Blockchain Developer

About Us

Alfred Capital - Alfred Capital is a next-generation on-chain proprietary quantitative trading technology provider, pioneering fully autonomous algorithmic systems that reshape trading and capital allocation in decentralized finance. 

As a sister company of Deqode — a 400+ person blockchain innovation powerhouse — we operate at the cutting edge of quant research, distributed infrastructure, and high-frequency execution.

What We Build

• Alpha Discovery via On‑Chain Intelligence — Developing trading signals using blockchain data, CEX/DEX markets, and protocol mechanics.
• DeFi-Native Execution Agents — Automated systems that execute trades across decentralized platforms.
• ML-Augmented Infrastructure — Machine learning pipelines for real-time prediction, execution heuristics, and anomaly detection.
• High-Throughput Systems — Resilient, low-latency engines that operate 24/7 across EVM and non-EVM chains tuned for high-frequency trading (HFT) and real-time response
• Data-Driven MEV Analysis & Strategy — We analyze mempools, order flow, and validator behaviors to identify and capture MEV opportunities ethically—powering strategies that interact deeply with the mechanics of block production and inclusion.

Evaluation Process

• HR Discussion – A brief conversation to understand your motivation and alignment with the role.
• Initial Technical Interview – A quick round focused on fundamentals and problem-solving approach.
• Take-Home Assignment – Assesses research ability, learning agility, and structured thinking.
• Assignment Presentation – Deep-dive into your solution, design choices, and technical reasoning.
• Final Interview – A concluding round to explore your background, interests, and team fit in depth.
• Optional Interview – In specific cases, an additional round may be scheduled to clarify certain aspects or conduct further assessment before making a final decision.

Job Description : Blockchain Data & ML Engineer

As a Blockchain Data & ML Engineer, you’ll work on ingesting and modelling on-chain behaviour, building scalable data pipelines, and designing systems that support intelligent, autonomous market interaction.

What You’ll Work On

• Build and maintain ETL pipelines for ingesting and processing blockchain data.
• Assist in designing, training, and validating machine learning models for prediction and anomaly detection.
• Evaluate model performance, tune hyperparameters, and document experimental results.
• Develop monitoring tools to track model accuracy, data drift, and system health.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and execution teams to integrate ML components into production systems.
• Design and maintain databases and storage systems to efficiently manage large-scale datasets.

Ideal Traits

• Strong in data structures, algorithms, and core CS fundamentals.
• Proficiency in any programming language
• Familiarity with backend systems, APIs, and database design, along with a basic    understanding of machine learning and blockchain fundamentals.
• Curiosity about how blockchain systems and crypto markets work under the hood.
• Self-motivated, eager to experiment and learn in a dynamic environment.

Bonus Points For

• Hands-on experience with pandas, numpy, scikit-learn, or PyTorch.
• Side projects involving automated ML workflows, ETL pipelines, or crypto protocols.
• Participation in hackathons or open-source contributions.

What You’ll Gain

• Cutting-Edge Tech Stack: You'll work on modern infrastructure and stay up to date with the latest trends in technology.
• Idea-Driven Culture: We welcome and encourage fresh ideas. Your input is valued, and you're empowered to make an impact from day one.
• Ownership & Autonomy: You’ll have end-to-end ownership of projects. We trust our team and give them the freedom to make meaningful decisions.
• Impact-Focused: Your work won’t be buried under bureaucracy. You’ll see it go live and make a difference in days, not quarters

What We Value:

• Craftsmanship over shortcuts: We appreciate engineers who take the time to understand the problem deeply and build durable solutions—not just quick fixes.
• Depth over haste: If you're the kind of person who enjoys going one level deeper to really "get" how something works, you'll thrive here.
• Invested mindset: We're looking for people who don't just punch tickets, but care about the long-term success of the systems they build.
• Curiosity with follow-through: We admire those who take the time to explore and validate new ideas, not just skim the surface.

Compensation:

• INR 6 - 12 LPA
• Performance Bonuses: Linked to contribution, delivery, and impact.

Job Description:

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Blockchain Developer to join our dynamic team. As a Blockchain Developer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining blockchain-based applications and solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop innovative blockchain solutions that meet our business requirements. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in blockchain technology, solid programming skills, and a passion for staying updated with the latest trends and developments in the blockchain space.

Responsibilities:

1. Design, develop, and implement blockchain solutions based on business requirements.
2. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate blockchain technology into existing systems and applications.
3. Research and evaluate blockchain frameworks, platforms, and tools to identify the most suitable solutions for our projects.
4. Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code for blockchain applications.
5. Implement smart contracts and decentralized applications (DApps) using Solidity or other relevant programming languages.
6. Ensure the security, scalability, and performance of blockchain solutions.
7. Conduct code reviews, testing, and debugging to ensure the quality of deliverables.
8. Stay updated with the latest developments, standards, and best practices in blockchain technology.
9. Provide technical guidance and support to team members and stakeholders.
10. Document technical specifications, architecture, and processes related to blockchain development projects.

Requirements:

1. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
2. Proven experience as a Blockchain Developer or related role.
3. Strong understanding of blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, and decentralized systems.
4. Proficiency in programming languages such as Solidity, JavaScript, Python, or C++.
5. Experience with blockchain platforms such as Ethereum, Hyperledger, Corda, or EOS.
6. Familiarity with smart contract development and deployment.
7. Knowledge of cryptographic principles and security protocols.
8. Experience with blockchain development tools, libraries, and frameworks.
9. Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
10. Strong communication and teamwork skills.
11. Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
12. Certification in blockchain development (e.g., Certified Blockchain Developer) is a plus.

