Director of Engineering - Cryptocurrency ExchangeCompany:
One of the world's leading virtual currency exchanges. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, they strive to be a reliable and efficient marketplace for a rich selection of high-quality virtual currencies so that our users can be part of the open and competitive market that discovers Blockchain assets with genuine potential to revolutionise the future of finance. This is a fantastic opportunity for a driven and career-focused individual to join a progressive and growing team!
Responsibilities: Leadership & Collaboration – You will be the thought leader, guide, and glue for our Product, Engineering and IT functions.Programming & Mentorship – You will add hands-on expertise to architect technology solutions for the projects and problems that may arise while providing mentorship and growth to the rest of the Engineering team.Strategic Thinker – You will manage the technological functions of the business and client strategies, consulting, creating project plans, managing implementation, acting as a liaison to communicate across teams, and being the driving force of execution and support.Infrastructure Management – To ensure our company and clients will never miss a beat when using our technologies, you will have hands-on management of the infrastructure, databases, applications, and servers to ensure reliability and security across systems.Versatile/ Multi-Talented Contributor – Beyond core responsibilities, we also seek to leverage the strengths and interests of our employees in line with the needs of the business.Requirements: While responsibilities in this position span multiple functions, we are not expecting a depth of expertise in all the areas indicated. We look for the person in this role to have a drive for operational excellence, contribute in the areas they are skilled in while seeing and owning the connectivity across functions. B.S or M.S degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline, with 8-10 years of experience in software development and technology management, including 5+ years core Java experience and 2+ years experience with building and leading a 10+ size engineering team.Strong hands-on expertise in system architecture design, system analysis, software implementation, performance optimization, and system security.Experience with the core design of a high-performance, high concurrency, high availability, and high scalability system; able to complete related design independently.Familiar with current Internet architecture, a broad definition of technology.Strong sense of trends and development of the related industry.Excellent communication skills.Outstanding problem solver.Strong ability to work in a very fast-paced startup environment.Blockchain and crypto experience and knowledge are strongly preferred.Other skills: Solutions & Result- Oriented - you will never compromise the long term for the short term.Mission Focused – having an appreciation for the value of financial technology is required.Intrinsically Motivated - find meaning in the journey and in what you learn and build throughout it.Adaptable - you thrive on ambiguity and opportunities to be innovative.Creative Problem Solver - you constantly look to create meaningful results.Humble - you have the humility to learn.Remuneration and benefits: Better than market rate with equity plan.
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