VP - Smart Contract Architect

Vice President / Smart Contract Architect

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President / Smart Contract Architect to join our Digital Infrastructure and Software Engineering team. This role is in [Location].

In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:

• Design, build, and support smart contract and distributed application capabilities that enable secure, scalable, and reliable financial services solutions.
• Contribute to the architecture, design, and implementation of blockchain-based platforms supporting settlement, liquidity management, payments, and tokenized cash solutions.
• Support secure software engineering practices across Solidity/EVM-based systems, backend services, and full-stack delivery environments.
• Partner with engineering teams, product stakeholders, and business leaders to translate complex requirements into production-ready technical solutions.
• Help implement strong engineering controls through security hardening, third-party audit remediation, and standards-aligned software design.
• Develop and support distributed applications, smart contract tooling, and engineering automation capabilities across modern software delivery environments.
• Enable engineering teams through technical leadership, documentation, knowledge-sharing, and practical guidance that improves adoption of best practices.
• Support reliability, troubleshooting, performance improvement, and operational readiness for business-critical systems and platforms.
• Contribute to platform and tooling evaluation to improve developer experience, maintainability, security posture, and long-term scalability.
• Work with stakeholders across engineering, operations, and product teams to ensure timely and effective technical execution.

Additional Requirements

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Highly self-motivated and proactive.
• Strong focus on reliability, maintainability, and software quality.
• Ability to work effectively in distributed teams and fast-paced environments.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Commitment to continuous learning and operational excellence.

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:

EDUCATION

• Advanced degree or equivalent practical experience in Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• Research background or additional expertise in secure systems, distributed systems, or applied software engineering is a plus.

EXPERIENCE

• Strong experience in software engineering within high-performing technical teams, with specialization in blockchain systems and smart contract engineering.

• Experience designing and implementing Solidity/EVM-based solutions for institutional finance, settlement, liquidity, and payment platforms.

• Strong familiarity with secure smart contract development, architecture, audit preparation, and remediation of security findings.

• Experience with distributed applications, backend engineering, and full-stack delivery across modern software environments.

• Familiarity with infrastructure and engineering tooling including Go, JavaScript, Python, SQL, Git, and blockchain development frameworks such as Foundry, Hardhat, Truffle, Open Zeppelin, GoQuorum, and Hyperledger Besu.

• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills across complex technical environments.

• Experience supporting engineering enablement through technical leadership, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing.

• Exposure to AI-assisted software development, LLM tooling, or developer productivity tooling is an advantage.

• Experience working across remote or cross-functional teams in delivery-focused engineering environments.

• Experience in distributed financial infrastructure, tokenized cash, wholesale settlement, or multi-network transaction platforms is highly desirable.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a…