Software Engineer – Backend and Distributed Processing Platforms - Blockchain

Job Description

Software Engineer – Backend and Distributed Processing Platforms - Blockchain
On behalf of our Banking client, Procom is searching for a Software Engineer – Backend and Distributed Processing Platforms - Blockchain for a 3-month role. This position is a hybrid position with 3 days onsite at our client’s Toronto office.

Software Engineer – Backend and Distributed Processing Platforms - Blockchain - Job Description:
This role involves working on a digital asset initiative that integrates blockchain technology into mainstream financial institutions. The project focuses on leveraging blockchain expertise to enhance enterprise core banking technology, specifically within payments engineering.

Software Engineer – Backend and Distributed Processing Platforms - Blockchain - Responsibilities:
• Be at the forefront of technology and enable your team to be a highly functioning technology powerhouse that enables transformation.
• Engineer software solutions that meet the needs of stakeholders while focusing on continually reducing technical debt.
• Participate in customer discovery and solution discovery sessions.
• Collaborate to provide estimation and break down of work to enable small and frequent releases to production.
• Design, code, and document applications using multiple technology stacks.
• Work with the Business Analyst and Architect to analyze business and system needs, and create software designs to meet requirements.
• Provide off-hour support of production systems.

Software Engineer – Backend and Distributed Processing Platforms - Blockchain - Mandatory Skills:
• 5-8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience developing scalable, high-volume backend systems and distributed data processing platforms.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Digital Assets, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, or Web3 platforms.
• 3+ years of experience designing and developing distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Apache Kafka, Kafka Streams, and streaming data pipelines.
• 3+ years of backend development experience using Java, Kotlin, Go, Python, or similar languages.

Software Engineer – Backend and Distributed Processing Platforms - Blockchain – Nice-to-Have Skills:
• Previous experience working in large technology companies or digital asset platforms.
• Experience building internal SDKs, developer tools, or reusable data processing frameworks.
• Experience with AWS services such as EKS, ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, SES.
• Experience with distributed databases like PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra.
• Previous experience with capital markets, trading systems, or regulated financial services environments.

Software Engineer – Backend and Distributed Processing Platforms - Blockchain – Assignment Length:
This is a contract position until approximately October 31, with the possibility of extension and conversion to full-time employment.

Software Engineer – Backend and Distributed Processing Platforms - Blockchain - Start Date:
ASAP.

Software Engineer – Backend and Distributed Processing Platforms - Blockchain - Assignment Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Hybrid work arrangement with 3 days in the office.

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