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Backend Engineer, Blockchain - Assistant Vice President

iCapital
Salt Lake City, USAfull_timePosted 24 Jun 2026

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<p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>About the Role</strong></p> <p>iCapital’s Distributed Ledger Technology team is looking to hire a Senior Blockchain / Backend Engineer to develop an industry-wide distributed ledger solution for the alternative investment ecosystem to facilitate access to private markets investments for advisors and their high-net-worth clients using innovative technology solutions. Candidates should be able to understand complex business problems, scope projects, identify business opportunities, optimize workflows, and communicate their findings across all levels of the organization. This role is highly visible and involves working closely with other teams in Engineering, Product, senior leadership, and industry partners. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Design and implement a private and permissioned distributed ledger using DAML / Canton and other open source blockchain frameworks</li> <li>Build and maintain a RESTful API using Python and FastAPI</li> <li>Provide technical leadership to motivate and guide team members and&nbsp;mentor junior engineers</li> <li>Actively participate in daily stand-up meetings</li> <li>Actively participate in Peer Code Reviews as part of our standard SDLC and Change</li> <li>Stay current with the latest developments in blockchain technology and incorporate them into our ecosystem</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p> <ul> <li>5+ years software engineering experience building enterprise SaaS cloud-based solutions</li> <li>2+ year technical leadership and management experience</li> <li>Experience with DAML, Solidity, or other blockchain programing languages</li> <li>Experience with Python and FastAPI</li> <li>Demonstrated understanding of relational database concepts and modeling practices</li> <li>Experience building APIs for large scale applications using AWS</li> <li>Experience with toke <p><strong>About the Role</strong></p> <p>iCapital’s Distributed Ledger Technology team is looking to hire a Blockchain / Backend Engineer to develop an industry-wide distributed ledger solution for the alternative investment ecosystem to facilitate access to private markets investments for advisors and their high-net-worth clients using innovative technology solutions. Candidates should be able to understand complex business problems, scope projects, identify business opportunities, optimize workflows, and communicate their findings across all levels of the organization. This role is highly visible and involves working closely with other teams in Engineering, Product, senior leadership, and industry partners. &am

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