Blockchain Developer

About the Role

Join the Blockchain Backend Infrastructure team and take a position in building and maintaining a leading blockchain management platform. You'll be responsible for building cutting-edge blockchain infrastructure while implementing high-throughput, real-time scalable software solutions.

As a Blockchain Engineer, you will be instrumental in the research and integration of blockchain technologies into the platform. Your responsibilities will include collaborating closely with foundations and developers to gain a deep understanding of blockchain protocols and on-chain projects, then applying that knowledge to implement new features within the platform.

You will focus equally on external protocol integration patterns and internal wallet infrastructure. This role serves as a technical bridge between raw on-chain capabilities and the wallet features delivered to customers.

What You'll Do

• Implement modern backend applications and infrastructure in a microservices architecture, using the latest technologies and development practices.
• Deep dive into the latest blockchain technology and become an expert in the fundamentals, protocols, and features of the chains we support.
• Collaborate effectively with developers, engineers, and other roles while demonstrating strong independent problem-solving abilities.
• Contribute to production reliability through on-call participation, incident response, and post-incident follow-ups.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of backend development experience in modern languages (Go, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript).
• 3+ years of hands-on blockchain development experience.
• Experience working on high-scale distributed systems.
• Understanding of microservices architecture and API design.
• Knowledge of consensus mechanisms, cryptographic primitives, and distributed systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a collaborative mindset.

Preferred

• Experience building blockchain solutions for enterprise or institutional use cases.
• Understanding of security best practices for smart contracts and blockchain systems.
• Demonstrated ability to apply AI tools in day-to-day development.
• Understanding of MPC, multi-signature wallets, or other advanced cryptographic techniques.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Location:
• - EU preferred or availability to travel to one of dev hubs in Europe once per quarter.

• Expertise in Typescript, Nodejs and Golang. 
• Prior working experience in Hyperledger 2.x. 
• Strong understanding of blockchain, smart contracts, consensus mechanisms and cryptography. 
• Proficiency in developing Chain codes/Smart Contracts. 
• Experience building front end applications using Angular. 
• Proficient in MongoDB. 
• Experience with Relation databases like MySQL, MSSQL. 
• Write application code, smart contracts, and unit test cases according to the quality guidelines. 
• Work across multiple teams, mentor junior developers and actively participate in code reviews. 
• Co-ordinate with architects to produce technical designs.  
• Skilled in Docker, Kubernetes, Nginx, Git. 
• Knowledge of design patterns and best practices. 
• Document the development process, architecture, and standard components. 
• Awareness of CI/CD pipelines.

We are looking for a Blockchain Developer who has around 2-3 years of experience, and has past experience with working on blockchain-based systems and scenarios. The ideal candidate would be someone who understands the concepts of Blockchain technology and having working experience on Rust and Solana.

• Desire to work in a startup environment, fun@work culture and able to self-manage.

• In Depth understanding of at-least two blockchain network like Rust, Substrate, Polkadot Solana, Hedera Hashgraph, Tezos, BlockApps, Algorand, Corda, Lambda, Cargo etc

• Familiarity with basic cryptography to understand the essentials of blockchain systems.

• Hands on in Rust

• Designing and writing well-structured APIs in Node.js and MongoDb to connect to Blockchain infrastructure

• Staying up to date with new developments and news in integrated chains.

• Past experience with Wallets or Crypto Exchanges would be a major plus.

• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs.

• Experience working in an agile development process.

• Documenting architecture and guidelines.

• Be proficient in using version control and continuous integration, with tools such as Gitlab, Git and Jenkins.

• Write clear, maintainable and testable code that you are proud of.

• Attend training and education where necessary to up-skill themselves.

• Experience in writing smart contracts for large-scale production blockchain applications.

• Cross-team contribution whenever required.

• Familiarity with basic cryptography.

• Should have a deep understanding of the blockchain and cryptocurrency space and smart contract systems, specifically having a deep understanding of Rust.

Arcana is The Storage Layer for Ethereum with a Privacy Stack for developers to build secure and privacy preserving apps. Users care about privacy now more than ever before and it is becoming a first-class citizen in the modern development stack. Arcana makes it easier for apps to be privacy-focused out of the box.

With Arcana’s privacy stack, developers give control of data back to their users. They can easily integrate our SDK with their apps and use our modular feature blocks for Authentication, Identity Management, Encryption, Access Control, and Decentralized Storage. All of which are secured by and verifiable on the blockchain.

Visit http://www.arcana.network/">www.arcana.network to learn more about us, our backers, and our offerings

Arcana is stack of services to help developers build more secure and privacy preserving apps.

We are looking to onboard a lead for our blockchain engineering team. At Arcana we are building our own sovereign EVM compatible chain with its own set of validators. Security, Scalability and Interoperability are the primary goals of the blockchain and we're looking to put together some of the best minds to achieve this. This is a full-time role and completely remote friendly.

