Senior Software Engineer, Blockchain Protocols

Chainalysis Careers
United Kingdom +1 more

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have deep blockchain protocol expertise and a track record of building distributed systems, combined with an expectation to self-develop AI fluency and actively contribute to reinventing engineering workflows.

Best fit for

  • Experienced engineers who take ownership of output quality while using AI to achieve previously impossible results.
    — “we expect our employees to take ownership of the output and ensure quality
  • Candidates with specialized knowledge of non-EVM chains and a background in open-source blockchain contributions.
    — “Knowledge and experience with non-EVM chains such as Solana, TON, and Sui
  • Architects who can guide junior engineers and manage the full software development lifecycle for data pipelines.
    — “Guide junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, design docs, and technical mentorship
  • Developers who thrive on challenging technical work alongside exceptionally talented global teammates.
    — “thrives on challenging work and doing it alongside exceptionally talented teammates

Things to consider

  • The role expects you to develop AI capabilities yourself and collaborate to reinvent how work gets done.
    — “the expectation is that you develop these capabilities yourself, bring ideas, and collaborate across teams
  • You will be expected to leverage AI-assisted development tools to increase velocity while maintaining code quality.
    — “leverage AI assisted development tools to increase velocity while maintaining reliable, maintainable code
  • The role involves production monitoring, debugging, and maintaining reliability of pipelines and services.
    — “production monitoring, debugging, and maintaining reliability of our pipelines and services

How to stand out

  • Showcase specific examples of using LLMs or automated agents to improve team velocity and code quality.
    — “Leverage AI-native engineering workflows (LLMs, automated agents) to increase team velocity
  • Detail your experience with indexing and ETL at scale, especially using Spark or Databricks.
    — “Experience with indexing and ETL at scale (Spark/Databricks)
  • Highlight contributions to open-source blockchain projects to demonstrate deep protocol engagement.
    — “Contributions to open-source blockchain projects
  • Provide evidence of your ability to architect scalable systems for ingesting complex blockchain data.
    — “Architect and evolve scalable, reliable, and performant systems for ingesting and parsing complex blockchain data
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • Architected and evolved scalable, reliable, and performant systems for ingesting and parsing complex blockchain data
  • Provided blockchain protocol expertise to the team and cross-functional stakeholders
Typical background
5+ years of experience building distributed systems or data-intensive applicationsExperience with AI-native engineering workflows

Skills & requirements

Required

Distributed SystemsBlockchain ProtocolsAi-native WorkflowsProduction MonitoringCode Reviews

Preferred

Non-evm ChainsIndexing And ETLInfrastructure As CodeKubernetes

Stack & domain

JavaTypeScriptSparkDatabricksPostgreSQLAWSKubernetesTerraformGithub ActionsBlockchainAI

About the role

Original posting from Chainalysis Careers via Ashby

The engineering team at Chainalysis is inspired by solving the hardest technical challenges and building products that establish trust in cryptocurrencies. We're a global organization that thrives on challenging work and doing it alongside exceptionally talented teammates. Our industry evolves rapidly, and our mission is to build a flexible, AI-driven platform that automates entity resolution, optimizes data labeling pipelines, and creates predictive models that identify illicit patterns before they escalate.

Our data and solutions have been used to solve some of the world's most high-profile criminal cases and grow consumer access to cryptocurrency safely. Now, by pairing the industry's most trusted blockchain data with agents that reason, investigate, and act, we help our customers scale their workflows as the cryptocurrency economy becomes increasingly mainstream.

The Protocols team delivers high-quality, low-latency blockchain datasets that serve as the trusted foundation for Chainalysis’ investigation, compliance, data and security products. We currently support more than 30 blockchains, translating on-chain data into actionable intelligence.

In this role, you’ll:

  • Architect and evolve scalable, reliable, and performant systems for ingesting and parsing complex blockchain data.
  • Leverage AI-native engineering workflows (LLMs, automated agents) to increase team velocity and code quality.
  • Provide blockchain protocol expertise (EVM, UTXO, etc.) to the team and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Manage the full software development lifecycle, including production monitoring, debugging, and maintaining reliability of our pipelines and services.
  • Work closely with Product Managers to ensure our datasets meet the evolving needs of the crypto ecosystem.
  • Guide junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, design docs, and technical mentorship.

We’re looking for candidates who have:

  • 5+ years of experience building distributed systems or data-intensive applications.
  • A bias to ship and the ability to iterate quickly in a fast-moving environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to leverage AI assisted development tools to increase velocity while maintaining reliable, maintainable code.
  • A deep understanding and experience of at least one Blockchain protocol

You might also have:

  • Knowledge and experience with non-EVM chains such as Solana, TON, and Sui.
  • Experience with indexing and ETL at scale (Spark/Databricks).
  • Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and managing services in Kubernetes.
  • Contributions to open-source blockchain projects.

Technologies we use:

  • Languages: Java, TypeScript
  • Data Processing: Spark, Databricks, PostgreSQL
  • Infrastructure: AWS (Serverless & EKS), Kubernetes, Terraform
  • CI/CD: GitHub Actions

AI at Chainalysis

AI is not a feature at Chainalysis - it is a new way of working. One that turns instructions into work done, and helps us move faster than the threats we're built to counter, and we expect our employees to take ownership of the output and ensure quality. As the world's most trusted blockchain analytics platform, Chainalysis sits at a rare intersection of proprietary data, regulatory relationships and crypto expertise that makes it uniquely placed to shape and lead the next era of AI-driven intelligence - and we expect everyone here, regardless of role, to be an active part of it.

AI fluency is tied directly to how we measure performance and how we plan to win. There is no substitute for your own curiosity. We provide the tools, workflows, and space to experiment - but the expectation is that you develop these capabilities yourself, bring ideas, and collaborate across teams to reinvent the way work gets done. We are not using AI to do less. We are using it to do what was never possible before.

About Chainalysis

Chainalysis is the blockchain data platform, making it easy to connect the movement of digital assets to real-world services. Powered by deep blockchain data and AI, organizations can investigate illicit activity, manage risk exposure, and develop innovative market solutions built on the industry's most trusted blockchain intelligence. Our mission is to build trust in blockchains, blending safety and security with an unwavering commitment to growth and innovation.

You belong here. 

At Chainalysis, we believe that diversity of experience and thought makes us stronger. With both customers and employees around the world, we are committed to ensuring our team reflects the unique communities around us. We’re ensuring we keep learning by committing to continually revisit and reevaluate our diversity culture.

We encourage applicants across any race, ethnicity, gender/gender expression, age, spirituality, ability, experience and more. If you need any accommodations to make our interview process more accessible to you due to a disability, don't hesitate to let us know. You can learn more here https://go.chainalysis.com/rs/503-FAP-074/images/Interview%20Accommodations%20Request.pdf. We can’t wait to meet you.

Source: Chainalysis Careers careers (Ashby)

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