Remote Senior Blockchain Architect

Placements24; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Performance bonuses

Fully remote work

Health insurance

Professional growth opportunities

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a Senior Blockchain Engineer to architect and implement scalable, secure blockchain networks and smart contracts for a fully remote global team. You will lead design and push innovative solutions across platforms.

You will collaborate with distributed engineering groups, review code, and mentor juniors. The role offers stock options, competitive compensation, and opportunities to shape the blockchain ecosystem from anywhere, including Cape Town.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional blockchain development experience.
• Deep understanding of distributed ledger technologies, consensus algorithms and cryptography.
• Expertise in smart contract development (Solidity) and major platforms.
• Backend programming in Go, Node.js or Python; cloud and containerization skills (AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong remote collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and implement scalable blockchain networks and protocols.
• Develop and optimize high-performance smart contracts and dApps.
• Lead technical design for new blockchain features and products.
• Collaborate with remote engineering teams to integrate solutions.
• Conduct security audits and mitigate vulnerabilities.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team growth.

Skills

Blockchain experience

Smart contracts (Solidity)

Backend programming

Cloud & containers

Distributed ledger tech & crypto

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Solidity

Job description

Placements24 seeks a Senior Blockchain Engineer to architect and implement scalable, secure blockchain networks and smart contracts for a fully remote global team. You will lead design and push innovative solutions across platforms.

You will collaborate with distributed engineering groups, review code, and mentor juniors. The role offers stock options, competitive compensation, and opportunities to shape the blockchain ecosystem from anywhere, including Cape Town.