Head of Engineering

Role Summary

As Head of Engineering, you will be the driving force behind the technology roadmap, team

scalability, and engineering excellence. You’ll lead protocol design, smart contract

development, backend scalability, DevSecOps, and architecting high-performance, secure

infrastructure, and manage the complete technical solution. You will drive hiring and build a

high-performing team of developers and partners, and collaborate cross-functionally with

product, business development, and compliance. This is a hands-on, strategic leadership

role that requires deep technical acumen, team-building experience, and a product-driven

mindset.

Responsibilities:

● Technical Leadership: Own and evolve the technical architecture of our stablecoin

Infrastructure and networks, including smart contracts, cross-chain bridging, custody

solutions, and API infrastructure.

● Team Building & Management: Recruit, mentor, and scale a world-class engineering

team. Foster a culture of collaboration, ownership, and technical excellence.

● Execution & Delivery: Lead planning, sprints, and development & maintenance

cycles to ensure consistent delivery of high-quality, secure, and performant code.

● Security & Reliability: Champion best practices in secure coding, smart contract

audits, and platform uptime. Ensure fault-tolerant and scalable systems.

● Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with product, compliance, business

development, and operations to align engineering with company objectives and

regulatory standards.

● Innovation: Stay on the pulse of new technologies in the crypto ecosystem (L2s, ZK

proofs, interoperability protocols, etc.) and proactively introduce solutions that keep

us ahead.

Must Have Requirements:

● 6+ years in software engineering, with 3+ years in Web3 or DeFi

● Proficient in Solidity + EVM experience | bonus: Rust, zk, or Cosmos SDK)

● Extensive Experience of Integration with DeFi platforms staking, liquidity pools,

CDPs, yield aggregation

● Strong understanding of infrastructure (AWS, Vercel, Microsoft Azure).

● Should have a Builder mindset i.e. ready to be hands-on and solve challenging

technical problems, and know how to ship fast and iterate.

● Have led small,async-first, globally distributed teams

● Thrive in zero-to-one environments with high autonomy and ownership

Nice to Have

● Experience with compliance/regulatory tech (KYC, AML, on-chain forensics)

● Contributions to open-source projects in the Web3 space

● Knowledge of stablecoin design models (collateralized, algorithmic, hybrid)

Bonus points if you have launched a protocol, open-source repo, or contributed to DAOs

Cultural Fit:

● A sense of urgency and high energy.

● Evidence of a proactive, forward-thinking mindset