Senior Blockchain DevOps Engineer

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

• 5+ years DevOps / Infrastructure engineering experience

• Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes

• Experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines

• Experience operating blockchain nodes in production

• Strong understanding of networking, security, and distributed systems

Preferred

• Experience supporting Layer-1 or Layer-2 blockchain infrastructure

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, etc.)

• Experience implementing monitoring solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)

• Experience in fintech or regulated environments

• Experience working in distributed remote teams

• Competitive international compensation

• Remote-first work model

• Long-term engagement on an enterprise blockchain platform

• Opportunity to operate high-performance blockchain infrastructure

• Career growth within MLabs’ global engineering network

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