Software Engineer – Blockchain & Digital Assets

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join a high-performing Payments Engineering team working on next-generation **Blockchain and Digital Asset infrastructure** . This role focuses on building scalable backend systems that integrate blockchain technology into enterprise-grade financial platforms. **Key Responsibilities** - Design and develop scalable backend systems and distributed applications - Build and maintain **event-driven architectures using Kafka** - Work on **blockchain-based data ingestion, indexing, and transaction processing** - Develop high-performance APIs and microservices - Collaborate with architects and product teams on system design - Support production systems and perform root cause analysis - Improve system reliability, scalability, and performance **Required Skills** - 5–8+ years in Software Engineering (Backend / Distributed Systems) - Experience of **Blockchain / Crypto / Digital Assets (2+ years preferred)** - Strong experience in **Java, Kotlin, Go, or Python** - Hands-on experience with **Apache Kafka / Kafka Streams** - Experience with **AWS cloud services** - Docker & Kubernetes experience - Strong understanding of **distributed systems & event-driven architecture** **Nice to Have** - Experience in fintech, payments, capital markets, or trading systems - Knowledge of tokenization, custody, or stablecoins - Experience building internal platforms or developer tools - AWS services like EKS, ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB **Ideal Candidate** A strong backend engineer with solid distributed systems experience and **hands-on blockchain or digital assets exposure** , preferably from fintech or high-scale tech environments.