Contractor Senior Blockchain Engineer

Cheesecake Labs is a software design and development company that delivers digital products that drive business impact.

Today, with more than 10 years of experience connected to Silicon Valley, Cheesecake Labs has delivered 300+ digital products for a diverse range of clients, from Fortune 500 to fast-growing startups, that have the challenge of innovating in the world’s most competitive markets.

Among our clients, we have leading brands such as AB InBev, Singularity University, FINN and Tapcart.

Our commitment to high-quality services has earned us recognition as the Top 1 Mobile Development company in Latin America and among the top 10 globally for Mobile App and Custom Software Development by Clutch and a GPTW-certified company for 10 years in a row.

We’re continuously working with companies building ambitious digital products across Web2, Web3, AI, and emerging technologies.

Many of our client engagements start with strategic conversations and evolve quickly into active projects.

That’s why we maintain a network of strong contractor engineers we can engage quickly when the right projects come in.

This is not a traditional long‑term internal role.

It’s a contractor opportunity designed for people who enjoy working across different products, clients, technologies, and business challenges in fast-moving environments.

We’re looking for a Blockchain Engineer (Contractor) who enjoys solving complex technical problems, navigating ambiguity, and contributing to real-world products used by companies across the US and Europe.

• Contractor / project-based engagement
• Paid in USD/hour
• Hybrid work - 4 days a week in the office (Austin or Texas)
• Flexible allocation depending on project availability and fit
• Opportunities may vary in duration, scope, and weekly commitment depending on client needs

Some opportunities may start immediately.
Others may become active as new projects enter our pipeline.

This is not a “receive tasks and code” type of role.

On a typical project, you might:

• Build and evolve blockchain infrastructure services that power production‑grade digital asset platforms
• Work closely with team members to figure out what should actually be built
• Integrate backend systems with Layer‑1 blockchains, ensuring reliability, scalability, and operational resilience
• Build services such as blockchain indexers, event processors, chain APIs, wallet services, and transaction pipelines
• Design and improve blockchain workflows around transaction execution, event monitoring, reconciliation, and failure recovery
• Make trade‑offs between scalability, security, observability, maintainability, and business priorities
• Collaborate with international clients and multidisciplinary teams to shape technical solutions for security‑critical blockchain products

We’ve seen that people who thrive in this type of engagement usually:

• Have strong experience building or integrating blockchain infrastructure in production environments
• Understand Layer‑1 blockchain mechanics such as transaction lifecycle, confirmations, finality, forks, reorgs, and event propagation
• Feel comfortable building backend services, APIs, event‑driven systems, and distributed architectures beyond the blockchain layer itself
• Have a fullstack mindset — even if blockchain and backend are your strengths, you're comfortable navigating adjacent technologies and collaborating across the stack when needed
• Enjoy solving complex infrastructure problems where security, observability, and reliability matter as much as feature delivery
• Feel totally confident working in English with international clients and teams (calls, discussions, async) — at least advanced level
• Already use AI as part of their day‑to‑day workflow — whether for protocol analysis, development, debugging, documentation, testing, or workflow acceleration

Just to be transparent:

• You’re looking for a highly stable long‑term internal role with fixed scope and predictable allocation
• You prefer highly structured environments with rigid processes and very defined requirements
• You’re uncomfortable…