Join our team and be part of exciting projects at the forefront of blockchain technology innovation!

Job Position - BlockChain Developer

Experience - 4+ Years

Job Location - Bangalore

Responsibilities:

• Search, design, develop, and test blockchain technologies.

• Brainstorm and help evaluate applications for new tools and technologies as they continually evolve.

• Maintain and extend current client- and server-side applications responsible for integration and business logic.

• Be involved in the global blockchain community—work on implementing and integrating the latest improvement proposals.

• Document new solutions as well as maintain the existing ones.

Requirements:

• Total 4+ Years of experience in Backend Development and minimum 1+ years of experience in Ethereum, Blockchain

• Knowledge of any one of the programming languages: NodeJS, Java, GoLang, C, C++, PHP

• Basic understanding of blockchain technology: Bitcoin, Smart Contracts, Solidity, Cryptography

• Knowledge of private blockchains such as Hyper Ledger, and Corda is a plus

• Basic understanding of HTML, CSS, JS, Bootstrap, and knowledge of front-end technologies such as Angular/ React/ Vue is a plus.

• Knowledge in databases and database modeling: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB

• Understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

• Experience using Git for version control

We are a Research and Development firm focusing on building DeFi products revolving around Decentralized Liquidity Provision and active LP management.

We are a high-output research team of 5 from a variety of backgrounds, spanning from Machine Learning and System Engineering, all the way to fintech and business.

We are looking for a DeFi Software Engineer who has a deep understanding of Ethereum and tons of curiosity!

What are we Building:
We are building an Ethereum-based Protocol for structured yield and synths. The protocol leverages permissionless-ness and transparency of DeFi to create predictable yield and increase capital efficiency of capital deployed over various products in the DeFi ecosystem.

Our first product focuses on liquidity management on Uniswap V3.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building and testing smart contracts and related infrastructure
• Researching new DeFi protocols and its connectors and building on them
• Building real-time monitoring tools and working with our team on latency-sensitive operations
• Ethereum Node Infrastructure
• R&D at a protocol level

Qualifications

• Deep technical and practical understanding of DeFi protocols and DevOps practices for interfacing with them (both Ethereum and any other relevant one) Must have extensive knowledge of Solidity, smart contract development (web3js or ethersjs), testing and deployed a functioning smart contract on ETH mainnet.
• Knowledge of Javascript (knowledge of Golang/Python programming is nice to have).
• Must be comfortable working with either hardhat or truffle.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic, research-oriented team with several ongoing concurrent projects
• You look forward to working with an interdisciplinary team that longs to find solutions together.
• Knowledge of DeFi isn't a must but is a big plus!

The number of years of experience does not matter as long as you have built complex projects from scratch, a burning desire to learn more, constantly improve yourself and solving tricky problems on a daily basis. We're a small team so you can assure yourself that whatever you contribute - in terms of engineering, or otherwise - is always heard and discussed.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses
• A young startup work environment, where your initiatives and ideas count and are rewarded
• A unique open research environment, where everybody contributes and sees the full spectrum of our work, from inception to production
• The chance to shape our firm's legacy and exchange knowledge with the team on every part of what we do.

The role is remote. Please share github profiles and details of previous projects worked on (both commercial and personal).

Requirements

Responsibilities

Hiring Process

Technical Experience :

https://electronlabs.org/">Electron Labs is building a new protocol to make various blockchains interoperable. Our goal is to enable cross-chain contracts to connect with each other in the same way as same-chain contracts connect i.e., via function calls. We have developed a new in-house tech called https://garvitgoel.medium.com/what-is-bdlc-and-how-it-works-5716fbbacde8">Bi-Directional Light Client that allows a smart contract to independently verify whether the cross-chain transactions submitted to it are valid. We further use ZK-SNARKS to reduce the gas cost of running the light client on-chain.

Desired Qualifications

1. A good grasp of blockchain fundamentals, various consensus algorithms, and detailed knowledge of at least one major blockchain.
2. Previous work (demonstrable) in blockchain technology, web3, or protocol development
3. In-depth understanding of Number Theory and Cryptography. Knowledge of Cryptographic Algorithms and zero-knowledge proofs are highly preferred.
4. Superior mathematics and problem-solving skills, excellent pattern recognition, passion for solving puzzles.
5. Proficiency in one of the following languages: Go-lang, Rust, is highly preferred. Working knowledge of Solidity, Javascript, Python, or similar scripting languages puts you in front of our list
6. Grounded research skills and an ability to absorb documentation quickly
7. Strong background in Computer Science. Knowledgeable in Algorithms and Data Structures.

Roles and Responsibilities

1. You will be assigned one blockchain (Ethereum /Polygon /NEAR /tendermint /Polkadot/Aleo). You will be required to implement the light client of this blockchain in https://docs.circom.io/">Circom language (Domain Specific Language for ZK-SNARKS).
2. Write go-lang based networking relayers that enable communication between blockchains and zk-provers.
3. Maintain relayer and zk-prover infrastructure (cloud machine and codebase)
4. Write kickass documentation.

Location: Delhi NCR, India | Remote

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