Technical Lead, Blockchain & Application Development

As a Technical Lead for Blockchain & Application Development at eClerx, you guide your Application Development team's technical implementation of enterprise software, including blockchain and digital-asset infrastructure. You drive technical direction, ensure delivery excellence, and bring hands-on experience integrating blockchain and Web3 technologies into enterprise systems. You lead the design and delivery of performant, secure, and intuitive applications with blockchain-integrated capabilities.

What you'll do

• Collaborate with Architects to oversee the technical direction of your squad
• Drive successful delivery of solutions, ensuring quality, performance, and scalability
• Build test automation across the full stack and enforce engineering best practices
• Optimize application performance and reliability in a cloud environment
• Implement blockchain integrations including node connectivity, transaction submission, event monitoring, wallet and custody interactions, and signing and approval workflows, using enterprise Java and Web3 libraries
• Write, test, and deploy smart contracts in Solidity or equivalent, following established security practices, handling full transaction lifecycle including submission, confirmation, idempotency, and failure and reversal handling, with audit-friendly logging
• Serve as the technical authority and primary point of contact for your squad
• Guide architectural discussions, code reviews, and implementation decisions
• Ensure adherence to coding standards, architectural principles, and security best practices
• Establish and evolve the technical foundation and culture of your squad
• Guide architectural and security decisions for your squad's blockchain integrations, partnering with the security team on key-management and custody standards
• Partner with Product Managers and Technical Project Managers to define scope, timelines, and priorities
• Communicate project status, risks, and dependencies to stakeholders clearly and proactively
• Collaborate with other leads to ensure alignment across squads and technical domains
• Provide day-to-day technical mentorship, unblock challenges, and foster a culture of continuous learning
• Discover ways to increase team productivity and efficiency through improved processes and tooling
• Mentor engineers on blockchain and Web3-specific concepts and integration patterns

What you bring

• 8+ years of full-stack development experience with strong backend expertise in Java and Spring Boot
• Strong understanding of application architecture, design patterns, and performance optimization
• Extensive hands-on experience owning and designing end-to-end solutions built on blockchain or DLT platforms such as Ethereum, Solana, Hyperledger Besu, or Canton/Daml, including transaction lifecycle (gas, nonce, confirmations, finality) and event processing
• Strong understanding of wallet and custody infrastructure, key-management patterns, and building audit-friendly, idempotent transaction flows in regulated or security-sensitive environments
• Experience with frontend frameworks such as React or Angular using TypeScript or JavaScript
• Proven experience leading technical projects or teams in an agile environment
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills

What we offer

• Base salary of $170k-$225k in the US, based on experience, knowledge, skills, and geography

About eClerx

eClerx is a leading provider of productized services combining people, technology, and domain expertise. The firm delivers business process management, automation, and analytics services to Fortune 2000 enterprises across financial services, communications, retail, fashion, media and entertainment, manufacturing, travel and leisure, and technology sectors. Incorporated in 2000 and traded on the Bombay and National Stock Exchanges of India, eClerx employs more than 19,000 people across Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, Egypt, India, Italy, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, the UK, and the USA.