Lead Blockchain Engineer - Remote (Global)

Lead Blockchain Engineer - Remote (Global)

BLOK SPORTS is an early stage startup backed by major media and sports figures and investors. Our mission is to build the world’s leading peer-to-peer sports betting exchange leveraging blockchain technology. We aim to provide the most trusted and secure player and betting experience anywhere. We are a team of proven entrepreneurs passionate about sports, gaming, data and blockchain working to redefine the sports betting experience. We are looking for a talented Blockchain Engineer to join our team to assist in building and scaling our betting platform.

What You’ll Do

• Develop blockchain components that will be part of our current and future blockchain solutions.
• Keep updated on the latest blockchain technology developments
• Collaborate with our global engineering team to propose technical solutions to build and scale our blockchain ecosystem.
• Solve critical issues by coding in a hands-on and efficient manner
• Design and implement secure and efficient smart contract architectures
• Work with QA team to develop test plans and implement automation testing
• Write clean and commented code
• Participate in code reviews and app demos
• Attend daily scrum calls

What You’ll Bring

• Extensive hands-on experience developing Soldity EVM executable smart contracts
• Strong understanding of key blockchain elements such as crypto tokenomics, blockchain consensus protocols, P2P networks, cryptographic principles, key management, encryption algorithms
• Current understanding of EIPs and experience developing the most commonly used
• Understanding of various distributed consensus methodologies (Mining, PoS, etc).
• Strong knowledge of cryptography, including asymmetric (pub/priv key), symmetric, hash functions, encryption/signatures.
• Extensive experience in using blockchain tools such as Truffle, Ganache, etc
• Knowledge of versioning systems such as Git
• Proven track record of delivering high quality, scalable Dapps on schedule
• Ability to work in an agile, efficient startup creating innovative technology
• Passion for building great products
• Experience working in Agile Scrum development environments
• Ability to think outside of the box
• Life long learner mindset
• Keen attention to detail
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English

We’re Especially Excited About Candidates Who

• Experience in building interfacing with DeFi systems and exchanges
• Have familiarity with concepts, features and designs of contemporary online sports betting platforms
• Passionate about sports and/or sports betting
• Work experience in social / mobile gaming and / or predictive gaming

BLOK SPORTS provides

• A fun and inclusive culture with remote work options available globally
• Competitive compensation packages
• Fantastic opportunity to be on the cutting edge of blockchain technology