Senior Blockchain Protocol Engineer Enterprise Settlement

Global Settlement; Miami (FL); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Settlement is building institutional-grade blockchain settlement infrastructure connecting traditional banking to digital markets across stablecoins, commodities, FX, and real-world assets. You’ll own node infrastructure, consensus mechanisms, cross-chain systems, and settlement protocol design.

This role is hands-on with approximately 80% coding in Rust or Go, collaborating with security, network, and product teams to ensure throughput, reliability, and regulatory compliance for

Qualifications

• 5+ years software engineering, 3+ years in blockchain or protocol infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with consensus algorithms, node operations and distributed systems design.
• Strong Rust or Go; Java, Solidity, or Python a plus.
• Production experience with Ethereum, Cosmos, Hyperledger, Canton, or comparable L1/L2 networks.
• Cryptographic primitives, key management, and on-chain security.
• Cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Shipped protocol infrastructure to production, not just smart contracts.
• Startup mindset with the ability to execute from a brief in stand-alone mode.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate blockchain node infrastructure and settlement protocol architecture
• Implement and tune consensus mechanisms (BFT, PoS, PoA) for enterprise throughput and deterministic finality
• Architect cross-chain communication and bridging for multi-network settlement
• Drive security, scalability, and reliability across all chain-level systems
• Lead research on L1/L2 architectures, emerging protocols, and settlement patterns
• Write RFCs and architecture decision records for engineering builds
• Mentor engineers and set infrastructure standards through code review
• Hands-on coding with ~80% of time spent coding; remaining time for strategy and collaboration

Skills

Rust

Go

Consensus algorithms

Distributed systems

Node operations

Cross-chain design

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Global Settlement is building institutional-grade blockchain settlement infrastructure connecting traditional banking to digital markets across stablecoins, commodities, FX, and real-world assets. You’ll own node infrastructure, consensus mechanisms, cross-chain systems, and settlement protocol design.

This role is hands-on with approximately 80% coding in Rust or Go, collaborating with security, network, and product teams to ensure throughput, reliability, and regulatory compliance for