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Principal Blockchain Engineer

United States, Jersey City 107000.00 - 216000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted April 21, 2026
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As a Principal Blockchain Engineer on the DeFi Yield Gen Platform team, you’ll get the opportunity to develop your skills and collaborate with engineers across Fidelity in a fun and dynamic environment. You will work closely with technical leaders and Architects to build a secure crypto yield generation platform utilizing modern software development practices. As a senior member of the team, you will mentor engineers on the best practices for Software development.

Job Responsibility

  • Develop your skills and collaborate with engineers across Fidelity
  • Work closely with technical leaders and Architects to build a secure crypto yield generation platform utilizing modern software development practices
  • Mentor engineers on the best practices for Software development

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field required
  • 8+ years' of progressive experience in software engineering using programming languages like RUST
  • Hands-on experience with L1 & L2 blockchains such as Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum
  • Hands-on experience building highly performant and low latency applications
  • Proficient in databases and SQL
  • An understanding of microservice architecture
  • Ability to build reliable software that can withstand unreliable environments
  • Experience building unit and integration tests
  • Experience building and deploying applications using continuous integration pipelines and automated deployment tools such as Jenkins Core
  • Possess critical thinking skills to build end-to-end solutions
  • Passionate and committed to learning new things and developing with the latest technologies and frameworks
  • Work well in both a small agile team and independently, having a strong user focus
  • Strong analytical and communication skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks at any given time
  • Participate in engineering practices such as code and design reviews, environment strategy, and build and deployment pipelines
  • Strong organization skills and attention to details

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with protocols such as Aave, Uniswap is a plus
  • Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms and containerization technologies such as Docker is a plus
  • Experience with asynchronous workers and resilient messaging services such as SNS and SQS is a plus

What we offer

  • Comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support
  • Market-leading retirement
  • Generous paid time off and parental leave
  • Charitable giving employee match program
  • Educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career

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