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Senior Blockchain Engineer

Blockdaemon

Blockdaemon

Software Engineering
Dublin, Ireland · London, UK
Posted on Jan 14, 2025

Position Overview

Are you a crypto native? Do you use Web3 applications on a daily basis and want to build the next generation of Web3 applications?

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Blockchain Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for implementing backend and frontend solutions for Web3-related services, with a particular focus on Decentralized Finance applications. You will work across multiple blockchains, Web3 protocols and collaborate with a dynamic team dedicated to building innovative, secure, and scalable dApps.

Your Impact

  • Drive the development of next-generation DeFi applications that redefine how people interact with financial services.

  • Build cutting-edge Web3 solutions that work seamlessly across multiple Blockchain ecosystems.

  • Develop intuitive and responsive interfaces that make complex blockchain interactions accessible and user-friendly.

  • Implement best practices in smart contract interactions and backend development to ensure robust, secure, and dependable applications.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create scalable and efficient Web3 applications, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in the decentralized world.

Role Requirements

  • Develop, deploy, and maintain backend and frontend components of decentralized applications (dApps).

  • Design and implement secure, efficient, and scalable smart contract interactions across various blockchain platforms, including Ethereum and Solana.

  • Build robust, scalable backends using modern development frameworks and languages such as Golang and OpenAPI.

  • Implement responsive and user-friendly frontends using frameworks such as React and TypeScript using Web3 tooling such as Ethers and Wagmi.

  • Create and manage Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines to automate testing and deployment.

  • Write thorough and comprehensive unit and integration tests to ensure high code quality.

  • Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver high-quality solutions.

  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the latest developments in the blockchain space, with a particular focus on DeFi.

  • Engage in code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and help maintain the code quality and best practices of the team.

Nice-to-Have Skills

  • Experience writing smart contracts using Solidity or similar languages.

  • Experience packaging, deploying and managing dockerized application using Kubernetes and Terraform

  • Experience with monitoring and observability technology such as Prometheus, Grafana

  • Experience running Blockchain infrastructure such as nodes, validators or oracles

Tech Stack

  • Golang, OpenAPI

  • React, Typescript

  • Solidity and similar smart contract languages

  • Gitlab CI

About Us:


We Power the Blockchain economy.


Blockdaemon powers the blockchain economy with its suite of industry-leading
infrastructure solutions. We are a globally established, ISO-27001 certified partner with extensive protocol coverage, offering technical depth, industry-leading SLAs, 70+ global points of presence through 10+ cloud and bare metal providers, and 24/7 support for an unmatched institutional-grade experience. We provide integrated business solutions to exchanges, custodians, crypto platforms, financial institutions, and developers using our end-to-end suite of blockchain tools, including dedicated nodes, APIs, staking, liquid staking, MPC tech, and more. Blockdaemon provides its customers with the confidence to quickly and easily scale without compromising security or compliance.


We are a globally distributed team.


Blockdaemon is an Equal Opportunity Employer.