Issuance Engineering Lead

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🕒 May 28

🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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1 - 10 employees

Founded 2019

📣 Marketing

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💼 Consulting

Marketing • Logistics • Consulting

Decircle is a talent partner specializing in staffing and recruiting for decentralized organizations and projects related to Web3. As a boutique recruitment agency, Decircle focuses on identifying and attracting talent in the blockchain and Web3 sectors, fostering connections within the community of decentralization enthusiasts and guiding them in finding their roles in the evolving decentralized landscape.

📋 Description

• Build and lead a high-caliber engineering team delivering on-chain programs and backend services. • Architect and ship smart contracts across EVM and non-EVM chains (Solana and others) with a high bar for precision and safety. • Mentor engineers and set the technical direction for the issuance stack. • Drive code and design reviews, raising the quality bar across the team. • Prepare codebases for third-party audits with comprehensive tests, invariants, AI-assisted review, and fuzz testing harnesses.

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience shipping production DeFi and backend systems. • 2+ years leading engineering teams, or a clear track record suggesting you’ll pick it up quickly. • Proven history of deploying and maintaining complex, high-precision on-chain systems in production. • Production experience writing backend systems in Rust. • Solid Solidity and EVM development experience, combined with strong familiarity with the SPL Token program, Token-2022, and Associated Token Accounts. • Experience with cross-chain messaging and bridging protocols — Wormhole NTT, LayerZero, Hyperlane, or Chainlink CCIP. • Nice to Have: Prior experience at a high-growth digital assets company or DeFi protocol — ideally one handling stablecoin issuance, lending, or RWAs. • Experience with security tooling and audit workflows for EVM and non-EVM chains (Solana and others). • AI-curious and fluent — uses modern AI tooling to move faster and ship better. • Open-source contributions to on-chain programs, SDKs, or developer tooling. • Degree in computer science or a related field.

🏖️ Benefits

• Join a truly global team with the flexibility to work remotely or from one of our hubs in NYC or Berlin. • Enjoy comprehensive healthcare insurance coverage as well as a wellbeing allowance and gym membership to support your physical and mental health. • Tailor your workspace with access to top-notch IT equipment. • Benefit from an annual development budget to enhance your skills and grow professionally, including opportunities to participate in conferences and on-site company events worldwide.