Senior Blockchain Backend Engineer – Private Ledger

iCapital; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Salary guaranteed with equity

Retirement plan

Healthcare

Dental

Vision

Telemedicine

Mental health counseling

Parental leave

Unlimited PTO

Hybrid work: in-office Mon-Thu, remote

Job summary

iCapital’s Distributed Ledger Technology team is seeking a Senior Blockchain Backend Engineer to develop an industry-wide distributed ledger solution for the alternative investment ecosystem. The role involves building private ledgers, RESTful APIs with Python/FastAPI, and providing technical leadership while collaborating with Engineering, Product, leadership, and industry partners.

Occasional in-office collaboration is expected.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of enterprise SaaS software engineering experience.
• 3+ years of technical leadership and people management experience.
• Experience with DAML, Solidity, or other blockchain programming languages.
• Proficient in Python and FastAPI.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a private and permissioned distributed ledger using DAML or Canton and other open source blockchain frameworks.
• Build and maintain a RESTful API using Python and FastAPI.
• Provide technical leadership to motivate and guide team members and mentor junior engineers.
• Participate in daily stand-up meetings and peer code reviews as part of the SDLC.
• Stay current with the latest developments in blockchain technology and incorporate them into the iCapital ecosystem.

Skills

Enterprise SaaS

Technical leadership

Blockchain programming

Python

FastAPI

Relational databases

AWS

Tools

DAML

Solidity

AWS

Job description

iCapital’s Distributed Ledger Technology team is seeking a Senior Blockchain Backend Engineer to develop an industry-wide distributed ledger solution for the alternative investment ecosystem. The role involves building private ledgers, RESTful APIs with Python/FastAPI, and providing technical leadership while collaborating with Engineering, Product, leadership, and industry partners.

Occasional in-office collaboration is expected.