Issuance Engineering Lead

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🕒 May 28

🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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1 - 10 employees

Founded 2019

We partner with disruptive organizations to help identify and attract talent. A boutique recruitment agency that focuses on blockchain and web3. We enjoy networking with Web3 and decentralization enthusiasts and help them find their place in the decentralized world.

📋 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.