REMOTE-Tech Lead/Architect (Web3/Blockchain/Defi)

URGENT Hiring!

We are urgently hearing a Tech lead/Architect for one of our web3 client for a REMOTE opportunity.

Job Title: Head of Engineering /Tech Lead

Required exp: 6+ years

Location: India (Remote)

Notice Period: Immediate to 30 days max (NO 90 days applications are considered)

Role Summary

As Head of Engineering, you will be the driving force behind the technology roadmap, team scalability, and engineering excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership: Own and evolve the technical architecture of our product 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)
• 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.
• Knowledge of core DeFi concepts: staking, liquidity pools, CDPs, yield aggregation
• Understand DeFi protocols deeply (staking, lending, liquidity, vaults, CDPs
• 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

Cultural Fit:

• A sense of urgency and high energy.
• Evidence of a proactive, forward-thinking mindset 

Ideal Candidate: A

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