Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Fireblocks is a leading platform for securing digital assets, and they are seeking a Director of Engineering for their Platform team. This role involves strategic and technical leadership, overseeing the design and implementation of complex distributed systems while managing and growing a high-performing engineering organization.
Responsibilities
- Define the long-term technical roadmap, architecture, and standards for the Platform team, ensuring unparalleled scale, security, and resiliency
- Maintain a high level of technical engagement and remain actively hands-on, contributing to critical design reviews, setting coding standards, and demonstrating a genuine passion for writing and shipping code
- Oversee the design and implementation of highly complex distributed systems capable of handling massive transactional volume and user growth, demonstrating a great track record of delivering software at high velocity
- Lead, mentor, and expand a high-performing engineering organization
- Work closely with our customers, understanding their technical needs, gathering feedback, and ensuring the platform meets their requirements for integration and performance
- Drive the adoption of modern engineering practices, including leveraging latest AI models and technology to enhance platform efficiency, security, and feature development
Skills
- 5+ years of engineering management experience, leading multiple teams and consistently delivering complex initiatives on schedule in time-sensitive environments
- 10+ years of hands-on experience in backend development, architecting and operating large-scale, complex, and highly-secure distributed systems
- Exceptional focus on Security: Experience architecting or building platforms where the design required thinking deeply about security and attack vectors (e.g., in finance, payments, crypto, or authentication)
- Deep expertise in one or more of the following sectors: Crypto/Web, Financial Services, or High-Security/Authentication Platforms
- Demonstrated experience in scaling platforms to support millions of users and high throughput transaction volumes
- Proven ability to attract, hire, and develop top-tier engineering talent, with a focus on growing senior and principal-level engineers
- Strong technical foundation and the ability to influence architecture, including familiarity with modern development paradigms and cloud technologies
- Proficiency in TypeScript and AWS infrastructure (experience with TEE big plus)
Benefits
- A target bonus
- A very competitive equity grant
- Very generous benefits
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