Founding Engineer

Location: New York, NY

On-site | Full-time

Compensation: $150K - $350K

Our client is a high-growth, venture-backed startup on a mission to reinvent technical interviewing and transform the global $600B+ staffing industry. By moving beyond traditional "LeetCode" style evaluations, our client has developed a fundamentally better way for companies to identify talent, combat fraud, and market top-tier candidates to Fortune 500 organizations.

The organization is currently at an ideal inflection point: they have moved past product-market fit and are entering a rapid scaling phase. Backed by a $3.1M seed round from premier investors—including GSV Ventures, BoxGroup, and angels from OpenAI, SpaceX, and Retool—the company has already surpassed seven figures in revenue. Their customer base includes dozens of enterprise staffing firms, including the largest staffing firm in the world.

Our client is seeking a Founding Engineer to join a talent-dense team of seven hailing from institutions and companies such as Stanford, Penn, Waterloo, Retool, and MongoDB. This is a high-impact role for a builder who wants to own critical systems and define the technical standards for an entire industry.

Key Responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced IT Specialist to support and maintain the technology environment of our client, a Single-family office based in Limassol. This is a hands-on role combining infrastructure support with high-touch personal technology assistance for the shareholder.

The successful candidate will serve as a trusted technical point of contact, ensuring that all systems remain secure, stable, and well-maintained, while coordinating with external providers where required.

 Responsibilities

• Support and maintain business and personal IT systems
• Act as the primary day-to-day technical contact for the shareholder
• Administer infrastructure including servers, cloud platforms, networks, and end-user devices
• Implement system upgrades, migrations, and improvements in coordination with vendors
• Maintain cybersecurity controls and security best practices
• Monitor backups and assist with disaster recovery procedures
• Provide executive and travel-related technical support
• Coordinate with external IT providers, MSPs, and security partners when required
• Maintain documentation, asset registers, and access management records

Requirements

Staff Full Stack Engineer

Location: New York

On- site | Full-time

Compensation: Competitive

Our client is a premier development organization responsible for building and operating a high-stakes technology stack that powers one of the largest and most active token launchpads in the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. The systems involved are engineered for low latency and high throughput, operating under constant, significant load where precision and system reliability are critical.

The organization is seeking a Full Stack Engineer to play a vital role in scaling cutting-edge platforms at the intersection of cryptocurrency and social finance. This individual will work across the entire technical stack to deliver high-performance, user-centric applications. The environment is characterized by an intense pace, high expectations, and immediate real-world impact. This role is ideal for a high-agency engineer who thrives on ownership and is motivated by the challenge of building products used by massive, global audiences.

Key Responsibilities

Senior Staff Backend Engineer

Location: Manhattan, New York

Onsite | Full-time

We are hiring on behalf of our client who is the development powerhouse behind one of the largest and most high-traffic platforms in the digital asset space. Currently processing ~$1B in daily volume, their technology stack handles low-latency, high-throughput, and constant load at a scale few companies ever reach.

The Role

In this role, you will act as a technical anchor, overseeing the integrity and evolution of their core backend systems. You will balance high-level architectural governance with deep-tier execution, driving technical excellence from the front. Your primary focus will be the proactive mitigation of scaling risks and the design of durable, fault-tolerant systems capable of sustaining high-throughput workloads.

What You’ll Do:

Senior Blockchain DevOps Engineers
Employment: Full-time via MLabs
Engagement: Contracted to a UAE-based enterprise blockchain / fintech client
Location: Remote (Eastern Europe / MENA / India preferred)

Job Description
MLabs is hiring a Senior Blockchain DevOps Engineer to support a large-scale blockchain and financial technology program for a UAE-based enterprise client.
You will be responsible for deploying, maintaining, and scaling blockchain infrastructure in production environments. This role combines modern DevOps practices with blockchain node operations, automation, and high-availability system design.
The ideal candidate has hands-on experience operating blockchain nodes and managing secure, production-grade infrastructure in distributed environments.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and maintain blockchain nodes and supporting infrastructure
• Design and manage CI/CD pipelines for blockchain and backend services
• Automate infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and security of blockchain systems
• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot distributed environments
• Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions
• Collaborate with protocol, smart contract, backend, and security teams

Requirements

Senior & Lead Java Engineers

Employment: Full-time via MLabs
Engagement: Contracted to a UAE-based enterprise client
Location: Remote (Eastern Europe / MENA / India preferred)

