Description :

Role Summary :

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

Youll 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.