Blockchain Engineer
Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)3 months ago
Jersey City, NJ, USAMid Level
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deploy production-grade Rust smart contracts for Stellar using Soroban and for Solana.
- Own smart contract modules through design, deployment, lifecycle management, and ongoing maintenance.
- Lead code reviews and contribute to security assessments, audit readiness, and risk mitigation.
- Develop testing strategies, automated test frameworks, deployment pipelines, reusable contract libraries, and quality gates.
- Integrate smart contracts with platform, backend, frontend, and web application services.
- Participate in incident response and root-cause analysis for smart contract issues.
- Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders on technical requirements and system architecture.
- Mentor Associate engineers and share blockchain and smart contract expertise with technical and nontechnical teams.
- Monitor blockchain, cryptographic, and smart contract developments to identify and mitigate security threats.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is preferred, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- 2+ years of hands-on Rust development experience.
- 1+ years of experience developing smart contracts or blockchain-based applications, including Rust smart contracts in production.
- Strong understanding of blockchain security, distributed systems, and cryptographic principles.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, secure software-delivery practices, software development lifecycles, and quality engineering.
- Experience with manual and automated testing of REST APIs, web applications, microservices, distributed systems, blockchain platforms, smart contracts, and on-chain/off-chain transaction workflows.
- Experience developing and maintaining automated test frameworks and test suites.
- Knowledge of defect tracking, test management, reporting, performance testing, security testing, and resiliency testing.
- Experience with permissioned blockchain networks or AppChains; Hyperledger Besu or comparable enterprise blockchain experience is strongly preferred.
- Hands-on experience with Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Postman, or comparable automation tools.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation including base pay and annual incentive.
- Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location.
- Pension and retirement benefits.
- Paid time off, personal/family care, and other leaves of absence.
- Flexible hybrid work model with 3 days onsite and 2 days remote, including onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and a third team- or employee-specific day.
- Training and professional development opportunities.
About Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)
Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) runs global post-trade market infrastructure, delivering clearing, settlement, securities depository, trade reporting, and data services for broker-dealers, banks, and asset managers. It provides these services through subsidiaries such as DTC, NSCC, FICC, and the Global Trade Repository, with revenue primarily from transaction and service fees. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Jersey City, NJ, DTCC is industry-owned and privately held, serving markets across multiple regions.