Senior Software Architect, Blockchain & DeFi

- 10+ years of experience in technical design, development, execution, testing and delivery. - Deep expertise/interest in backend system architecture, algorithm development, and optimization for high throughput, high reliability transactional services. - Profound, hands on knowledge of how various blockchain technologies (e.g., Ethereum, EVMs, non EVMs) work under the hood, and a curiosity to investigate deeply complex, distributed systems. - Ability to work effectively with internal teams to define scope, goals, project plans and deliverables. - Team player with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work cross functionally. - Excellent presentation and written communication. - Engineering degree. - Expert knowledge of backend development and architecting scalable, secure web services (e.g., Node.js, Python, Scala). - Experience with advanced software development practices and patterns for distributed, fault tolerant systems. - Deep understanding of smart contract security, token standards (ERC 20, ERC 721, etc.), and the architecture of common DeFi primitives (DEXs, Lending Protocols, Yield Farming). - Practical experience with blockchain node interaction (RPC, WebSockets) and building robust, high availability data indexing and transaction services. - Strong knowledge of database technologies (SQL/NoSQL) and message queues for asynchronous data processing in backend systems. - Open source experience or contributions, especially in the blockchain/crypto space. - Expert knowledge of cryptography and security practices applied to transactional systems. - Prior experience contributing to or integrating with major DeFi protocols.