• Experience in managing a team of engineers for at least 2+ years.
• Must have significant experience with Geth (Go Ethereum) or equivalent blockchain nodes and p2p
• Must be proficient with Golang
• Deep understanding of Blockchain, Solidity, Assembly, and the EVM
• Experience in standard software practices including clean code, unit tests and CI/CD
• Knowledge of Rust, Javascript, Typescript or Node.js is a plus
• Active member of the dev community will be a plus (e.g. experience contributing to OSS or EIPs)
• Experience in leading and communicating with remote teams

About Mastercard

We are the global technology company behind the world’s fastest payments processing network.

We are a vehicle for commerce, a connection to financial systems for the previously excluded, a technology innovation lab, and the home of Priceless.

We ensure every employee has the opportunity to be a part of something bigger and to change lives.

We believe as our company grows, so should you.

We believe in connecting everyone to endless, priceless possibilities.

Overview Services and Data is helping to shape the future of data insights by leveraging billions of anonymized, aggregated transactions in a 10 petabyte date warehouse to help financial institutions, merchants, media, and governments manage their businesses more effectively.

Advanced Analytics is charged with servicing clients by centralizing and optimizing the world class analytical, modeling, software coding, data sourcing, product development, product management, econometrics, and associated delivery capabilities of the MasterCard Advisors organization.

It focuses on creating innovative technology solutions which leverage technology in the data science, artificial intelligence and analytics arenas; on enabling the field with industrialized, repeatable products and on researching and incubating emerging technology to determine how they might apply to our customers and facilitate positive outcomes.

What we are re looking for

• Are you motivated by developing new Analytical skills, leading to insights into issues and developing recommendations that add real value to clients?
• Have you managed the client independently and effectively?
• Do you want to play a key role in driving a world beyond cash?
• Leading the formulation of artificial intelligence and machine learning solution objectives. Working on technical requirements based on user need.
• Responsible for creating the framework of solutions that take data intensive and complex business challenges and provide easily consumed and automated outcomes
• Using unique visualization techniques, condenses large volumes of complex ideas into elegant and simple visual models
• Determine opportunities to exploit new data sources or leverage new outcomes from existing data sources, by applying new models and algorithms to create business value
• Influences a client's strategic decisions by using deep industry expertise and deploying innovative Deep Learning analytics solutions in the operational systems Leadership Skills
• Works closely with clients/internal stakeholders to understand their business needs and design a technical solution
• Proving viability of the solution through mechanisms like proof-of-concepts
• Thought Leadership in AI – Developing compelling audience-specific messages and tools. Capture and share best practices and insights internally and with partners and customers.
• Self-driven, energetic, creative with ability to work in global teams.
• Excellent communication skills and a wide knowledge base, to convince the Stakeholders on application of AI/ML
• Provide technical leadership to the team members in relevant topics on AI/ML
• Adaptable - Takes in stride and constantly attunes to the changing needs of a highly dynamic business
• Curious - our key contributors are always seeking to grow their knowledge, to gain new perspectives, and to find better ways forward by researching and showcasing latest AI tools, techniques and applications
• Tenacious - self-starters who will take ownership of projects and bring them to completion despite difficulties or setbacks
• Consulting and Project Management Experience preferred

Functional and Technical Skills

• Experience in building and implementing AI application in any of the two domains - Fraud, risk, marketing, finance, operations for Banks, Fintech, Ecommerce, merchants or retailers
• Has a deep understanding of business value industry requirements and advanced analytic models (statistical, operations research, computing process)
• Responsible for building applications using artificial intelligence/machine learning technology, applying latest industrial and academic developments, prefer Kaggle hackathon participant
• Expertise in deep learning frameworks for Production Systems like Tensorflow, Keras (for RPD and neural net architecture evaluation), PyTorch and Xgboost, Caffe, Theono
• Proficient in Deep Learning algorithm techniques like Random Forest, GBM, KNN, SVM, Bayesian, Text Mining techniques, Multilayer Perceptron, Neural Networks – Feedforward, CNN, LSTM’s GRU’s.
• Optimization techniques – Activity regularization (L1 and L2), Adam, Adagrad, Adadelta concepts; Cost Functions in Neural Nets – Contrastive Loss, Hinge Loss, Binary Cross entropy, Categorical Cross entropy; developed applications in KRR, NLP, Speech and Image processing
• Expertise in classical Machine Learning algorithms like Logistic Regression, Decision trees, Clustering (K-means, Hierarchical and Self-organizing Maps), TSNE, PCA, Bayesian models, Time Series ARIMA/ARMA, Recommender Systems - Collaborative Filtering, FPMC, FISM, Fossil etc
• Extensive experience in statistical tools and programming environments like Python, R, SAS, SQL
• Experience with BIG DATA platforms - Hadoop, Hive, Spark, GPU Clusters for deep learning

Qualifications

• Minimum Graduate degree in Mathematics/Computer Science/Engineering