Lead Blockchain Engineer_ Vice President _Software Engineering

Morgan Stanley · Bengaluru · 10+ yrs experience · Posted 2026-07-08

Tech stack: Go, Rust

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Responsibilities:
- Digital Assets is an emerging priority initiative for Wealth Management and requires building out a new function with a niche blockchain skillset.
- Define the engineering roadmap for blockchain infrastructure, tokenization platforms, and digital asset services.
- Oversee design, architecture, and implementation of blockchain-based solutions, ensuring security, scalability, and compliance with applicable regulations.
- Collaborate with product, compliance, and operations teams to define technical requirements.
- Evaluate and integrate blockchain protocols (Ethereum, Polygon, Hyperledger, Canton, etc.) based on product needs.
- Manage the release lifecycle, CI/CD pipelines, and production reliability.
- Implement and enforce best practices for code quality, testing, and security
- Stay ahead of industry trends, emerging standards, and evolving regulatory frameworks in digital assets. Required Qualifications
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in blockchain and tokenization.
- 5+ years in an engineering leadership role managing distributed teams.
- Strong knowledge of blockchain architecture, consensus algorithms, smart contracts, and cryptographic primitives.
- Experience with Solidity, Rust, Go, or similar languages for blockchain development.
- Familiarity with custodial and non-custodial wallet infrastructure, key management, and secure signing.
- Understanding of token standards (ERC-20, ERC-721, ERC-1400, etc.) and on/off-chain settlement workflows.
- Proven track record of delivering enterprise-grade software systems at scale.
- Experience in regulated financial services or fintech.

Qualifications

- 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in blockchain and tokenization.
- 5+ years in an engineering leadership role managing distributed teams.
- Strong knowledge of blockchain architecture, consensus algorithms, smart contracts, and cryptographic primitives.
- Experience with Solidity, Rust, Go, or similar languages for blockchain development.
- Familiarity with custodial and non-custodial wallet infrastructure, key management, and secure signing.
- Understanding of token standards (ERC-20, ERC-721, ERC-1400, etc.) and on/off-chain settlement workflows.
- Proven track record of delivering enterprise-grade software systems at scale.
- Experience in regulated financial services or fintech.

Responsibilities

- Digital Assets is an emerging priority initiative for Wealth Management and requires building out a new function with a niche blockchain skillset.
- Define the engineering roadmap for blockchain infrastructure, tokenization platforms, and digital asset services.
- Oversee design, architecture, and implementation of blockchain-based solutions, ensuring security, scalability, and compliance with applicable regulations.
- Collaborate with product, compliance, and operations teams to define technical requirements.
- Evaluate and integrate blockchain protocols (Ethereum, Polygon, Hyperledger, Canton, etc.) based on product needs.
- Manage the release lifecycle, CI/CD pipelines, and production reliability.
- Implement and enforce best practices for code quality, testing, and security
- Stay ahead of industry trends, emerging standards, and evolving regulatory frameworks in digital assets.

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