Senior Jobs in Crypto & Web3

Senior web3 roles carry ownership over architecture, technical direction, and mentorship, whether designing protocol upgrades, leading smart contract teams, or setting infrastructure strategy. These engineers and leaders make high-stakes decisions about security, upgradeability, and trade-offs that affect real funds and users.

Beyond coding, seniors review audits, set engineering standards, interview and grow teams, and translate roadmaps into shippable plans across staff, principal, and lead positions. Deep experience with the EVM or other runtimes, security practices, and the maturity to navigate ambiguity define candidates at this level.

703open jobs
$115k–$193ktypical salary
259companies hiring
36added this week
100%remote

Open Senior roles

703 jobs

Global Head of Sanctions

OKX · Remote
$240k–$360k 3 months ago View →

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Coinbase · Remote
GolangMongoDBRedisSnowflake
$218k–$257k 3 months ago View →

Head of Business Development - Figure

Figure · Remote
blockchaintokenizationdigital securitiesstablecoins
$224k–$275k 3 months ago View →

Senior AI Translation Engineer (NLP)

Smartcat · Remote
PythonC#PyTorchTransformers
$80k–$130k 3 months ago View →

Back-End Engineer (MID/SENIOR)

Monetha · Remote
$76k–$124k 3 months ago View →

Senior iOS Developer (Swift/Objective-C) - Remote Position

Libertex · Remote
Swift 5.9+Objective-CUIKitSwiftUI
$115k–$196k 3 months ago View →

Director, Enterprise Lead of Digital Assets, AML

Scotiabank · Remote
$126k–$350k 3 months ago View →

Mid/Senior QA Engineer

LI.FI · Remote
REST APIGitGitHubTypeScript
$60k–$90k 3 months ago View →

Senior Communications PR Manager

Offchain Labs · Remote
$91k–$145k 3 months ago View →

Head of Operations

Glow International · Remote
$184k–$272k 3 months ago View →

Senior Software Engineer - Special Projects

Jito Labs · Remote
RustCC++Go
$200k–$250k 3 months ago View →

Head of Social

Offchain Labs · Remote
Content StrategyProject ManagementSocial ContentMarketing Strategy
$128k–$212k 3 months ago View →

Senior Event Manager (Contract)

Ondo Finance · Remote
$140k–$250k 3 months ago View →

Project Marketing Lead

Centro Team · Remote
AI toolsGoogle AnalyticsFigma
$58k–$98k 3 months ago View →

Senior Manager, Engagement Management

GitLab · Remote
GitLab
$92k–$161k 3 months ago View →

Partnerships Lead - Crypto SaaS

Revenue3 · Remote
$185k–$225k 3 months ago View →

Director, Institutional Growth

Solana · Remote
$200k–$300k 3 months ago View →

Principal Software Development Engineer - Rust, LLM, Networking

Zscaler · Remote
RustTokioasync-stdLinux
$182k–$260k 3 months ago View →

Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer

Zscaler · Remote
JavaScriptTypeScriptSQLAWS
$147k–$210k 3 months ago View →

Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager - Hosted Infrastructure Operations

Zscaler · Remote
networkingcloud operationsinfrastructuredata center technologies
$140k–$200k 3 months ago View →

Staff Site Reliability Engineer-Federal, Security Clearance

Zscaler · Remote
AWSLinuxAnsibleTerraform
$119k–$170k 3 months ago View →

Staff Software Engineer

Coinbase · Remote
GolangRubyDockerPostgres
$128k–$212k 3 months ago View →

Senior Software Engineer, SRE

Coinbase · Remote
$105k–$175k 3 months ago View →

Senior Software Engineer

Coinbase · Remote
GolangRubyDockerRails
$105k–$175k 3 months ago View →

Senior Engineering Manager - Simple Trade

Coinbase · Remote
$150k–$250k 3 months ago View →

Frequently asked questions

What distinguishes a senior web3 role from a mid-level one?
Seniors own architecture and technical direction, mentor others, make security-critical decisions, and lead projects end to end, rather than primarily executing well-scoped tasks.
Do senior roles still involve hands-on coding?
Many do, especially staff and principal engineering roles, though the balance shifts toward design, review, and leadership. Lead and management tracks may code less and coordinate more.
What experience do senior web3 jobs expect?
Typically several years building production systems, deep knowledge of a runtime like the EVM, a track record with security and audits, and the judgment to handle ambiguous, high-stakes decisions.