Blockchain Expert

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!

Responsibilities:

1. Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business objectives, processes, and requirements.
2. Conduct thorough analysis of business processes, workflows, and systems to identify areas for improvement.
3. Gather, document, and prioritize business requirements using techniques such as interviews, workshops, and surveys.
4. Analyze data to identify trends, patterns, and insights that can inform decision-making and drive business outcomes.
5. Develop and maintain documentation, including business process models, use cases, user stories, and requirements specifications.
6. Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between business needs and technical solutions.
7. Facilitate meetings, workshops, and presentations to communicate findings, solicit feedback, and drive consensus among stakeholders.
8. Collaborate with developers, designers, and QA analysts to ensure successful implementation and testing of solutions.
9. Monitor and evaluate the performance of implemented solutions, and recommend adjustments or enhancements as needed.
10. Stay updated on industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to business analysis and process improvement.

Requirements:

1. Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management Information Systems, or related field.
2. Proven experience as a Business Analyst or similar role.
3. Strong analytical skills, with the ability to gather and interpret data from multiple sources.
4. Proficiency in business analysis techniques, such as process modeling, data analysis, and requirements elicitation.
5. Excellent communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
6. Solid understanding of project management principles and methodologies.
7. Experience with business analysis tools and software (e.g., Microsoft Visio, Jira, Confluence) is a plus.
8. Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
9. Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
10. Certification in business analysis (e.g., CBAP, PMI-PBA) is preferred but not required.

We are looking for a Blockchain Developer with a focus on scaling best

practices, reducing engineer toil, and ensuring reliability and stability of the NST Blockchain Platform. This engineer will also work with all engineers to understand pain points and find a balance in the “now” vs the “future”, while also proposing foundational Blockchain. This individual will need to take into consideration performance, reliability, stability, and developer happiness to ensure that we are providing a world-class community-building experience for our internal team, external contributors, creators, and users.

Priorities can change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role

includes, but is not limited to the following:

1. At least 3+ years of work experience in blockchain related projects

(preferably enterprise blockchain)

2. Good knowledge in Hyperledger Fabric related projects.

3. Knowledge of Data Structures is preferred.

4. Good with either one of the programming languages: JavaScript or Golang

(preferably Golang)

5. Experience working with some DevOps tools like docker, docker-compose,

ansible. (Knowledge of Kubernetes is even better)

6. Experience working with both SQL & NoSQL Databases, DB Migration,

Disaster Recovery.

7. Should be able to manage a small team, in terms of work management,

coding sessions, code review.

8. Good communications skills.

9. Additional certification in either Hyperledger or Kubernetes is preferred.

Technical Experience :

• Working with various departments to coordinate and develop digital CRM solutions including bespoke in-house software
• Writing clean, manageable code and maintaining proper documentation
• Writing smart contract integration in JS using web3 like libraries

What you need to have:

• Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience with Solidity and Ethereum like Blockchains
• Experience in deploying smart contracts
• Experience in MEAN stack
• Understanding of blockchain concepts
• Experience with distributed storage is plus
• Ability to work within the team and independently
• Strong organizational, time management and analytical skills    

Job description for Blockchain Developer

Responsibilities

• Create architecture features and interfaces by using programming languages
• Research and design blockchain technologies
• Develop and test blockchain technologies – Ethereum and Polkadot
• Protecting the application from bugs and cyber-attacks.
• Working closely with engineers, sales personnel, and other teams in designing and creating innovative solutions.
• Research, create and document existing and new blockchain structures and proposed solutions
• Writing excellent multithreaded codes
• Analysing the needs, resources, and problems of the company and provide necessary
solutions
• Working with open-source projects and codebases
• Keeping up with current blockchain technology and cryptocurrency trends

Requirement skills

• Strong background in software development or engineering with 2-3 years of relevant experience
• Strong conceptual knowledge on DeFi platforms
• Experience with solidity and node.js must
• Knowledge in go or rust
• Strong back-end skills
• Algorithms & data structures
• Basic knowledge of cryptography
• Peer-to-peer or P2P networks
• Qt Widgets module for GUI wallet application.
• Knowledge of current technology like microservice architectures and Docker
containers.
• B.E/B.Tech/BSc in Computer Science, Mathematics or similar field; Master’s degree
is a plus

Salary: Based on industry standards

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