Senior Blockchain Software Engineer

**Dawn InfoTek** Inc. is a professional IT consulting team that partners with major financial institutions, investment firms and government sectors. We have been dedicated to delivering cutting-edge consulting services and recruiting all levels of IT positions for our clients. We are currently seeking competent individuals to fulfill the role of **Senior Blockchain Software Enginee** r to join our dynamic team for our client, one of **the major bank** Contract Duration **: ASAP – Oct 31st -3 days in office per week.** **Possibility of extension for a total of 12 months or beyo** nd & possibility of conversion to FT **E.** **Typical Day in Ro** le - Be at the forefront of technology and enable your team to be a highly functioning technology power house that enables transformation. - Advanced knowledge in multiple system/application areas of increasing complexity - Working knowledge of an entire application/system; Engineers software solutions that meet the needs of stakeholders while focusing on continually reducing technical debt - Can accomplish more complex goals independently - Identifies and manages risks versus opportunities and articulates impact towards deliverables - Actively participates in customer discovery and solution discovery sessions - Participates in merging, integrating, versioning, and promoting code through environments and version control - Triaging and problem-solving production incidents to restore services with follow up on root cause and restore efforts - Collaborates to provide estimation and break down of work to enable small and frequent releases to production - Proactively provide guidance and recommendation for the software design - Actively participates in knowledge exchange forums (i.e. Engineering Communities of Practice, Industry Forums, Open-Source Communities, Universities, etc.) - Consistently demonstrates behaviours aligned with the organizations valued mindsets - Embrace and initiate change for continuous improvement - Design, code and document applications using multiple technology stacks - Work with the Business Analyst and Architect to analyze business and system needs, and create software designs to meet requirements - Prepares high level and detailed technical specifications in accordance with Scotiabank’s security and architecture standards - Provide off-hour support of production syst **ems** **Candidate Requirements/Must Have Ski** lls: 1. 5-8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience developing scalable, high-volume backend systems and distributed data processing platforms in large-scale technology environments. 2. 2+ years of hands-on experience working w **ith Digital Assets, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, or Web3 platf** orms, including blockchain data ingestion, blockchain indexing, on-chain transaction processing, or digital asset infrastructure. 3. 3+ years of experience designing and developing distributed systems, real-time data processing platforms, and event-driven architectures supporting high-volume transaction workloads. 4. 3+ years of hands-on experience with Apache Kafka, Kafka Streams, real-time messaging, streaming data pipelines, and high-volume transaction processing syst ems. 5. 3+ years of hands-on backend development experience using Java, Kotlin, Go, Python, or similar languages, with experience in AWS cloud services, Docker, and Kuberne **tes.** **Nice-To-Have Sk** ills: - Previous experience working in large technology companies, cryptocurrency exchanges, or digital asset platforms highly preferred. - Experience building internal SDKs, developer tools, self-service platforms, or reusable data processing frameworks. - Experience with AWS services such as EKS, ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, SES, or similar cloud-native services. - Experience with distributed databases and data platforms such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, or similar technologies. - Previous experience with capital markets, trading systems, payments, custody, tokenization, stablecoins, or regulated financial services environm **ents.** **Soft s** kills: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills Willing to learn and grow, and demonstrates resilience to ever-changing prio **rities** **Edu** cation: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Security, or related field.