Hybrid Senior Distinguished Engineer – Digital Assets Security

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About the role

  • Lead technical design and delivery of Early Warning’s cross-border consumer money movement platform leveraging blockchain and stablecoins. Collaborate across teams to define strategy and architecture for secure and scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Own the security architecture for Early Warning’s cross-border money movement solution, designing for scalability, security, and regulatory compliance
  • Design and implement key components, from wallet management and transaction orchestration to liquidity and settlement services
  • Lead the technical evaluation and integration of blockchain technologies, stablecoin protocols, and digital asset service providers
  • Influence the evolution of stablecoin and blockchain protocols by contributing technical thought leadership internally and externally
  • Represent Early Warning in industry collaborations, standards groups, and regulatory/technical working groups related to blockchain, digital identity, and stablecoin settlement frameworks
  • Continuously evaluate emerging protocols, digital asset custody models, and zero-knowledge technology for applicability to Early Warning’s roadmap
  • Collaborates closely with Engineering leaders, Architecture, Security, and external partners
  • Build and advocate for engineering best practices around smart contract security, transaction traceability, and system observability
  • Mentor and guide engineering teams, elevating technical standards and fostering a high-performance culture
  • Identify opportunities to ship value to production quickly and in incremental chunks
  • Builds and deliver well considered scaling solutions via strong relationships with key cross-functional stakeholders across the organization
  • Partner with Product, Risk, Architecture, and Security teams to ensure end-to-end compliance (AML, KYC, OFAC, etc.) and operational integrity
  • Defines technical patterns, governance, and operating models
  • Serve as the final escalation point for complex technical decisions
  • Prototype new settlement paths, wallet models, and interoperability mechanisms
  • Rapidly test and validate hypotheses with proof of concepts and performance benchmarks
  • Performs other related duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems, Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent professional experience
  • Minimum 15+ years of software engineering experience
  • Minimum 10+ years of leading efforts or processes in a Technology organization, with deep experience architecting or scaling payment systems, digital asset infrastructure, or blockchain-based settlement solutions in regulated environments
  • Minimum 5+ years of experience dealing with large scale systems
  • Minimum 5+ years of experience implementing application solutions/services in the Cloud using containerization, CI/CD, automated testing, and compliant security guidelines
  • Expertise with blockchain consensus mechanisms, settlement models, cryptographic primitives, and tokenization
  • Demonstrated experience with payment networks, FX, liquidity, and reconciliation systems
  • Experience with smart contract design, auditing, threat models, and security best practices
  • Experience building systems that meet ISO 20022, NACHA, MAS/TRM, PCI-DSS, or similar regulated frameworks
  • Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership through large scale system designs, upgrades, and releases
  • Ability to resolve highly complex architectural debates and align diverse technical opinions
  • Superior leadership and management skills combined with strong business acumen
  • Proven ability to mentor and energize teams, showcasing technical and leadership skills
  • Experience with state of the art technology, architecture, design concepts, open-source operating systems, database systems, computer networking, and security
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively in cross-functional groups and generate results
  • Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills; conveys competence with internal customers, staff, peers, senior management, and vendors
  • Work experience demonstrating a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.

Benefits

  • Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
  • Paid Time Off – Unlimited Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
  • 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
  • Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

Job title

Senior Distinguished Engineer – Digital Assets Security

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$248,000 - $363,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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