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This is a hands-on position for a Senior Software Architect to join the Engineering Architecture team. The team is responsible for ensuring the highest level of design quality for both B2C and B2B products, and helping Product teams scope and build the next great features. The role focuses on driving the architecture, integration, and improvement of core services, with a strong focus on new Blockchain protocols and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) applications.
Job Responsibility:
Lead the technical scoping, design, and architecture for integrating new blockchain protocols and tokens into the Ledger ecosystem
Drive the research, understanding, and integration of complex Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocols (e.g., DEXs, lending, staking) with Ledger services, ensuring security and scalability
Collaborate closely with engineering leads, product managers and delivery managers to ensure design on most important initiatives are properly done and of good quality
Partner with product teams to define, develop and implement development requirements for new product features
Help Engineering managers identify, tackle and prioritize most critical technical debt in our transactional services stack
Contribute hands on to the development activities of the squads being supported
Become a Ledger solution expert to thoroughly understand all use-case scenarios, especially on areas identified in this job description
Be involved in our open source projects and foster our developer community by contributing and maintaining key Open Source software, and helping build our platform strategy
Help build visibility on the roadmap by contributing to gross estimates of implementation difficulty
Help contribute to Ledger visibility by presenting in conferences or in front of customers our technology know-how
Requirements:
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
Nice to have:
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
What we offer:
Flexible work options - Our hybrid policy allows employees to work from home up to 3 times per week
Health & Wellness support - Health and Life Insurance
Financial growth opportunities - Employees can become shareholders in Ledger as well as other financial benefits depending on your country of work
Commuter allowance - Ledger offers a commuter allowance to contribute to your preferred means of transportation
Learning & Development - A comprehensive suite of training solutions providing a personalised learning experience for every employee