Director of Engineering, Dynamic Platform

Fireblocks
Miami, New York
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 220,000 - 300,000 annuallyFunction: Executive & General ManagementSkills: ["Engineering leadership","Mentorship","Hands-on execution","Security mindset","Customer focus","Technical influence"]

Lead the Platform engineering organization responsible for highly distributed backend systems powering Wallet-as-a-Service, authentication, balances, events, and integrations. Set the long-term technical roadmap and architecture, stay hands-on with critical design and coding standards, and drive scalable, secure delivery at massive transactional volume. Manage, mentor, and grow multiple teams while partnering with customers and developers to ensure performance, integration readiness, and continuous innovation using modern engineering and AI practices.

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Fireblocks
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Director of Engineering, Dynamic Platform

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Job Summary

Lead the Platform engineering organization responsible for highly distributed backend systems powering Wallet-as-a-Service, authentication, balances, events, and integrations. Set the long-term technical roadmap and architecture, stay hands-on with critical design and coding standards, and drive scalable, secure delivery at massive transactional volume. Manage, mentor, and grow multiple teams while partnering with customers and developers to ensure performance, integration readiness, and continuous innovation using modern engineering and AI practices.
Location: Miami, New York
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define the long-term technical roadmap, architecture, and standards for the Platform team to ensure scale, security, and resiliency.
  • •Maintain hands-on involvement in critical design reviews, coding standards, and delivery by writing and shipping code.
  • •Oversee design and implementation of highly complex distributed systems handling massive transactional volume and user growth.
  • •Lead, mentor, and expand a high-performing engineering organization.
  • •Partner with customers and developers to understand technical needs and ensure the platform meets integration and performance requirements.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 220,000 - 300,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of engineering management experience leading multiple teams and delivering complex initiatives on schedule in time-sensitive environments.
  • •10+ years of hands-on backend development architecting and operating large-scale, complex, highly-secure distributed systems.
  • •Experience designing security-focused platforms with deep understanding of security and attack vectors, especially in finance, payments, crypto, or authentication.
  • •Expertise in crypto/web, financial services, or high-security/authentication platforms.
  • •Proficiency in TypeScript and AWS infrastructure, with experience scaling platforms to support millions of users and high-throughput transactions.
Experience:Crypto/webFinancial servicesHigh-securityAuthentication platformsDistributed systemsBackend development
Skills:Engineering leadershipMentorshipHands-on executionSecurity mindsetCustomer focusTechnical influence
Tech Stack:TypeScriptAWSAI modelsCloud technologies

Company Brief

Fireblocks
Provides institutional-grade digital asset custody, transfer, and settlement infrastructure enabling banks, exchanges, and enterprises to securely issue, store, and move cryptocurrencies and tokenized assets.
Industry: Fintech Infrastructure
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2018
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