Senior Engineer, Custody Engineering (Tokenization)

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Reports to:

Director, Engineering

Engineering Organization & Culture

At Bullish, we are engineering the institutional standard for the digital asset industry. Our mission is to build a platform centered on security and compliance, requiring a commitment to technical excellence that extends beyond delivering code. As a global organization, we set a high bar for those driven to do their best work alongside experienced, deeply specialized peers.

Engineers here treat development as a craft and own the outcome from concept to deployment. Our teams bring structure to ambiguity and shape the frameworks that support a global organization. We refuse to compromise on quality and seek problem solvers who thrive on complex technical challenges with real market consequences.

The Team: Custody Engineering

The Custody Engineering team builds the systems that safeguard user assets, architecting secure and compliant infrastructure for the full lifecycle of funds. Our technical scope spans blockchain development, smart contracts, oracles, and the full-stack systems that power them. We operate with a high degree of autonomy and ownership over core infrastructure, connecting blockchain technology with institutional-grade stability.

With the core architecture in place, the team is now heavily focused on advancing the tokenization strategy. You will scale those systems and ship on-chain features whose impact is visible to the business directly.

What You'll Do

• Drive tokenization features from concept through deployment, scaling the digital asset architecture against established industry standards.

• Own the technical execution for the digital asset lifecycle, including issuance, controlled transfer, and on-chain verification.

• Lead the design, implementation, and testing of the smart contracts that hold customer assets, and coordinate the audit process end-to-end.

• Build and maintain the off-chain integration layer, with secure, reliable communication between the blockchain and internal systems.

• Partner with product and operational compliance teams to translate cryptographic and security requirements into engineering solutions.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of software engineering experience delivering complex systems in production.

• Expert-level fluency in secure public chain smart contract development, such as Solidity and the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), with command of industry-standard security frameworks and libraries such as OpenZeppelin.

• Strong command of TypeScript for backend development, API integration, and building off-chain indexing services.

• Hands-on experience with modern Web3 development tooling such as Foundry or Hardhat, and integration libraries such as Viem or Ethers.js.

• Expert-level knowledge of smart contract token standards and the surrounding ecosystem's intricacies.

• A paranoid security mindset, with proven expertise preventing and mitigating common smart contract vulnerability patterns (re-entrancy, oracle manipulation, access control flaws) and managing the audit process.

• The ability to communicate protocol logic and security trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders across global teams.

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent professional experience).

Nice to Haves

• Engineering experience within the finance or high-security sector.

• Familiarity with SVM/Solana or Daml/Canton smart contract and application development.

• Familiarity with C++ to interface with broader platform systems.

• Fluency in modern key management paradigms (e.g., MPC, HSM) and applied cryptography specific to digital assets.

• Experience with advanced wallet architectures such as Account Abstraction (ERC-4337) or multi-signature frameworks.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

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ACCOMMODATION

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