MLabs is hiring experienced Senior and Lead Java Engineers to support a large-scale financial technology program for a UAE-based client. Engineers will work on enterprise backend systems integrated with blockchain infrastructure. The role focuses on building scalable, high-performance services in a distributed environment. Exposure to smart contracts and blockchain technologies is highly desirable. Lead-level candidates will provide technical leadership and mentor distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java-based backend services
• Build and integrate RESTful APIs within a microservices architecture
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions
• Optimize system performance, reliability, and security
• Contribute to blockchain integration and smart contract interaction (where applicable)
• Participate in code reviews and uphold engineering best practices
• Lead Engineers: provide technical guidance, mentor team members, and support architectural decisions

Requirements

Senior Solidity Engineer

Employment: Full-time via MLabs
Engagement: Contracted to a UAE-based enterprise client
Location: Remote (Eastern Europe / MENA / India preferred)

MLabs is hiring an experienced Senior Solidity Engineer to support a large-scale financial technology program for a UAE-based client. You will work on smart contract development within a blockchain ecosystem that integrates enterprise financial systems with distributed ledger technology. This role requires strong Solidity expertise and a solid understanding of secure smart contract architecture in production environments. You will collaborate closely with backend engineers (Java), blockchain infrastructure teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver secure and scalable solutions.

Employment: Full-time via MLabs
Engagement: Contracted to a UAE-based enterprise blockchain / fintech client
Location: Remote (Eastern Europe / MENA / India preferred)

MLabs is hiring a Senior Protocol Engineer to contribute to the core infrastructure of a custom Layer-1 blockchain ecosystem supporting enterprise-grade financial systems.

You will work at the protocol layer, contributing to consensus mechanisms, node architecture, networking, and system-level performance. This role requires deep distributed systems expertise and hands-on experience working on blockchain infrastructure rather than application-layer smart contracts.

The ideal candidate is comfortable operating in performance-critical, security-sensitive environments and contributing to protocol evolution discussions.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement core blockchain protocol components
• Contribute to consensus performance, scalability, and reliability improvements
• Optimize node performance and system-level efficiency
• Work on P2P networking and state synchronization mechanisms
• Identify and mitigate protocol-level vulnerabilities
• Collaborate with smart contract, infrastructure, and backend teams
• Participate in architecture reviews and protocol evolution discussions

Requirements

Employment: Full-time via MLabs
Engagement: Contracted to a UAE-based enterprise blockchain / fintech client
Location: Remote (Eastern Europe / MENA / India preferred)

MLabs is hiring a Senior L2 Engineer to contribute to the design and development of Layer-2 scaling solutions within a custom blockchain ecosystem supporting enterprise-grade financial systems.

You will work on rollup mechanisms, transaction batching, cross-layer communication, and performance optimization between Layer-1 and Layer-2 environments. This role requires strong blockchain systems knowledge with a focus on scalability, execution logic, and security. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience building or contributing to Layer-2 or scaling infrastructure in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Layer-2 scaling components
• Contribute to rollup architecture and transaction batching logic
• Develop cross-layer communication and bridging mechanisms
• Optimize throughput and latency across blockchain layers
• Ensure correctness and security of L2 state transitions
• Collaborate with protocol, smart contract, and infrastructure teams
• Participate in architecture discussions and performance reviews

Requirements

Employment: Full-time via MLabs
Engagement: Contracted to a UAE-based enterprise blockchain / fintech client
Location: Remote (Eastern Europe / MENA / India preferred)

MLabs is hiring a Senior Frontend Engineer (Web3) to support a large-scale blockchain and financial technology program for a UAE-based enterprise client.

You will build secure, high-performance web applications that integrate directly with blockchain infrastructure. This role combines modern frontend engineering with decentralized technologies, requiring strong expertise in React and Web3 integrations. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience integrating smart contracts, wallet providers, and on-chain data into production-grade web applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Web3-enabled frontend applications using React and TypeScript
• Integrate smart contracts using Web3 libraries (e.g., ethers.js, web3.js)
• Implement wallet connectivity and transaction flows
• Handle on-chain data fetching and real-time state updates
• Ensure secure and reliable interaction between frontend and blockchain layers
• Optimize performance and user experience in decentralized environments
• Collaborate closely with smart contract, protocol, and backend teams

Requirements