Overview:Role: Director, Software Development & Engineering Senior (Digital Assets) Locations: Westlake, TX; Austin, TX; San Francisco, CA Role Summary
Lead and shape a newly formed crypto engineering team within a portfolio management technology organization responsible for building next-generation crypto and blockchain capabilities, including wallet custody, tokenization, stable coin offerings, and blockchain integration. The posting describes this as a senior people leadership role for a hands-on engineering leader in a highly regulated environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of crypto and blockchain engineers across onshore and offshore locations.
- Own the end-to-end delivery roadmap for the crypto platform, including architecture, design, development, and operations.
- Drive hiring and talent strategy, including contractor-to-full-time conversion plans.
- Define and own the architecture vision for crypto platform components and reference patterns.
- Partner closely with architects, product owners, and business stakeholders to ensure seamless platform integration.
- Provide subject matter expertise on crypto and blockchain technologies during design and architecture reviews.
- Drive operational excellence through metrics, telemetry, and continuous improvement practices.
- Champion adoption of AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery, improve quality, and increase engineering productivity.
- Lead collaboration with offshore engineering teams and manage budgets, vendor relationships, and resource allocation for the crypto engineering organization.
Source-Supported Qualification Themes
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 12+ years of software development or engineering experience, with progressive leadership responsibility.
- 4+ years of people leadership experience managing and growing high-performing engineering teams.
- 4+ years of hands-on experience with crypto and blockchain technologies.
- Strong knowledge of blockchain platforms, smart contracts, cryptography, and distributed systems.
- Experience working within financial services or other highly regulated environments.
- Proven ability to lead complex, multi-year initiatives using Agile delivery methodologies.
- Demonstrated experience driving adoption of AI-assisted development tools.
- Preferred qualifications include experience building and scaling crypto or blockchain engineering teams, wallet custody solutions, tokenization platforms, stable coin systems, and familiarity with platforms such as Ethereum, Solana, or Layer-2 technologies.
