Senior Blockchain / Backend Engineer - Remote

Overview

iCapital’s Distributed Ledger Technology team is looking to hire a Senior Blockchain / Backend Engineer to develop an industry-wide distributed ledger solution for the alternative investment ecosystem to facilitate access to private markets investments for advisors and their high-net-worth clients using innovative technology solutions.

In Short

• Design and implement a private and permissioned distributed ledger using DAML / Canton and other open source blockchain frameworks.
• Build and maintain a RESTful API using Python and FastAPI.
• Provide technical leadership to motivate and guide team members and mentor junior engineers.
• Actively participate in daily stand-up meetings.
• Actively participate in Peer Code Reviews as part of our standard SDLC and Change.
• Stay current with the latest developments in blockchain technology and incorporate them into our ecosystem.

Requirements

• 5+ years software engineering experience building enterprise SaaS cloud-based solutions.
• 2+ year technical leadership and management experience.
• Experience with DAML, Solidity, or other blockchain programming languages.
• Experience with Python and FastAPI.
• Demonstrated understanding of relational database concepts and modeling practices.
• Experience building APIs for large scale applications using AWS.
• Experience with tokenization and blockchain-based investments.
• Familiarity with security best practices and encryption techniques.
• Basic knowledge of finance and business (e.g., capital markets, alternative investments).
• Excellent writing, communication, and presentation skills.
• Exceptional ability to understand client needs, scope projects, develop detail-oriented execution plans, and communicate results.
• An entrepreneurial hunger to own problems from start-to-finish, manage projects, overcome operational bottlenecks, and execute effectively.

Benefits

• The base salary range for this role is $130,000 to $200,000 depending on level.
• Compensation package includes salary, equity for all full-time employees, and an annual performance bonus.
• Comprehensive benefits package that includes an employer matched retirement plan.
• Generously subsidized healthcare with 100% employer paid dental, vision, telemedicine, and virtual mental health counseling.
• Parental leave and unlimited paid time off (PTO).