Senior Blockchain Platform Engineer — Remote, High-Impact Systems

Placements24; Midrand; Hybrid; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Fully remote work

Flexible working hours

Professional development budget

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Blockchain Platform Engineer to join a fully remote team. You will design, build, and maintain a core blockchain platform powering diverse applications, tackling scalability, performance, security, and consensus challenges.

The role requires deep expertise in distributed systems, cryptography, and blockchain protocols. You will collaborate with developers, mentor engineers, and help shape the platform's technical direction in a remote-first environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering with distributed systems focus.
• Deep blockchain architecture knowledge, cryptography, networking.
• Experience with scalable, secure distributed systems and cloud infra.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and deploy core blockchain platform components.
• Design for scalability, performance, and network resilience.
• Develop robust consensus mechanisms and protocols.
• Ensure security and integrity through testing and best practices.
• Define APIs and integration strategies with app developers.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive knowledge sharing.
• Stay updated on blockchain tech, distributed systems, cryptography.
• Contribute to technical strategy, roadmap, and architecture decisions.

Skills

Distributed systems

Blockchain platform

Go / Rust / C++

Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Docker / Kubernetes

Cryptography

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Go

Rust

C++

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Blockchain Platform Engineer to join a fully remote team. You will design, build, and maintain a core blockchain platform powering diverse applications, tackling scalability, performance, security, and consensus challenges.

The role requires deep expertise in distributed systems, cryptography, and blockchain protocols. You will collaborate with developers, mentor engineers, and help shape the platform's technical direction in a remote-first environment.