Senior Software Engineer, Tokenization at Chainlink Labs

Remotework; Vancouver (WA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join their team focused on blockchain and decentralized finance. You will work on building applications and APIs that define asset tokenization across Web3 platforms. This role offers high ownership and the opportunity to work with advanced technologies in a global and remote environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development experience required.
• 1+ year of Smart Contract development experience.
• Experience with tokenization projects preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build applications defining how assets are tokenized across Web3.
• Design and develop a new API for CCIP.
• Implement resilient distributed systems for blockchain reliability.

Skills

Smart Contract development

Systems design concepts

Effective communication

Strong interest in blockchain

Education

B.S. or higher in computer science

Tools

Golang

Job description

About Us

Chainlink Labs is the primary contributing developer of Chainlink, the decentralized computing platform powering the verifiable web. Chainlink is the industry-standard platform for providing access to real-world data, offchain computation, and secure cross-chain interoperability across any blockchain. Chainlink Labs helps power verifiable applications for banking, DeFi, global trade, and gaming by collaborating with some of the world’s largest financial institutions, notably Swift, DTCC, and ANZ. Chainlink Labs also works with top Web3 teams, including Aave, Compound, GMX, Maker, and Synthetix. Chainlink Labswas ranked as one of the Global Top 100 Most Loved Workplacesby Newsweek 2025.

The Engineering Team

At Chainlink Labs, our engineering team pushes the scale and capabilities of decentralized applications across the industry. The Chainlink Network holds >70% market share in the oracle space, solving real-world problems by enabling smart contracts to securely interact with off-chain data/computation.
We value talented and driven craftsmen who work collaboratively to tackle complex challenges, deliver product impact, and grow as builders. Join us and shape the future of blockchain technology and decentralized finance.
As a senior software engineer working on Chainlink, you’ll collaborate with an experienced technical team of other senior engineers, distributed systems computing experts, and security experts, who are all committed to building world-changing decentralized infrastructure. You’ll develop and build highly scalable, secure, and reliable software that will change the way smart contracts function at a fundamental level. You’ll have the opportunity to learn and master the latest research concerning distributed systems, cryptography, blockchains, game theory, consensus algorithms, and decentralized applications. You will be given a high level of autonomy/ownership over your projects, the opportunity to expand your scope of knowledge, and the chance to help build the decentralized infrastructure of the future

Your Impact

• Build applications and standards that will define how assets are tokenized across Web3.

• Designing and building a new API for companies to connect to our Cross Chain Interoperability Protocol ( CCIP).

• Learn more about the underlying technology in the blockchain ecosystem (Solana, Avalanche, Polygon, and Ethereum).

• Learn how to build our core products with Smart Contracts using Solidity.

• Thinking creatively about attack vectors, possible failures, and disaster scenarios, modeling them in reproducible test environments, and developing fixes

• Modeling and developing recovery behaviors within our core node software

• Managing the architectural vision for new subsystems in the core Chainlink node

• Implementing resilient distributed systems to achieve high reliability in a variety of blockchain environments

Requirements

• At least 7+ years of professional software development experience (Software Engineers, Senior Software Engineers, and Technical Leads are encouraged to apply)

• Smart Contract development experience (min. one year)

• Previous experience working on any aspect of a tokenization project.

• Experience in Golang or any other strongly-typed programming language Preferred

• B.S. or higher in computer science, software engineering, or related technical field

• Experience developing web applications/services and backend APIs

• Knowledge of systems design concepts

• Strong interest in blockchain and other Web 3.0 technologies

• Comfort and/or experience working as a remote employee as a part of a distributed team

• Ability to write and communicate effectively

All roles with Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based. Unless otherwise stated, we ask that you try to overlap some working hours with Eastern Standard Time (EST).

We carefully review all applications and aim to provide a response to every candidate within two weeks after the job posting closes. The closing date is listed on the job advert, so we encourage you to take the time to thoughtfully prepare your application. We want to fully consider your experience and skills, and you will hear from us regarding the status of your application shortly after the closing date.

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