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CTO - Layer 1 Blockchain

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
  • More than 6 years of work experience
  • More than 3 years of work experience in blockchain and financial technology related projects
  • In-depth knowledge of Layer-1 blockchain networks and Web3 protocols

Responsibilities

  • Providing leadership and direction to the technology teams
  • Develop the technical architecture within a blockchain environment
  • Conduct research and case studies on cutting edge technologies
  • Evaluate and anticipate potential technical risks

Key facts

  • Remote from: Hong Kong
  • Full time
  • Expert & Leadership (>10 years)
  • English

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Leadership
  • Problem Solving
  • Troubleshooting (Problem Solving)

About the company

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Tokalent is a recruitment agency and technology platform matching Web3.0 and digital asset companies with Web3.0 specialised talent (including developers, marketing, sales & BD, back office, crypto VCs, quants, licensed personnel, senior executives etc). We aim to make Web3.0 recruitment to be more convenient and mobile centric.You may find some of our job openings on this website: https://www.careers-page.com/tokalentFor any enquiries, feel free to email enquiry@tokalent.com

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Job description

CTO - Layer 1 Blockchain Role

Company Description:

Our client is a modular layer 1 blockchain network.They aim to be a high performance, scalable and modular public chain. They are a multi-chain fusion network focused on sovereignty and data protection.

Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Providing leadership and direction to the technology teams
  • Develop the technical architecture within a blockchain environment to support the goals of the business
  • Technical strategy around platforms, partnership and external relationships 
  • Conduct research and case studies on cutting edge technologies and determine the probability of implementation
  • Evaluate and anticipate potential technical risks to ensure safe, stable and fast operation of the system
  • Acquainted with consensus mechanism, encryption algorithm, zero-knowledge proof, open source code and public chain cross-chain technology
  • Independently develop, integrate, deploy, refactor and tune smart contracts, manage the principle of smart contract execution; comprehend the smart contract security system, and elaborate on the measure for various types of smart contract vulnerabilities
  • Assign and review the work of system analysts, programmers, and developers
  • Recruit, hire, train and supervise staff or participate in staffing decisions 
  • Involve building bridges and networking within the Blockchain community, including notable influencers in L1/L2 blockchain

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field or above
  • Native English speaker
  • Remote role, person can be located in New York, Bangkok, Hong Kong or Dubai, or his/her choice.
  • With more than 6 years of work experience, and more than 3 years of work experience in blockchain and financial technology related projects/product environment
  • In-depth knowledge of Layer-1&2 blockchain networks and Web3 protocols
  • Good understanding of blockchain technology and worked on projects on Golang, Rust and C++ languages and frameworks.
  • Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

Application options

- If you're interested in this role, click 'Apply' now. For further information and a confidential discussion, you can email Winston Tse at winston@tokalent.com

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