applications and integrations, designing system architectures, or analyzing crypto assets, protocols, and ecosystem developments.

The successful candidate will collaborate with engineering, product, security, finance, and compliance teams to evaluate requirements and deliver reliable solutions. This position also assesses technical and operational risks, validates system behavior or research findings, and maintains clear documentation. Architecture responsibilities may include defining technical standards and guiding implementation across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in computer science, software engineering, finance, economics, mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Relevant experience in blockchain engineering, solution architecture, digital assets, or crypto research.
• Understanding of blockchain networks, consensus mechanisms, smart contracts, wallets, and transaction lifecycles.
• For engineering positions, proficiency in languages such as Solidity, Rust, Go, Python, or TypeScript, with experience developing and testing blockchain applications.
• For architect positions, demonstrated experience designing secure, scalable systems and evaluating interoperability, performance, and governance trade-offs.
• For crypto specialist positions, knowledge of token economics, digital asset markets, liquidity, custody, and protocol risks.
• Familiarity with blockchain APIs, node infrastructure, indexing tools, and on-chain analytics.
• Awareness of smart contract vulnerabilities, key management, access controls, and secure development practices.
• Ability to evaluate technical documentation, validate assumptions, and communicate research limitations.
• Familiarity with version control, automated testing, and deployment workflows for technical positions.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and commitment to confidentiality and professional integrity.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams.
• Relevant projects, research, open-source contributions, or professional certifications are an advantage.