Blockchain / Backend Engineer - Vice President at iCapital
New York, NY
$150,000–$200,000from the description
Jul 27, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 28, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A backend engineering role on iCapital's Distributed Ledger Technology team, focused on designing and building a private, permissioned blockchain platform for the alternative investment space. The engineer will develop RESTful APIs, work with DAML/Canton and open-source blockchain frameworks, and provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior team members. The position is hybrid (Mon–Thu in-office, remote Fridays) and requires 9+ years of enterprise SaaS/cloud engineering experience.
Senior level · 9+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 310 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 240–490
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,499 (middle half $133,523–$210,499). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (4)
The qualifications list 'Python, Toke and FastAPI' — 'Toke' appears to be a typo in the original posting; it has been omitted as no recognizable technology by that name exists in this context.
DAML and Solidity are listed as interchangeable blockchain language options ('DAML, Solidity, or other blockchain programming languages'); Canton appears in the responsibilities section as a specific framework alongside DAML and is captured as preferred since it is not explicitly gated in the qualifications block.
The role requires 3+ years of technical leadership/management experience, which is a meaningful gate but names no specific technology — it is reflected in the seniority assessment rather than the skills list.
The posting states Mon–Thu in-office with remote Fridays; this is a hybrid arrangement, not fully remote.
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