Senior Blockchain Engineer VP – Digital Assets

About the Role

Join a team working at the ground floor of a 0-to-1 build to design, build, and operate the blockchain infrastructure that powers Barclays’ next-generation Digital Assets Platform. This role focuses on deploying and managing institutional-grade blockchain networks and connectivity services that support crypto assets such as tokenized deposits, stablecoins, tokenized securities, and other regulated digital asset use cases.

You will work across permissioned and open blockchain ecosystems, delivering resilient, secure, and scalable infrastructure while partnering closely with engineering, architecture, security, and platform teams to integrate blockchain capabilities into Barclays’ broader technology landscape.

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy, and operate production blockchain platforms such as Ethereum, Solana, Besu, and/or other EVM-compatible technologies.
• Configure and manage blockchain network infrastructure, including bootnodes, validators, RPC services, peer management, consensus mechanisms, permissioning frameworks, and node lifecycle operations.
• Integrate and operate connectors, relayers, bridges, or interoperability services between permissioned and open blockchain networks, understanding transaction finality, settlement models, and network-specific behaviors.
• Design and operate highly available blockchain infrastructure, including node monitoring, chain-data storage optimization, performance tuning, observability, disaster recovery, and operational resilience controls.
• Develop, deliver, and maintain high-quality infrastructure solutions to fulfill business requirements, ensuring measurable reliability, performance, availability, and ease of use.
• Monitor IT infrastructure and system performance to identify, address, and resolve potential issues, vulnerabilities, or outages, using data to drive down mean time to resolution.
• Develop and implement automated tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
• Implement secure configurations and measures to protect infrastructure against cyber-attacks, vulnerabilities, and other security threats.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, architects, and other engineers to define IT infrastructure requirements and ensure seamless integration with business objectives.
• Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, contributing to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.

Requirements

• Experience building multi-chain abstraction layers, blockchain adaptors, wallet integrations, and platform services that simplify interaction across multiple distributed ledger technologies.
• Knowledge of token standards, on-chain governance mechanisms, protocol upgrades, and blockchain network operations.
• Understanding of digital asset workflows, including tokenized deposits, stablecoins, custody, settlement, securities tokenization, and institutional blockchain-based financial services.

Skills

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in this role, including:

• Risk and controls
• Change and transformation
• Business acumen
• Strategic thinking
• Digital and technology expertise
• Job-specific technical skills

Vice President Expectations

• Contribute to or set strategy, drive requirements, and make recommendations for change.
• Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/processes; deliver continuous improvements.
• If managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for future needs, counsel employees on performance, and contribute to pay decisions.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors (Listen and be authentic, Energize and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others).
• For individual contributors, serve as a subject matter expert, guide technical direction, and lead collaborative assignments.
• Advise key stakeholders on functional and cross-functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, supporting the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls.
• Collaborate with other areas of the business to align with strategies and support business goals.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, comparing and selecting complex alternatives.
• Build and maintain trusting relationships with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish key business objectives.
• Demonstrate Barclays Values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship.
• Demonstrate the Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge, and Drive.

Location

This role is located in Whippany, NJ.

Pay

Base salary range: $170,000 – $230,000. This position is eligible for an incentive award.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Life insurance
• Paid leave for qualifying circumstances