Lead Blockchain Engineer

We are looking for a highly skilled Blockchain Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for providing technical support and expertise in multi-chain environments, ensuring smooth and efficient integrations & operations across Layer 1 and Layer 2 blockchain solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in Smart contract execution environments, experience with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), deep understanding of different blockchains, protocol specific integration challenges and smart contract troubleshooting and auditing. You will also collaborate with cross-functional teams, including security and compliance, to maintain robust and secure blockchain networks.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with development teams to design and extend Analog cross chain Smart contracts infrastructure i.e. Analog GMP.
• Ensure seamless integration and deployment of blockchain updates and fixes, as well as troubleshooting network and node issues.
• Provide technical support for multi-chain environments, including Layer 1 and Layer 2 blockchain solutions.
• Collaborate with development team to maintain and extend blockchain networks support for Analog.
• Ensure security protocols and best practices are implemented and adhered to, especially around key management, multi-sig wallets, and private/public key cryptography.
• Proactively identify and resolve blockchain performance or security issues, including managing forks, hard forks, and upgrades.
• Engage with the community and relevant stakeholders to stay current on blockchain trends, new tools, and security issues.

Qualifications

• Strong development experience with Smart contract execution environments (EVMs, WASM, SVM, CKB-VM).
• Strong experience in multi-chain environments and Layer 1/Layer 2 blockchain solutions (e.g., Ethereum, Polygon classic, Polygon zkevm, Solana, Polkadot).
• Experienced using blockchain testing frameworks, i.e. Foundry, Hardhat etc.
• Hands-on experience with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Expertise in smart contract troubleshooting, auditing, and issue resolution, including gas optimization and debugging.
• Knowledge of blockchain security best practices, including key management and encryption.
• Ability to work independently in a remote, distributed environment with minimal supervision.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with a focus on operational efficiency and performance.
• Experience with incident management and technical support, particularly in resolving blockchain-related issues.
• Good understanding of Cryptography: Bitcoin’s light-clients, secp256k1, elliptic curve cryptography, etc.
• Hands on development experience with Polkadot ecosystem (Rust, Substrate).

Bonus Qualifications

• Familiarity with blockchain infrastructure, including node setup, maintenance, and scaling.
• Knowledge of consensus mechanisms, distributed ledger technologies, and blockchain interoperability.
• Familiarity with hardware wallets, multi-sig wallets, and custody solutions for crypto assets.
• Prior experience working in a Web3 startup or decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.

Analog fosters an inclusive work environment that doesn’t tolerate unjust discrimination against race, religion, gender, disability, age or other qualities. We encourage anyone from around the world to apply as long as they meet the job requirements.