As the Director of Engineering for Platform at Fireblocks, you will own the complex, highly-distributed systems required to deliver the vision of onboarding millions to the future of finance at massive scale. You will be a visionary hands-on leader for the core engine of dynamic.xyz's backend, building and maintaining highly reliable, scalable, and secure foundational services.
What You'll Do
- 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.
- Lead, mentor, and expand a high-performing engineering organization.
- Work closely with 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.
What We're Looking For
- 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/Web3, 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.
Nice to Have
- Experience with TEE (Trusted Execution Environment).
Technical Stack
- TypeScript
- AWS
Team & Environment
The Platform team is the core engine of dynamic.xyz's backend, building and maintaining foundational services.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $220,000 - $300,000 (for NYC HQ)
- Equity: very competitive equity grant
Work Mode
This role is based in New York City.
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