Senior Blockchain Platform Engineer - Core Infrastructure

Skill; Southlake (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Skill in Southlake, TX is seeking a Senior Engineer, Blockchain Platforms to shape foundational infrastructure for digital asset custody and tokenization. This on-site role collaborates with custody and security engineers to deliver secure, scalable blockchain services.

You will build core infrastructure, wallets, and data pipelines, integrating with Layer-1 ecosystems, while ensuring observability and resilience in production environments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience building or integrating blockchain or distributed ledger systems.
• Strong understanding of Layer-1 blockchain protocols and transaction lifecycles.
• Experience building backend services, APIs, and infrastructure components.
• Proficiency in Go, Java, Rust, Python or similar languages.
• Ability to work effectively across custody, security, and platform teams.

Responsibilities

• Integrate institutional systems with Layer-1 blockchains for custody and scalability needs.
• Understand transaction lifecycles, finality, forks, reorgs, and event propagation for reliable integrations.
• Design and build core blockchain infrastructure services (indexers, event processors, block explorers, observability tools).
• Ensure data pipelines are accurate, performant, and auditable for troubleshooting and incident response.
• Contribute to wallet architecture and signing workflows within custody platforms.

Skills

Blockchain experience

Layer-1 protocols

Backend services

Go / Java / Rust / Python

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

Skill in Southlake, TX is seeking a Senior Engineer, Blockchain Platforms to shape foundational infrastructure for digital asset custody and tokenization. This on-site role collaborates with custody and security engineers to deliver secure, scalable blockchain services.

You will build core infrastructure, wallets, and data pipelines, integrating with Layer-1 ecosystems, while ensuring observability and resilience in production environments.