Remote Blockchain Infrastructure Engineer (Contractor)

Cheesecake Labs LTDA.; United States; Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheesecake Labs is seeking a Blockchain Engineer (Contractor) to design and evolve production-grade blockchain infrastructure and backend services for client projects in the US and Europe. You will work with international teams, integrate Layer-1 blockchains, build indexers and APIs, and balance scalability, security, and reliability while navigating fast-moving engagements.

Strong communication in English, comfort with client interaction, and ability to adapt across multiple projects are

Qualifications

• Strong experience building or integrating blockchain infrastructure in production environments.
• Understand Layer-1 mechanics: transaction lifecycle, confirmations, finality, forks, reorgs, event propagation.
• Ability to build backend services, APIs, event-driven systems, and distributed architectures beyond blockchain.
• Maintain a fullstack mindset and collaborate across the stack when needed.
• Prioritize security, observability, and reliability alongside feature delivery.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve blockchain infrastructure services powering production-grade digital asset platforms.
• Collaborate with teammates to determine what should be built on client projects.
• Integrate backend systems with Layer-1 blockchains ensuring reliability and scalability.
• Create services like blockchain indexers, event processors, and transaction pipelines.
• Design workflows for transaction execution, monitoring, reconciliation, and failure recovery.
• Balance scalability, security, and business priorities while working with international teams.

Skills

Blockchain infra

Backend services

Event-driven systems

English proficiency

Fullstack mindset

Security & observability

Job description

Cheesecake Labs is seeking a Blockchain Engineer (Contractor) to design and evolve production-grade blockchain infrastructure and backend services for client projects in the US and Europe. You will work with international teams, integrate Layer-1 blockchains, build indexers and APIs, and balance scalability, security, and reliability while navigating fast-moving engagements.

Strong communication in English, comfort with client interaction, and ability to adapt across multiple projects are