Senior Blockchain Backend Engineer — Private Ledger & API Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement match

Dental coverage

Vision

Telemedicine

Mental health counseling

Parental leave

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

iCapital, Inc. is seeking a Senior Blockchain Backend Engineer in New York to build an industry-wide distributed ledger for the private markets ecosystem.

You will design private ledgers, implement APIs with Python and FastAPI, and provide technical leadership across engineering and product teams. You will mentor engineers, stay current with blockchain developments, and collaborate with senior leadership and partners to drive scalable, secure solutions.

Qualifications

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

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

Blockchain backend

Leadership

DAML

Solidity

Python

FastAPI

Relational databases

AWS

API design

Software architecture

Tools

DAML

Solidity

FastAPI

Python

AWS

Job description

iCapital, Inc. is seeking a Senior Blockchain Backend Engineer in New York to build an industry-wide distributed ledger for the private markets ecosystem.

You will design private ledgers, implement APIs with Python and FastAPI, and provide technical leadership across engineering and product teams. You will mentor engineers, stay current with blockchain developments, and collaborate with senior leadership and partners to drive scalable, secure solutions.