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Blockchain Engineer - Software Engineering

Morgan Stanley

Location

New York, NY, Menlo Park CA 4500, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

11/4/2026

Compensation

$120,000 - $215,000 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
Master's with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.1% approval-23% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

We are looking for a Blockchain Engineer to join our Digital Assets Platform Technology team at Morgan Stanley. This role focuses on designing and building secure, scalable, and regulatory-compliant platform capabilities for the firm's digital asset ecosystem. The position requires strong engineering leadership and deep technical expertise in blockchain and distributed systems. The successful candidate will develop and maintain software solutions that support business needs while ensuring operational resilience and security.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of relevant technology experience, typically supported by a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience with digital assets, blockchain, tokenization, or distributed-ledger technologies.
  • Strong experience with cloud-native architecture and infrastructure, preferably AWS.
  • Strong understanding of digital asset and blockchain architecture, including distributed ledgers and consensus mechanisms.
  • Experience integrating institutional custody and wallet infrastructure, including key management and secure transaction signing.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a cross-functional engineering team responsible for building digital asset custody capabilities.
  • Define the engineering roadmap for digital asset custody and supporting platform services.
  • Lead the design, architecture, and implementation of custody solutions with a focus on security-by-design.
  • Establish secure patterns for the digital asset transaction lifecycle.
  • Partner closely with various teams to translate custody, regulatory, and security requirements into technical solutions.
  • Own production readiness and reliability for critical digital asset services.
  • Implement rigorous engineering practices covering secure coding and automated testing.

Benefits

  • Morgan Stanley offers extensive benefits that support employees’ careers, health, finances, and families, including top-tier medical coverage, mental health support, generous parental leave, fertility and family-building benefits, and robust retirement and stock purchase plans. Employees also gain access to continuous learning and networking opportunities, volunteer and giving programs aligned with the firm’s values, and hundreds of lifestyle perks like discounted products, cultural and entertainment tickets, and commuter savings.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

104

FY2026

Approval rate

99.1%

FY2026

LCA certified

765

FY2026

Entry-level share

0.0%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-23%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

+6%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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