Senior Blockchain Technical Lead, Digital Assets

About Invesco

As one of the world’s leading independent global investment firms, Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. If you're looking for challenging work, intelligent colleagues, and exposure across a global footprint, come explore your potential at Invesco.

What’s in it for you?

Our people are at the very core of our success. Invesco employees get more out of life through our comprehensive compensation and benefit offerings including:

• Flexible paid time off
• Hybrid work schedule
• 401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with a discretionary supplemental contribution
• Health & wellbeing benefits
• Parental Leave benefits
• Employee stock purchase plan

Job Description

About the role:

The Senior Blockchain Technical Lead, Digital Assets will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing the firm's digital asset strategy. This individual will lead the technical assessment and integration of blockchain infrastructure and smart contract platforms to support new product offerings. With a strong background in software engineering and a strategic mindset, the candidate will collaborate closely across the Product Division and with key business stakeholders to align technology solutions with business goals. The role requires a deep understanding of blockchain ecosystems, smart contract development, and the ability to evaluate and work with external partners to implement scalable digital capabilities.

Responsibilities of the role:

• Lead the technical evaluation and integration of blockchain infrastructure and smart contract platforms
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to define and implement digital asset strategies
• Participate in the design and development of new digital asset products and capabilities
• Assess and manage relationships with external technology partners and vendors
• Conduct technical due diligence on emerging blockchain technologies and tools
• Support the development of secure and scalable infrastructure including wallets, key management, and custody solutions

Requirements of the role:

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering or technology leadership roles
• Background in blockchain or Web3 companies, focused on infrastructure and smart contract development
• Experience working with JSON-RPC APIs to interact with blockchain nodes and using Web3 libraries (e.g., web3.js, ethers.js) to build and test blockchain integrations
• Strong track record of collaborating with product and business teams to deliver technology solutions
• Experience leading technical assessments and implementations of distributed ledger technologies
• Familiarity with financial services or product development in a financial context is preferred
• Proficiency in smart contract development using Solidity, Rust, or other smart contract languages
• Deep understanding of blockchain protocols, infrastructure, and tooling
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
• Collaborative team player with a proven ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams and stakeholder groups
• Highly motivated self-starter with a growth mindset, strong initiative, and the ability to thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments

The salary range for New York City for this position is $180,000-$200,000 year. The total compensation offered for this position includes salary and incentive pay and will vary based on skills, experience and location.

Full Time / Part Time Full time

Worker Type Employee

Job Exempt (Yes / No) Yes

Workplace Model

Pursuant to Invesco’s Workplace Policy, employees are expected to comply with the firm’s most current workplace model, which as of October 1, 2025, includes spending at least four full days each week working in an Invesco office. This reflects our belief that spending time together in the office helps us build stronger relationships, collaborate more easily, and support each other’s growth and development.

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The job holder may be required to perform other duties as deemed appropriate by their manager from time to time.

Invesco's culture of inclusivity and its commitment to diversity in the workplace are demonstrated through our people practices. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, or veteran status. Our equal opportunity employment efforts comply with all applicable U.S. state and federal laws governing non-discrimination in employment.

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