Remote Lead Blockchain Engineer | Equity & Flexible Hours

Placements24; Pretoria; Hybrid; ZAR 2,297,000 - 3,445,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Fully remote

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Generous vacation policy

Dev budget and conference attendance

Home office stipend

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Remote Lead Blockchain Engineer to drive architectural decisions and lead a distributed team. You will shape the design of robust blockchain networks, guide development across multiple tech stacks, and ensure secure, scalable solutions for a fast-growing ecosystem.

The role requires 8+ years in software engineering with 5+ years in blockchain, strong leadership, and expertise in Ethereum, Solana, Polkadot and smart contracts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Engineering or equivalent.
• 8+ years in software engineering with at least 5 years in blockchain.
• Proven leadership of engineering teams and projects.
• Expertise in Ethereum, Solana, Polkadot and smart contracts.
• Strong knowledge of distributed ledger tech, cryptography and consensus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a blockchain engineering team.
• Architect, design, and implement scalable blockchain networks and dApps.
• Oversee the development lifecycle from concept to deployment.
• Set technical standards, best practices, and coding guidelines.
• Collaborate with product, design, and other engineering teams on roadmaps.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure high code quality.
• Research new blockchain technologies, tools and methodologies.
• Troubleshoot complex challenges in distributed environments.
• Ensure security, performance and reliability of blockchain solutions.

Skills

Blockchain architecture

Team leadership

Smart contract development

Backend development

Distributed systems

Cloud & DevOps

Communication skills

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Engineering or related

Tools

Ethereum

Solana

Polkadot

Solidity

Rust

Node.js

Go

Python

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Remote Lead Blockchain Engineer to drive architectural decisions and lead a distributed team. You will shape the design of robust blockchain networks, guide development across multiple tech stacks, and ensure secure, scalable solutions for a fast-growing ecosystem.

The role requires 8+ years in software engineering with 5+ years in blockchain, strong leadership, and expertise in Ethereum, Solana, Polkadot and smart contracts.