Blockchain Engineer

Working on behalf of an industry leading prop trading firm in Amsterdam looking for an experienced Back-End Blockchain Engineer to join their growing Digital Assets Technology team in Amsterdam.

What you will do

• Work closely with trading desks to develop scalable and low-latency solutions for DEX Trading
• Contribute to the architecture and development of high-performance, real-time trading systems for DeFi markets
• Develop and maintain on-chain and off-chain components, including smart contracts, indexers, and market-making bots
• Implement robust APIs and integrate with DeFi protocols, liquidity pools, and decentralized exchanges (DEXs)
• Design and optimize event-driven microservices for real-time blockchain transaction processing
• Ensure high availability, reliability, and security of blockchain-based back-end systems
• Collaborate with Quantitative Researchers, Traders, and Software Engineers to identify and implement automation and acceleration strategies for the Digital Assets desk

What you need to succeed

• BSc, MSc, or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related fields
• 5+ years of commercial experience in software development
• Strong expertise in one or more back-end programming languages: Python, Rust, Go, Java
• Solid experience in DeFi development (protocol interactions, arbitrage, liquidity management).
• Strong blockchain knowledge, including nodes, consensus mechanisms (PoW, PoS), and Web3
• Experience with smart contract development in Solidity and/or Rust
• Prior experience working in low-latency, high-performance trading environment, a plus

This role offers a top compensation package, as well as relocation package for anyone looking to move to Amsterdam.