Principal Blockchain Engineer

Career Renew is recruiting for one of its clients a Principal Blockchain Engineer - Minter Systems - this is a fully-remote for Europe or S America/Canada East Coast candidates.

We are seeking a Principal Engineer to take ownership of the systems that power the creation and putting it in the hands of partner builders in the world. You'll be responsible for building out the infrastructure that enables automated minting, redemptions, inventory management, multi-chain bridging, integrations, liquidity and market access. This role starts as a senior individual contributor position, with full-stack ownership and meaningful scope, but is designed to grow into a technical leadership role as the team scales. Please note: This position is open only to candidates who are based outside of the United States. 

You'll work directly with our Chief Technical Officer to execute on a clear, productised system vision, and have broad autonomy to define architecture, set engineering practices, and shape the long-term technical direction of the Minter stack. 

Key Responsibilities:

• ​​Design and develop automated onchain minting and cross-chain stablecoin liquidity management solutions. You will engineer institutional-grade infrastructure with high uptime, automation, and operational resilience to support our day-to-day operations delivering reliable services to partners.

• Deploy modern web applications using best practices to ensure security, compliance, security, and high availability.

• Implement monitoring and alerting systems to deliver high-uptime, low-latency user experiences.

• Collaborate with operators and control function teams to build tools and interfaces that enhance customer experience, issuance and treasury operations, risk management, reporting and reconciliation workflows.

• Mentor mid-level engineers, conduct code reviews, and foster a culture of knowledge sharing and best practices.

• Promote engineering excellence and agile practices to deliver projects on schedule and within budget.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with strong proficiency in TypeScript and solid expertise in Python and SQL.

• Proficient in smart contract development for EVM-compatible chains.

• Advanced backend experience with , Python, or similar languages, and a proven history of building scalable RESTful and GraphQL APIs.

• Prior experience with the Fireblocks API is a plus.

• Direct experience with DeFi applications, including lending, derivatives, AMMs, and stablecoins, with the ability to design and implement complex on-chain financial logic.

• Experience designing infrastructure that supports real-world financial operations and meets institutional reliability expectations is a plus

• Are comfortable working across the stack, from backend systems and APIs to CLI tools and lightweight UIs.

• Practical experience deploying and managing applications across multi-region cloud platforms.

• Proficient with CI/CD processes and containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Based outside of the United States

Skills & Attributes:

• Proactive problem solver: You have a forward-thinking mindset, actively identifies opportunities for improvement, and takes decisive action to resolve issues efficiently and effectively.

• Collaborative communicator: You foster relationships with finance experts, blockchain specialists, back-end developers and designers.

• Team-oriented mindset: You are always ready to help colleagues within and outside your team and seek assistance when needed

• Delivery-focused: You have a clear understanding of the objectives and goals and direct your efforts towards achieving them.

• High level of autonomy.

Compensation:

• Competitive compensation (base salary with equity/ token grant) commensurate with experience.

Benefits:

• Global team and flexibility: Join a truly global team with the flexibility to work remotely

• Health and wellness: Enjoy comprehensive healthcare insurance coverage as well as a wellbeing allowance and gym membership to support your physical and mental health.

• Customizable IT setup: Tailor your workspace with access to top-notch IT equipment.

• Professional development: Benefit from an annual development budget to enhance your skills and grow professionally, including opportunities to participate in conferences and on-site company events worldwide.